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 grandson. But delayed by rough seas, she arrived twelve hours after the King's death, on 25 October 1920. Informed by telegram that night, other members of the royal family learned of the death with sadness. Two days after the death of the monarch, his funeral service was held in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.Once again, the royal family was refused permission to enter Greece; in consequence, apart from <mask>, only Dowager Queen Olga was present at the funeral. The body of Alexander I was buried in the royal burial ground at Tatoi Palace. Birth of Alexandra and its consequences

Kingdom without a King
Four months pregnant at the time of her husband's death, Aspasia withdrew to the Diadochos Palace at Athens. In Greece, the unexpected death of Alexander I had much more serious consequences: it raised the question of succession and even the survival of the monarchy. Because the King had married without his father's or the head of Orthodox Church's permission, it was technically illegal, the marriage void, and the couple's posthumous child illegitimate according to law. Maintaining the monarchy therefore involved finding another sovereign and, as the Venizelists still opposed Constantine I and Diadochos George, the government decided to offer the crown to another member of the royal family, the young Prince Paul. However, he refused to ascend the throne, which remained resolutely vacant.With Aspasia's pregnancy approaching its end, some plotted to put her child on the throne and rumours even assured that she was a supporter of this solution. The victory of the monarchists in the elections of 1 November 1920 changed everything. Dimitrios Rallis replaced Eleftherios Venizelos as Prime Minister and Constantine I was soon restored. Gradual integration into the royal family

The restoration of Constantine I at first did not bring any change to Aspasia's situation. Considered intriguing by part of the royal family, especially by her sister-in-law Princess Elisabeth of Romania who hated her, she was under the suspicion that she wanted to put her unborn child on the throne. The royal family feared the birth of a male child, which could further complicate the political situation at a time when Greece was already at war against the Ottoman Empire. However, not all members of the royal family, shared this distrust: Princess Alice of Battenberg, aunt of the deceased Alexander I, chose to spend Christmas of 1920 in the company of Aspasia.For her part, Queen Sophia, who previously strongly opposed the relationship of her son with <mask>, approached her daughter-in-law and awaited the birth of her first grandchild. The birth of Alexandra on 25 March 1921 caused a great relief to the royal family: under the terms of the Salic law (which prevailed in Greece), the newborn could not claim the crown and she was unlikely to be used to undermine the dynasty. King Constantine I and Dowager Queen Olga therefore accepted easily that they become the godparents of the child. Still, neither the child nor her mother received more official recognition; only in July 1922, and at the behest of Queen Sophia, a law was passed which allowed the King to retroactively recognize marriages of members of the royal family, although on a non-dynastic basis. With this legal subterfuge, Alexandra obtained the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess of Greece and Denmark. Aspasia's status, however, was not changed with the law and she remained a simple commoner to the eyes of protocol. Humiliated by this difference in treatment, <mask> approached Prince Christopher of Greece (who also married a commoner), and begged him to intercede on her behalf.Moved by the arguments of his niece-in-law, the Prince talked to Queen Sophia, who eventually changed her opinion. Under pressure from his wife, King Constantine I issued a decree, gazetted 10 September 1922 under which Aspasia received the title "Princess of Greece and Denmark" and the style of Royal Highness. Fall of the monarchy and wandering life

From Athens to Florence
Despite these positive developments, the situation of Aspasia and her daughter didn't improve. Indeed, Greece experienced a serious military defeat against Turkey and a coup d'état soon forced Constantine I to abdicate in favor of Diadochos George, on 27 September 1922. Things went from bad to worse for the country, and a failed monarchist coup d'état forced the new King George II and his family into exile in December 1923. Four months later, on 25 March 1924, the Second Hellenic Republic was proclaimed and both <mask> and Alexandra were then the only members of the dynasty allowed to stay in Greece. Penniless, <mask>, with her daughter, chose to follow her in-laws to the exile in early 1924.They found refuge with Queen Sophia, who moved to the Villa Bobolina in Fiesole near Florence shortly after the death of her husband in December 1923. The now Dowager Queen, who adored Alexandra, was delighted, even if her financial situation was also precarious. From London to Venice

In 1927, <mask> and her daughter moved to Ascot, Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. They were greeted by Sir James Horlick, 4th Baronet and his Horlick family, who harbored them in their ancestral seat Cowley Manor. With her personal savings and the financial support of Horlick, Aspasia   bought  a small property on the Island of Giudecca in Venice. Former home of Caroline Eden (1801-1854), wife of Vice-Admiral  Hyde Parker III and great-aunt of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, the villa and its 3.6 hectares of landscaped grounds are nicknamed the Garden of Eden, which delighted the Greek princesses. Possible second marriage
Widow for many years, in 1933 Aspasia had a romantic relationship with the Sicilian Prince Starrabba di Giardinelli, who asked her to marry him.She was about to accept the proposal, when he suddenly fell ill and died of typhoid fever. Estrangement from the Greek royal family

Restoration of the monarchy and outbreak of World War II
In 1935, the Second Hellenic Republic was abolished and George II was restored to the throne after a referendum organized by General Georgios Kondylis. While several members of the royal family decided to return to Greece, <mask> chose to remain in Italy, but claimed, in the name of her daughter, her rightful share of the inheritance of Alexander I. Unlike Princess Alexandra, <mask> was subsequently not invited to the ceremonies which marked the return of the remains of King Constantine I, Queen Sophia and Dowager Queen Olga to the Kingdom (1936), or the wedding of her brother-in-law, the Diadochos Paul, with Princess Frederica of Hanover (1938). Even worse, Aspasia did not have a plot in the royal cemetery of Tatoi, because the grave of her husband was placed next to that of his parents in order to keep him away from his wife even in death. The outbreak of the Greco-Italian War on 28 October 1940 forced <mask> and Alexandra to suddenly leave fascist Italy. They settled with the rest of the royal family in Athens.Eager to serve her country in this difficult moment, <mask> helped with the Red Cross. However, after several months of victorious battles against the Italian forces, Greece was invaded by the army of Nazi Germany and the majority of the members of the royal family left the country on 22 April 1941. After a brief stay in Crete, where they survived a German bombing raid, <mask> and her family departed for Egypt and South Africa. Settling in England and Alexandra's marriage

While several members of the royal family were forced to spend World War II in South Africa, <mask> obtained the permission of King George II of Greece and the British government to move to the United Kingdom with her daughter. Arrived at Liverpool in the fall of 1941, they settled in Mayfair, London. In the English capital, the Greek princesses resumed their activities with the Red Cross. Better accepted than in their own country, they were regularly received by their cousin Marina, Duchess of Kent (born Princess of Greece and Denmark) and, while he was on leave from the Royal Navy, met the future Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece), who for some time was looked on as a suitable husband for Alexandra.However, Alexandra soon met and was attracted to another royal figure. In 1942, the Greek princess met King Peter II of Yugoslavia at an officers gala at Grosvenor House. The 19-year-old sovereign had lived in exile in London since the invasion of his country by the Axis powers in April 1941. They quickly fell in love with each other and eventually were married on 20 March 1944, despite the opposition of the Queen Mother Maria of Yugoslavia (born Princess Maria of Romania). The ceremony was very modest, because of financial difficulties related to the war, but <mask>, who always wanted to see her daughter marry well, was delighted. Shortly after the end of the war, on 17 July 1945, Queen Alexandra gave birth to her only child, Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, in Suite 212 of Claridge's Hotel in Brook Street, London, which according to some reports was transformed for the occasion into Yugoslav territory by the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. However, the arrival of the heir to the throne was quickly followed by the deposition of the Karađorđević dynasty and the proclamation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by Marshal Tito on 29 November 1945.This was the beginning of a long period of difficulties, marked by financial instability, the pursuit of vain political projects and the deterioration of relations between Alexandra and Peter II. Last years

Return to Venice and financial difficulties
After the end of World War II, <mask> decided not to go back to Greece and she returned to Venice, to live once more on the Island of Giudecca. Back in the Garden of Eden, she found her house partially destroyed by the conflict and began to rebuild. Still without sufficient financial resources and concerned about the situation of her daughter (who granted her at one point the guardianship of her grandson Crown Prince Alexander,), <mask> led a quiet life, punctuated by a few public appearances during cultural events. Over the years, her financial situation deteriorated even further, and during the winter of 1959–1960, the Princess was no longer able to pay the heating bills. She temporarily left the Garden of Eden and stayed in the hotels Europa and Britannia in Venice. Shortly after, she was forced to sell some furniture and other valuables to pay off her debts.Alexandra's depression and health problems
Demoralised by exile and financial difficulties, the former King Peter II of Yugoslavia gradually became an alcoholic and relieved his boredom by multiplying his affairs with other women. Worn down by the behavior of her husband, with whom she was still in love, Alexandra developed behaviours increasingly dangerous to her health. Probably prone to anorexia, in 1950 the former queen undertook a first suicide attempt, while staying with her mother. After several years of wandering between Italy, the United States and France, Alexandra finally moved permanently to the Garden of Eden after the death of Peter II in 1970. <mask>'s health and death
Heartbroken by the fate of her daughter, <mask> saw her own health gradually deteriorate over the years. Seriously ill, she could not attend the wedding of her grandson with Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza on 1 July 1972. One month later, on 7 August 1972, Princess <mask> died in the Ospedale al Mare in Venice.At the time, Greece was ruled by the Regime of the Colonels and so Alexandra chose to bury her mother in the Orthodox section of the cemetery of San Michele island near Venice. Only after the death of Alexandra, in January 1993, were the remains of <mask> and her daughter transferred to the Royal Cemetery Plot in the park of Tatoi near Dekeleia, at the request of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia. Notes

References

Bibliography
Gelardi, Julia (2006), Born to Rule : Granddaughters of Victoria, Queens of Europe, Headline Review
Llewellyn Smith, Michael (1998), Ionian Vision : Greece in Asia Minor 1919–1922, London, Hurst & Co
Mateos Sainz de Medrano, Ricardo (2004), La Familia de la Reina Sofίa, La Dinastίa griega, la Casa de Hannover y los reales primos de Europa, Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros
Palmer, Alan and of Greece, Michael (1990), The Royal House of Greece, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Van der Kiste, John (1994), Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings, 1863–1974, Sutton Publishing
Vickers, Hugo (2000), Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece, London, Hamish Hamilton

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<mask> (born <mask>, 22 September 1976) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released four studio albums, one live album and has published a book, all of them self-produced under the Straw Man label, in a recording career that began in 2002. <mask> accompanies his singing on acoustic guitar, solo or with supporting instruments; his music has been described as acoustic, indie and Americana. He is also known for collaborating with trance music artists on remixes of his own songs and on original material. After growing up in his native New Jersey and graduating from Harvard he has lived in several areas of the United States working as a tour guide, a travel writer and a teacher among other employments. After the starting of his career as a professional musician he moved first to Atlanta and then to Tralonca, a small village in Corsica. He now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.The places he lived in are a strong inspiration for his songwriting, as are the people in his family (his parents, his wife and his two children). Biography
<mask> was born <mask> Friedland in September, 1976. His parents gave him the middle name <mask>—which he later picked as his stage name—after having been graduate students at the University of California-Berkeley in the early 1970s before they moved to New Jersey. <mask> started showing a passion for singing while still in nursery school, having attended a musical school. Because of this he had his first experience of singing on stage at the age of three or four. Also when he was four, the woman taking care of him was an Avon saleswoman; she would bring him with her while going door to door, and he would sing to her potential customers. In an interview he credits receiving cookies and applause for singing "that song about the Titanic sinking" (likely "The Titanic") as an early experience of positive feedback.His parents helped him nurture his passion for music by taking him to several Broadway shows, and was usually selected as the leading vocalist in high school musicals. Initially he played tuba, and did not start to play guitar until the age of 15 when he would perform songs by Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Grateful Dead "mostly to get girls". He graduated from Harvard with degrees in literature and philosophy. During his time there he used to busk in Harvard Square; in the same period he started writing songs "to win (his) girlfriend back". <mask> lived in Alaska, where he contributed to the Let's Go Alaska travel guide; Idaho, where he was a river-rafting guide; Santa Fe, where he worked for Outside magazine; Santa Cruz; Brooklyn (New York City), teaching creative writing in a public school in an impoverished area; Atlanta and Tralonca, a small village in Corsica, while his wife worked on her PhD in anthropology. While living in Santa Fe, <mask> managed a local band. This, in his own words, got him "excited about the music business".It was only after this band broke up that he decided to record his own music. He decided to become a full-time musician while he was teaching in Brooklyn, as having a double career was taking its toll on his voice and his private life. He presently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife Sarah and sons Jackson and Noah. Recording career

The Confluence
His debut came in 2002 with the mostly acoustic The Confluence, in which <mask> already displayed the characteristic traits that still identify his style: elaborated lyrics about personal topics, complex song construction, varying chord patterns. After the Wrecking Ships
In 2004, <mask> released his second album, After the Wrecking Ships, in which he made use of more electric instruments but still without abandoning the genre that he defines "acoustic/indie/alt/folk/whatever-you-want-to-add-here". It sold over 10,000 copies. This album includes "Fire Sign", written for an episode (Wannabe) of the second season of CBS-TV's Without a Trace and produced by Will Robertson.Although there are sources saying that the same song has also been used in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode A Thousand Days on Earth, this appears not to be true. Live from Fez
In 2005, <mask> released Live from Fez, the testimony of a live event held on the 22nd of February of the same year, one of the last concerts held at the popular Lower Manhattan club. Along with the CD is a DVD including four songs recorded in the same occasion. This live release displays not only <mask>'s heartfelt musical style, but also his sense of humor in the intermissions between songs. <mask> claims that this is the only live album ever released to be recorded at the now-closed New York club however, in 2004, Bree Sharp had released an album also recorded at the club, entitled Live at Fez. Strange Light
2006 saw <mask> working at the Engine Studios in Chicago to record his third studio album, Strange Light, that would not be released until 2009. This delay allowed his fans and some reviewers to compare it – tongue-in-cheek – with Guns N' Roses's Chinese Democracy.When released, the album was enriched by the production of Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, Josh Ritter). Its style has been judged affirming and intriguing even though downtrodden and melancholic. Some Kind of Cure
In late 2009, <mask> announced on his website and through his mailing list that he was working on a new album called Some Kind of Cure, mostly written while living in Corsica where, in his own words, he had the chance to listen to whatever surrounded him and take in the silence around. As has been done more or less successfully in the past by other bands or artists (amongst which Marillion, Public Enemy and Jill Sobule), <mask> asked for his fans' contribution for the production of the record; the experiment was successful. The album was released on January 25, 2011 and is accompanied by a book written by <mask> himself and entitled 140 Goats & a Guitar, telling the stories behind the inspiration for each song in the album. In this album <mask> is accompanied amongst others by Peter Bradley Adams of Eastmountainsouth on piano, Kim Taylor of Over the Rhine on background vocals and by long-term collaborator Jordan Katz of Common Rotation on horns and banjo; it was produced by long-term collaborator Will Robertson, who had also produced the song "Fire Sign" included in After the Wrecking Ships and has also worked with Shawn Mullins, Clay Cook, Pat Sansone and Peter Ostroushko. Robertson also played bass and keyboards on the album.Some Kind of Cure features much more electric guitar than <mask>'s previous works, alongside the church bells of Tralonca and a Corsican choir. "George Square", the first single from the album, has been made available for download several weeks before the release of the record. Besides twelve original songs, Some Kind of Cure includes <mask>'s version of "Shenandoah". Fire in My Head
<mask> released in 2013 Fire in My Head, recorded in only a few weeks with the help and the production of Jono Manson (who, besides releasing several album with his own band, worked with Blues Traveler and Donald Rubinstein amongst others and appeared at Pete Seeger's 90th birthday celebration) and accompanied once again by Jordan Katz and Bill Titus. It has also been released, for the first time in Berkeley's discography, on vinyl. Other recordings

<mask> also recorded a song ("Love's the Only Thing That Shuts Me Up") for Ciao My Shining Star, a tribute album to Mark Mulcahy (the former vocalist of Miracle Legion) that features contributions from Mark Mulcahy's favourite musicians. Besides <mask>, other artists featured are Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Michael Stipe of R.E.M.and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. The album has been released on the 29th of September 2009 and <mask>'s contribution has been widely appreciated. He also took part in the benefit live concert that followed that album, held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. During his stay in Corsica, <mask> took part to the recording of a cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" with local artists which has not been released yet. "Fire Sign" from After the Wrecking Ships has been remixed by Steve Brian into an electronica trance track and released in September 2010 by Enhanced under the name of "Agulo feat. <mask>", which is reported to have been a dancefloor favourite of renowned DJs such as Tiësto and Sean Tyas. Further versions of the same track have been created by Will Holland, in a bigroom progressive style, and by Freigeist.The Steve Brian version was included in Enhanced's Best of 2010 iTunes compilation after listeners voted it as one of the best 25 releases of the year by that label. <mask> gave his voice for a second progressive house track called "Vueltas" created by the same Steve Brian who had worked on the dance version of "Fire Sign" and is rumored to be collaborating with other dance artists in creating new music to which he'd add his vocals. In early 2014, he also contributed vocal parts to a song on the album "Field Studies" by Ben Cosgrove, a composer and multi-instrumentalist. More recently in 2018 <mask> has had one of his songs "The Faded Red and Blue" remixed whilst teaming up with Steve Brianwhich. This song whilst deeply political relates to the "faded red and blue flag of the USA missing a star or two" and focuses on the immigration issues (political issues) which the USA faces at the current time. Literary career

140 Goats & a Guitar
<mask> published a book called 140 Goats & a Guitar through his own Straw Man label. It was released in January 2011 as a companion book to his fourth studio album Some Kind of Cure and tells the inspiration behind each song in the album through short stories based on real-life events.<mask> made clear that such tales are not to be considered synopses of the songs, but simple aids to better understand them. Inspiration
In an interview, <mask> mentioned as his influences Paul Simon for the lyrics, Nick Drake for the mood, and then Neil Young, The Band, Elliott Smith and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. He also admitted to be inspired by hip hop artist Brother Ali and indie rockers The Hold Steady. He insists, however, that most of his inspiration derives from poetry (he is especially fond of Yeats and Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn is heavily quoted in "A Moon Song" from The Confluence), passages of prose, people (his parents and his wife and sons especially), the outdoors, art and most form of visual images. He admits to have at least once chosen the topic of a song because a friend pressured him into it. <mask> has a penchant for using geography-related references as song titles. Amongst them "Leaving Idaho" from The Confluence; "Jefferson", "Times Square", "Chicago" and "Bushwick" from After the Wrecking Ships; "Willis Avenue Bridge", "Sweet Auburn" and "Milwaukee Road" from Strange Light, "George Square" from Some Kind of Cure.Live career
In 2003, <mask> showcased at the popular South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where he returned in 2004 and 2011. He also toured the United States and supported such artists as Ben Folds, Rhett Miller and Ed Harcourt. In 2006, he participated in the Jeep Compass Summer Music Tour. In early 2007, <mask> toured the United Kingdom for the first time, alongside Ben Parker. He returned to the UK at the end of the same year with Common Rotation. After having spent most of 2008 in Corsica with his family keeping his musical profile low, in 2009 after the release of Strange Light <mask> toured with Katie Melua accompanied by Jordan Katz of Common Rotation. With Katz he also toured once more the United Kingdom.In 2010 he was a finalist in the Mountain Stage Newsong Contest after having been one of the two winners of the "Early Bird" stage alongside Rebecca Jordan. The contest was eventually won by Amber Rubarth. Following the release of Some Kind of Cure, <mask> is touring the United States in what he called Some Kind of Tour. It is not a long tour but a series of small tours with breaks that allow him to return to California to spend time with his family. It also features readings from his new book. He has appeared on Ira Glass's This American Life. He mentioned this experience as the proudest moment of his career so far.Besides the artists already mentioned, <mask> has toured with Billy Bragg, Don McLean, Nickel Creek, Rufus Wainwright, Ray Lamontagne, Howie Day, Gary Jules, Dido, Vienna Teng, Joseph Arthur, Hem, Mason Jennings and Ben Lee. <mask>'s live concerts, both those with a full band and the solo ones (not to mention the dates in which he has performed in duo with Jordan Katz), have been praised for their gentleness and richness. Between songs he uses to tell short anecdotes usually extremely funny, witty and erudite. The ATL Collective
In July 2009, <mask>, then living in Atlanta, announced the formation of the "ATL Collective" (not to be confused with the "Atlanta Collective", a similar project focused on blues) featuring himself, Micah Dalton and Samantha Murphy. Their intention was to gather as many musicians from Atlanta as possible once a month, on a Wednesday, in a café in the Old Fourth Ward area to cover whole classic albums. On their debut the three artists, accompanied by other local musicians, covered the whole Bob Dylan album Blood on the Tracks. The second album covered has been Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.Other albums played were At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. Critical appreciation
<mask>'s debut album, The Confluence, received very positive reviews that compared him to such great artists in his field such as Donovan and Nick Drake. His tenor voice has been defined by some reviewer so hypnotizing that he "could easily spin tales of cleaning his bathroom, cleaning his catbox, or participating in any number of equally mundane or horrifying events", and this paired with honest, warm lyrics. Also appreciated were the orchestral arrangements backing up his music. His delivery has been defined delicate and tasteful, sober but not cheap, sweet and sour, his songs are considered rich in texture and poetic, and his voice confident and reassured. After the Wrecking Ships also gathered enthusiastic reviews and more comparisons to established artists, such as Wilco and Ryan Adams, and was chosen as the best album of 2004 by established Rolling Stone critic Rob O'Connor.The New York Times critic Jon Pareles showed his high appreciation for this album. The Pittsburgh Pulp defined <mask> one of the best examples in the resurgence of folk rock, praising the American taste of his songs along with his melodic and melancholy voice. The already mentioned Rob O'Connor, on Harp Magazine, noticed a superficial resemblance to the quieter side of Eddie Vedder paired with wanderlust and bravado, in the finest troubadour tradition. In the same year he was also officially recognized by ASCAP as one of the most important emerging songwriters in the United States. To highlight <mask>'s perception by the general public, it is interesting to notice that once he has been hired (and flown cross-country) to help a fan serenading his ex-girlfriend. The song Red, included in this album, has been criticized by the people of Cleveland for depicting their town in a negative way; the only time he sang the song in Ohio, <mask> changed the reference in the lyrics to Pittsburgh. Live from Fez was appreciated in its maturity and was reviewed as a good ensemble work, although some reviewers took exception at <mask>'s on-stage habit, reflected in this album, to intersperse his setlist of quiet, warm songs with light-hearted banter.Strange Light was also welcomed warmly by the critics adding to the list of artists <mask> has been compared to such influential names as James Taylor, Damien Rice, <mask>, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, Elliott Smith and Five for Fighting. This is the album, in some critics' opinion, that could give <mask> "the big break". According to another critic, <mask> now is above comparisons and could be mentioned in the company (and could fit in the same period, the 1970s) of most of the artists he has been compared to. The passion and diversity of his lyrics and the poignancy of his music has also been widely praised, as has
the emotional depth of his works. The originality and complexity of his arrangements have been positively highlighted. Some Kind of Cure has been praised for its originality, even compared to <mask>'s previous albums, and from the range of influences the various songs seem to have been inspired to. Although the more rock songs have been judged less interesting than the rest of the album, <mask>'s skills as a lyricist and a storyteller have been once again praised, and the texture of the songs have been called "subtle" with the lyrics mentioned as "thoughtful but not self-indulgent".His gift of describing reality under other people's point of views is considered exceptional, allowing his songs to paint reality from different perspectives. It has been judged the best album Berkeley has released yet thanks to the warmth of the melodies and the soul he seems to have poured in it, although some judged it too measured and not emotional enough. This record suggested comparisons with Steve Reynolds, Josh Ritter, Eastmountainsouth, Rosie Thomas, Ray LaMontagne, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Joseph Arthur, Dan Fogelberg and John Denver. The Boston Phoenix defined him "the best of the young American songwriters, a voice full of feeling and a big, big heart. And the balls to say what he thinks". Discography

Studio albums
2002 – The Confluence
2004 – After the Wrecking Ships
2005 – Live from Fez
2009 – Strange Light
2011 – Some Kind of Cure
2013 – Fire in My Head

Collaborations

Bibliography
2011 – 140 Goats & a Guitar

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Harvard College alumni
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title: Hugh Ferriss

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<mask> (July 12, 1889 – January 28, 1962) was an American architect, illustrator, and poet. He was associated with exploring the psychological condition of modern urban life, a common cultural enquiry of the first decades of the twentieth century. After his death a colleague said he 'influenced my generation of architects' more than any other man." Ferriss also influenced popular culture, for example Gotham City (the setting for Batman) and Kerry Conran's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Early life

<mask> was born in 1889 and trained as an architect at Washington University in his native St. Louis, Missouri. Career
Early in his career, Ferriss began to specialize in creating architectural renderings for other architects' work rather than designing buildings himself. As a delineator, his task was to create a perspective drawing of a building or project.This was done either as part of the sales process for a project, or, more commonly, to advertise or promote the project to a wider audience. Thus, his drawings were frequently destined for annual shows or advertisements. As a result of this, his works were often published (rather than just given to the architect's client), and Ferriss acquired a reputation. After he had set up as a free-lance artist, he found himself much sought after. In 1912, Ferriss arrived in New York City and was soon employed as a delineator for Cass Gilbert. Some of his earliest drawings are of Gilbert's Woolworth Building; they reveal that Ferriss's illustrations had not yet developed his signature dark, moody appearance. In 1915, with Gilbert's blessing, he left the firm and set up shop as an independent architectural delineator.In 1914, Ferriss married Dorothy Lapham, an editor and artist for Vanity Fair. By 1920, Ferriss had begun to develop his own style, frequently presenting the building at night, lit up by spotlights, or in a fog, as if photographed with a soft focus. The shadows cast by and on the building became almost as important as the revealed surfaces. His style elicited emotional responses from the viewer. His drawings were being regularly featured by such diverse publications as the Century Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, Harper's Magazine, and Vanity Fair. His writings also began to appear in various publications. In 1916, New York City had passed landmark zoning laws that regulated and limited the massing of buildings according to a formula.The reason was to counteract the tendency for buildings to occupy the whole of their lot and go straight up as far as was possible. Since many architects were not sure exactly what these laws meant for their designs, in 1922 the skyscraper architect Harvey Wiley Corbett commissioned Ferriss to draw a series of four step-by-step perspectives demonstrating the architectural consequences of the zoning law. These four drawings would later be used in his 1929 book The Metropolis of Tomorrow. This book illustrated many conte crayon sketches of tall buildings. Some of the sketches were theoretical studies of possible setback variations within the 1916 zoning laws. Some were renderings for other architect's skyscrapers. And at the end of the book was a sequence of views in Manhattan emerged in an almost Babylonian guise.His writing in the book betrayed an ambivalence to the rapid urbanization of America:

In 1955, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1960. Death and legacy
<mask> died in 1962. His archive, including drawings and papers, is held by the Drawings & Archives Department of the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. Every year, the American Society of Architectural Illustrators gives out the <mask>s Memorial Prize for architectural rendering excellence. The medal features <mask>'s original "Fourth Stage" drawing, executed in bronze. Selected works
 The Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri. Harold Van Buren Magonigle, architect.The Four Stages
 Chicago Tribune Tower. Howells & Hood, architects. Players Club, Detroit, Michigan. Smith Hinchman & Grylls [SH&G], architects. Radiator Building, New York City. Raymond Hood, architect. Buhl Building, Detroit, Michigan.Smith Hinchman & Grylls [SH&G], architects. Chicago Board of Trade Building. Holabird & Root, architects. Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan. Smith Hinchman & Grylls [SH&G], architects. Guardian [Union Trust] Building, Detroit, Michigan. Smith Hinchman & Grylls [SH&G], architects.Telephone Building, St. Louis, Missouri. Mauran, Russell & Crowell and Timlin, architects. Selected publications
<mask>, <mask>. The Metropolis of Tomorrow, with essay by Carol Willis. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1986. Reprint of 1929 edition. .
<mask>, <mask>. Power in Buildings, An Artist’s View of Contemporary Buildings.New York: Columbia University Press, 1953. <mask>, <mask>. American Capitals of Industry: A Series of Drawings by <mask>. Harpers Magazine, July 1919. References

Further reading
William J. Curtis. Modern Architecture Since 1900 (Third edition)

Hoak & Church. Masterpieces of American Architecture.Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2002. Reprint of 1930 edition by Charles Scribner. .
Holleman & Gallagher. Smith Hinchman & Grylls, 125 Years of Architecture and Engineering, 1853–1978. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1978. .
Kvaran. Architectural Sculpture of America, unpublished manuscript

Willis, Carol. <mask>s: Metropolis. Exhibition organized by the Architectural League of New York, 1986.External links
 <mask>s architectural drawings and papers, circa 1906-1980. Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives. Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Includes digital images of more than 350 original drawings held by Columbia University. 1889 births
1962 deaths
20th-century American architects
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts alumni
Artists from St. Louis

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title: Alice Pung

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<mask>  (born 1981) is an Australian writer, editor and lawyer. Her books include the memoirs Unpolished Gem (2006), Her Father's Daughter (2011) and the novel Laurinda (2014). <mask> is a practising solicitor. She has also worked as an art instructor, independent school teacher at primary and secondary schools and is Artist in Residence at Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne. <mask> was born to ethnic Teochew Chinese parents from Cambodia. Fleeing the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge, her parents sought asylum in Australia in 1980. Pung was named <mask> after the protagonist of Alice in Wonderland, because her father saw Australia as a wonderland.She was born in the suburb of Footscray in Melbourne and grew up in Braybrook. <mask> attended five Melbourne schools, including the  Catholic  junior  girls  school Christ the King College in Braybrook (now the  junior  girls campus of  Caroline Chisholm Catholic College), Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School  and  Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. <mask> studied law at the University of Melbourne and is a practising lawyer. Writing career
<mask>'s first book, Unpolished Gem, won the 2007 Newcomer of the Year Award in the Australian Book Industry Awards. Her follow-up memoir, Her Father's Daughter, was published in 2011. Her first book for young adults, Laurinda was published in 2014. It was adapted for an American audience in 2016, and a collection of high school students' stories inspired by the novel was published in 2016.<mask> has also written the Marly books for the Our Australian Girl children's series. <mask> attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa as a Resident in 2009. She is a regular writer for The Monthly on topics such as race discrimination, class, cultural stereotypes, and experiences of living in Melbourne, Victoria. In November 2020 the Melbourne Theatre Company announced that it will adapt <mask>'s novel, Laurinda, for the stage. Bibliography

BooksUnpolished Gem. In: Collett A., D’Arcens L. (eds) The Unsociable Sociability of Women’s Lifewriting. Palgrave Macmillan, London.D'Arcangelo, Adele. (2014) Unpolished Gem/Gemma impura the Journey from Australia to Italy of <mask>’s Bestselling Novel. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, [S.l. ], v. 14, n. 1, june. ISSN 1833-6027. Available at: https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASAL/article/view/9877. Awards and recognition
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours <mask> was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to literature.

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title: Sandra Boynton

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<mask> (born April 3, 1953) is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than fifty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and five music albums. She has also designed calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys for various companies. Early life and education
The third of the four daughters of Jeanne () and Robert W<mask>, <mask> was born in Orange, New Jersey and grew up in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. Her father was a noted progressive educator, scholar (collaborating on textbooks with Shakespearean scholar Maynard Mack), and publisher and co-founder of Boynton/Cook Publishers. Boynton/Cook Publishers is now owned by Heinemann. Boynton's parents became Quakers when she was two years old.From kindergarten through 12th grade, she and her sisters attended Germantown Friends School where their father taught English and was Head of the Upper School. <mask> has frequently cited Germantown Friends' arts-centered curriculum as central to her own "upbeat offbeat" sensibility as well as its thorough integration of the values of pacifism, independent inquiry, and individualism. She also spent part of her 10th grade year at Ackworth School near Pontefract, England. <mask> studied Latin for five years in high school, mostly in order to avoid science classes, the scheduling of which invariably conflicted with Latin. She went to Yale, entering in 1970 in the college's second year of coeducation. She spent the second semester of her junior year studying in Paris through Wesleyan University's program. At Yale, she majored in English and also sang sporadically with the Yale Glee Club.She had joined the Glee Club when additional singers were needed for a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Carnegie Hall, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. <mask> has described herself as "an enthusiastic but undistinguished alto". At her graduation from Yale in 1974, she received a Special Master's Magna solemnly bestowed by Charles Davis, the Master of Boynton's residential college, Calhoun College. Unbeknownst to the graduation audience, the honor was actually a fiction. Boynton's grade point average did not in fact entitle her to any degree honor; but shortly before the ceremony, she had told Professor Davis in mock earnest that "my parents are here, so I'd really appreciate it if you could just mumble some Latin after my name". Boynton intended to become a theater director. She attended the University of California, Berkeley for a year for graduate studies in drama, then transferred to the Yale School of Drama D.F.A.program, but she did not complete the program. With the birth of her first child in 1979, <mask> postponed indefinitely a career in the theater, judging the demands of that profession not easily compatible with raising a family. During her undergraduate and graduate years, her teachers included Cleanth Brooks, Harold Bloom, Richard B. Sewell, Maynard Mack, Maurice Sendak, Richard Gilman, Rocco Landesman, David Milch, Stanley Kauffmann, and William Arrowsmith. In an autobiographical talk given at Yale in 2002, "The Curious Misuse of a Yale Education", <mask> refers to her book Grunt (an illuminated book and recording of plainchant in Latin and Pig Latin) as "the culmination of a lifetime spent joyfully squandering an expensive education on producing works of no apparent significance". Career

Greeting cards
<mask>'s greeting card designs for Recycled Paper Greetings were at the forefront of the Alternative Cards commercial movement that began in the mid-1970s. According to RPG co-founder and president Mike Keiser, nearly 500 million copies of <mask>'s distinctive humorous cards—featuring an assortment of unnamed cartoon animal characters, spare layout, and droll messages—sold between 1973 and 2003. The best known of these is a 1975 birthday card bearing images of four animals and the message "Hippo Birdie Two Ewes", a pun playing on the phrase "Happy Birthday to You".The card has sold over ten million copies to date. Books
Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go Berserk!, <mask> has published many children's books, as well as several illustrated humor books for the general market. Her books are most typically for very young children, offered in the laminated paperboard format known as board books. Nearly all of <mask>'s books have been published by either Workman Publishing or Simon & Schuster. Four of her books have been New York Times best sellers: Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (1982); Yay, You! (2001); Consider Love (2002); and Philadelphia Chickens (2002), which reached the number one position on the list, and was on the list for nearly a year. Six Boynton books were on the 2001 Publishers Weekly All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list: Moo, Baa, La La La!, The Going to Bed Book, Barnyard Dance, A to Z, Blue Hat, Green Hat, and Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!.More than 60 million copies of her books have been sold. Theater
In May 1995, <mask> wrote and directed a benefit reading, On Stage—featuring Jill Clayburgh, Joe Pacheco, and Jane Curtin—for Sharon Stage in Connecticut. In November 2005, and again in November 2007 she presented songs from Philadelphia Chickens, Dog Train, and Blue Moo at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, co-hosting in 2007 with Davy Jones of the Monkees. In November 2006, she directed her son Keith in his own play, The Quotable Assassin, Off-Off-Broadway at Alternate Stages. Music
In 1996, <mask> began writing and producing songs—which she has described as "renegade children's music" — with composer Michael Ford; these songs have been released as albums (Rhinoceros Tap 1996, Philadelphia Chickens 2002, Dog Train 2005, BLUE MOO: 17 Jukebox Hits from Way Back Never 2007, FROG TROUBLE Fall 2013 and Hog Wild in 2017) and also published as book and audio disc sets. The tracks were recorded, under <mask>'s direction and Ford's musical direction, by an eclectic roster of actors and musicians, including Blues Traveler, Meryl Streep, Alison Krauss, Steve Lawrence, and Eydie Gorme, John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, "Weird Al" Yankovic duetting with Kate Winslet, Patti LuPone, The Bacon Brothers with Mickey Hart, Eric Stoltz, the Spin Doctors, Mark Lanegan, Hootie & the Blowfish, Natasha Richardson, Billy J. Kramer, Scott Bakula, Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman, The Phenomenauts, Brian Wilson, Neil Sedaka, B.B. King, Sha Na Na, Steve Lawrence, Bobby Vee, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Davy Jones of The Monkees, Dwight Yoakam, Fountains of Wayne, Kacey Musgraves, Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Darius Rucker, and Linda Eder.<mask> received a 2003 Grammy nomination for Philadelphia Chickens. The first three of these albums have been certified gold by the RIAA. In November 2010, <mask> produced and released a full-length 300-kazoo plus orchestra performance of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, titled Boléro Completely Unraveled, performed by the Highly Irritating Orchestra. <mask> played solo kazoo on this recording noting "I am at the perfect level of musical incompetence for this." She has written the text for four choral pieces composed by Fenno Heath, Director Emeritus of the Yale Glee Club, all of which have been performed by the Yale Alumni Chorus on international tour. Music videos
In 2008, <mask> ventured into filmmaking, creating and directing music videos of her most popular recorded songs. Her first music video released in November 2009 as a book/DVD combination, was "One Shoe Blues", starring B.B.King and a cast of assorted sock puppets. Then she directed "Penguin Lament" starring John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, "Philadelphia Chickens" which is mostly animation and includes cameos by Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon, and "Be Like a Duck" which features all four of her children. Awards
Boynton received the Irma Simonton Black Award for Chloe and Maude, the National Parenting Publications Gold Medal for Barnyard Dance and for Your Personal Penguin, a Grammy Award Nomination for Philadelphia Chickens, the Eustace D. Theodore Fellowship (Yale University), the National Cartoonists Society Greeting Card Award for 1992, and the National Cartoonists Society Book Illustration Award for Blue Moo: 17 Jukebox Hits From Way Back Never, in 2008. She is the 2008 recipient of the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Cartoonists Society's highest honor. Hippos Go Berserk! was awarded Mathical Hall of Fame status. She has received the following film festival awards for her film shorts: the Rhode Island International Film Festival Providence Prize 2010 for One Shoe Blues starring B.B. King; the Flickers North Country Film Festival 2010 Crystal Image Award for emerging artist, as director of all four films; the 2D or Not 2D Animation Festival 2011 Golden Pencil Award for Philadelphia Chickens; the Forster Film Festival 2012 Winner of Song Category for "Be Like a Duck"; and the Wilmette International Children's Film Festival 2012 Best of Fest Live Action Short Film Winner for One Shoe Blues. Personal life
<mask> was married to writer and Olympic Bronze medalist (and fellow Yale graduate) Jamie McEwan from 1978 until his death from cancer in 2014. In 1991, <mask> and McEwan moved with their children to the Hautes-Pyrénées region of France for a year so McEwan and his Whitewater Slalom doubles partner, Lecky Haller, could train with the French team for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. McEwan/Haller ended in 4th Place. McEwan was a member of several whitewater expeditions to Mexico, Bhutan, British Columbia, and a National Geographic–sponsored descent of part of the Tsang-Po River (Brahmaputra) in Tibet, an ill-fated trip detailed in The Last River by Todd Balf, and in Courting the Diamond Sow by expedition leader Wickliffe W. Walker. <mask> has illustrated two of McEwan's five children's books.They have four children: Caitlin McEwan, an actress and director; <mask>, a playwright and filmmaker; Devin McEwan, a Whitewater Slalom racer and member of the 2001-2016 U.S. Teams, including the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team; and <mask>, a writer and teacher. All four children sang on Philadelphia Chickens and BLUE MOO. <mask> has appeared on numerous national television, newspaper and radio programs. Media include The Today Show, USA Today, American Profile, NPR's All Things Considered, CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. <mask> works in a reconstructed 120-year-old barn on her property in rural Connecticut. Albums
  Rhinoceros Tap (1996)
  GRUNT Pigorian Chant (1996)
  Philadelphia Chickens (2002)
  Dog Train: A Wild Ride on the Rock-and-Roll Side (2005)
  BLUE MOO: 17 Jukebox Hits from Way Back Never (2007)
  Boléro Completely Unraveled (2010)
  FROG TROUBLE Country Music (2013)
  HOG WILD: A Frenzy of Dance Music (2017)

Partial bibliography

Children's books
  Hippos Go Berserk!(1977, renewed 1996, 2019, 2022)
  Hester in the Wild (1977)
  If At First (1980)
  A to Z (1982, renewed 1995)
  Blue Hat, Green Hat (1982, renewed 1995)
  Doggies (1982, renewed 1995)
  Horns to Toes (1982, renewed 1995)
  The Going to Bed Book (1982, renewed 1995)
  Moo, Baa, La La La! (1982, renewed 1995)
  Opposites (1982, renewed 1995)
  But Not the Hippopotamus (1982, renewed 1995)
  A is for Angry (1983, renewed 2015)
  Good Night, Good Night (1985, renewed 2021)
  The Story of Grump & Pout (written by Jamie McEwan) (1988)
  Birthday Monsters! (1993)
  Barnyard Dance! (1993)
  One, Two, Three! (1993)
  Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! (1993)
  RHINOCEROS TAP and 14 Other Seriously Silly Songs (book and audio CD) (1996)
  Snoozers (1997)
  Dinosaur's Binkit (1998)
  BOB and 6 More Christmas Stories (1999)
  Dinos To Go (2000)
  Hey!, Wake Up! (2000)
  Pajama Time!(2000)
  The Heart of Cool (written by Jamie McEwan) (2001)
  PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS (book and audio CD) (2002)
  Snuggle Puppy! (2003)
  Fuzzy Fuzzy Fuzzy (2003)
  Moo Cow Book (cloth) (2004)
  Belly Button Book! (2005)
  DOG TRAIN: A Wild Ride on the Rock-and-Roll Side (book and audio CD) (2005)
  Your Personal Penguin (book with song download) (2006)
  What's Wrong, Little Pookie? (2007)
  Bath Time! (2007)
  BLUE MOO: 17 Jukebox Hits from Way Back Never (book and audio CD) (2007)
  Fifteen Animals! (2008)
  Barnyard Bath! (2008)
  Let's Dance, Little Pookie (2008)
  Night-Night, Little Pookie (2009)
  One Shoe Blues (book and DVD) (2009)
  Happy Birthday, Little Pookie (2010)
  Perfect Piggies (2010)
  Are You a Cow?(customizable board book) (2010)
  Amazing Cows (2010)
  Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: a book of moods (2011)
  Little Pookie (2012)
  Christmas Parade (2012)
  Tickle Time! (2012)
  Are You a Cow? (2012)
  FROG TROUBLE Country Music (book and audio CD) (2013)
  The Bunny Rabbit Show (2014)
  Spooky Pookie (2015)
  EEK! Halloween! (2016)
  Dinosaur Dance! (2016)
  HOG WILD! (book and audio CD) (2017)
  But Not the Armadillo  (2018)
  Merry Christmas, Little Pookie (2018)
  I Love You, Little Pookie (2018)
  Dinosnores (2019)
  Silly Lullaby (2019)
  Your Nose!(2020)
  How Big is Zagnodd? (2020)
  Christmas Parade (2020)
  Jungle Night (Soundtrack with Yo Yo Ma on cello) (2021)
  Boo!, Baa, La La La! (2021)
  Woodland Dance! (2021)
  Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La! (2022)
  Pookie's Thanksgiving (2022)
  Peekaboo Rex! (2023)

General market books
  Gopher Baroque (1979)
  The Compleat Turkey (1980)
  Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (1982)
  Don't Let The Turkeys Get You Down (1986)
  Christmastime (1987)
  GRUNT Pigorian Chant (book and audio CD) (1996)
  Yay, You! (2001)
  Consider Love (2002)
  Chocolate: The Consuming Passion NEW EDITION (2015)

References

External links

 NCS Awards
 Fan page with gallery of her work
 "Kids' Favorite <mask> Makes Music Video", All Things Considered, December 21, 2009 – a short interview

1953 births
American children's writers
American pacifists
American Quakers
American women children's writers
Germantown Friends School alumni
Living people
People from Orange, New Jersey
Quaker children's writers
Wesleyan University people
American women cartoonists
American women illustrators
Women religious writers
Writers from New Jersey
Writers from Philadelphia
Yale School of Drama alumni
American cartoonists
21st-century American women

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title: Johann Eleazar Zeissig

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<mask>, also known as Schenau (7 November 1737 – 23 August 1806), was a German genre, portrait and porcelain painter, and engraver; director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden. Life

Schenau was born in 1737, the son of <mask> and Anna Elisabeth (née Paul), poor Damask weavers, of Großschönau, near Zittau in Saxony. Together with his five sisters, he was tutored by his father in arithmetic, writing, reading and also learnt the trade of Damask weaving. He showed an early talent for painting and drawing, and was sent away at the age of twelve to study art in Dresden, where he was also employed as a lawyer's clerk. Through the help of a pupil of Anton Raphael Mengs, he was accepted at the Dresden art school. Here, Schenau was taught by Charles-François de Silvestre, the son of the director of the school, Louis de Silvestre. In 1756, after the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, he accompanied the Sylvestre brothers to Paris, where he stayed until 1770, working at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with, amongst others, <mask>.He became acquainted with leading French artists of the day, such as François Boucher, Gabriel François Doyen, Maurice Quentin de La Tour and Edmé Bouchardon; he was particularly influenced by the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Schenau copied the works of the old masters such as Antonio da Correggio, Guido Reni and Titian, and acquired the patronage of the Saxon ambassador, General Fontenay. He also became a china painter, working at the porcelain factory in Sèvres, taking on, in addition, the roles of goldsmith, engraver and sculptor. Through the influence of his mentor, Charles-François de Silvestre, or his wife, the teacher and confidante of the Dauphine Maria Josepha, Schenau was introduced to the French court; he received many commissions from the Crown Princess of France and was soon the most respected genre painter in Paris. He painted portraits of, amongst others, Maria Josepha and Madame de Pompadour. In 1770, at the end of the Seven Years' War, Schenau went back to Dresden. In that year he became a member of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and, three years later, the Director of the drawing school of the porcelain factory in Meissen.In Meissen, he taught students not only drawing on china, but also created new designs. In 1774, he became professor of genre and portrait painting at the Dresden Art Academy. After the death of Charles François Hutin, in 1776, he was made, together with Giovanni Battista Casanova, alternate director of the academy and on Casanova's death in 1795, the sole director. Among his students were Christian Henry Becke, Friedrich Rehberg and Christian Leberecht Vogel; amongst his admirers was the writer August Gottlieb Meissner, who dedicated his book Alcibiades (1781) to the artist. In 1796 Schenau returned from the Meissen porcelain factory and devoted the following years to teaching at the Art Academy. Schenau died in 1806 in Dresden. His grave was originally located in St. John's churchyard (Johanniskirchhof) but, during the secularization of the cemetery, was moved 1854 to the cemetery in Großschönau.Artistic style

Schenau began his artistic career as a copyist of old masters. In Paris he became acquainted with contemporary painters, but also through his studies at the Académie royale was influenced by French art theory of the time. His work also reveals the influence of the Dutch Fijnschilders, such as Gerard Dou and Caspar Netscher. His work was also influenced by his French friends, such as Jean Siméon Chardin, and, especially, Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Many of his drawings and paintings were reproduced as copper engraving reproductions for mass sale. Under the name Daniel Heimlich, Schenau also published etchings of views from the area around Paris. Many of his works are now lost or destroyed, such as the altarpiece of the Holy Cross Church in Dresden, which he had worked on from 1788 to 1792; a fire in 1897 destroyed the nave and the altar which was replaced by a work by Anton Dietrich (1833-1904).Most of his surviving works are now in museums in Saxony. A few of his works, such as "Elector of Saxony's Family" (1772) and "The Art Discussion" (1777), can be found in the Dresden State Art Collections. Many works are in the "Deutsches Damast-und Frottiermuseum" in his hometown of Großschönau. Work

Example: Das Kunstgespräch (The Art Discussion)

This important work of 1777 shows, in the foreground on the right, the Saxon statesman, Thomas Fritsch (1700-1775), together with Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, art theorist and collector. Both are engrossed in a conversation about art. On the table between them, allegorical figures representing painting, sculpture and poetry can be seen. Amongst those listening in the background are painters Adrian Zingg (left), Schenau himself and Anton Graff.Other works

 Der doppelte Verlust (1770)
 Die kurfürstlich-sächsische Familie (1772)
 Priamus bittet Achilles um die Leiche Hektors (1775)
 Das Kunstgespräch (1777)
 Ehepaar in der Laube (1785)
 Selbstportrait (1785)
 Auferstehung Christi (1786)
 Kreuzigung Christi (1788–1792)
 Christus am Ölberg (1795)
 Familienszene (1800)
 Unterzeichnung des Ehevertrages (1802)

See also
 List of German painters

References

This page incorporates text from the German Wikipedia article, <mask> Zeissig. Bibliography
 Schenau. In: Heinrich Keller (Hrsg. ): Nachrichten von allen in Dresden lebenden Künstlern. Dyk, Leipzig 1789, S. 143–155. G. F. Otto: Lexikon der Oberlausitzischen Schriftsteller und Künstler. Band 3, Abt.1. Görlitz 1803, S. 192–197. Schenau, <mask>. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (Hrsg. ): Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon. Band 15. Fleischmann, München 1845, S. 181–184.Moritz Wießner: Die Akademie der bildenen Künste zu Dresden. Dresden 1864, S. 56f. David Goldberg: Catalog zur Illustration der öffentlichen Vorträge über <mask> Schenau (Zeißig). Richard Menzel, Zittau 1878. Fr. August Czischkowsky (Hrsg. ): Zeit- und Ortsgeschichte von Großschönau.Großschönau 1887, S. 643ff. L. W. Schmidt: <mask> <mask>, genannt Schenau. Diss., Heidelberg 1926. H. Marx: ...den guten Geschmack einzuführen.“ Zum 250. Geburtstag von <mask> <mask>, genannt Schenau. In: Dresdner Kunstblätter. 32, 1988, S. 10–18.Der Brockhaus Kunst. 2. Auflage. Brockhaus, Leipzig 2001, S. 1034. Anke Fröhlich: ...Grazie und erhaben“. Die Werke des Oberlausitzer Malers <mask> Zeissig, gen. Schenau (1737–1806) im Kulturhistorischen Museum zu Görlitz. In: Görlitzer Magazin.19, 2006, S. 12–31. Anke Fröhlich: ...mit seinen schönen Ideen und sanften Pinseln“. Der Dresdner Genremaler und Akademiedirektor <mask> <mask>, gen. Schenau. In: Dresdner Kunstblätter. 51, 2007, S. 180–196. External links

<mask> Schenau online (Artcyclopedia)
<mask> Schenau on Artnet
Engravings after Schenau (Moteur Collections, Culture.fr)
Prints by Schenau (Grosvenor prints)
L'Origine de la Peinture: une famille dessinant des ombres chinoises  (Christie's)
 Biography of Schenau by Kai Wenzel in the "Sächsische Biografie" (in German)
 Auferstehung Christi, altarpiece of the church of Großschönau

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People from the Electorate of Saxony
18th-century German painters
German male painters
19th-century German painters
19th-century male artists
German portrait painters
Porcelain painters
Meissen porcelain

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title: Gustave Gilbert

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<mask> (September 30, 1911 – February 6, 1977) was an American psychologist best known for his writings containing observations of high-ranking Nazi leaders during the Nuremberg trials. His 1950 book The Psychology of Dictatorship was an attempt to profile the Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler using as reference the testimonials of Hitler's closest generals and commanders. <mask>'s published work is still a subject of study in many universities and colleges, especially in the field of psychology. Early life and education
<mask> was born in the state of New York in 1911, the son of Jewish-Austrian immigrants. He won a scholarship from the School for Ethical Culture at the College Town Center in New York. In 1939, <mask> obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in psychology from Columbia University. <mask> also held a diploma from the American Board of Examiners in professional psychology.During World War II, <mask> was commissioned with the rank of First Lieutenant. Because of his knowledge of German, he was sent overseas as a translator. Nuremberg trials
In 1945, after the end of the war, <mask> was sent to Nuremberg, Germany, as a translator for the International Military Tribunal for the trials of the World War II German prisoners. <mask> was appointed the prison psychologist of the German prisoners. During the process of the trials <mask> became, after Douglas Kelley, the confidant of Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Hans Frank, Oswald Pohl, Otto Ohlendorf, Rudolf Höss, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner, among others. <mask> and Kelley administered the Rorschach inkblot test to the 22 defendants in the Nazi leadership group prior to the first set of trials. <mask> also participated in the Nuremberg trials as the American Military Chief Psychologist and provided testimony attesting to the sanity of Rudolf Hess.In 1946, after the trials, <mask> returned to the US. <mask> stayed busy teaching, researching, and writing. In 1947 he published part of his diary, consisting of observations taken during interviews, interrogations, "eavesdropping" and conversations with German prisoners, under the title Nuremberg Diary. (This diary was reprinted in full in 1961 just before the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.) The following is a famous exchange <mask> had with Göring from this book:

Later life
In 1948, as Head Psychologist at the Veterans Hospital at Lyons, NJ, <mask> treated veterans of World Wars I and II who had suffered nervous breakdowns. In 1950, <mask> published The Psychology of Dictatorship: Based on an Examination of the Leaders of Nazi Germany. In this book, <mask> made an attempt to portray a profile of the psychological behavior of Adolf Hitler, based on deductive work from eyewitness reports from Hitler's commanders in prison in Nuremberg.In September 1954, while he was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State College, <mask> attended the 62nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in New York. <mask> was part of a four-person panel discussing "Psychological Approaches to the Problem of Anti-Intellectualism." In 1961, when he was the chairman of the psychology department of Long Island University in Brooklyn, <mask> was summoned to testify in the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. <mask> testified on May 29, 1961, describing how both Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Rudolf Höss tried in their conversations with him to put the responsibility for the extermination of the Jews on each other's doorstep. Nevertheless, Eichmann appeared in the accounts of both men. Then he presented a document, handwritten by Höss, that surveys the process of extermination at Auschwitz and different sums of people gassed there – under Höss as commandant and according to an oral report by Eichmann. The court decided not to accept <mask>'s psychological analyses of the prisoners at Nuremberg as part of his testimony.In 1967, <mask> convinced Leon Pomeroy, then a recent graduate from University of Texas at Austin, to build a clinical doctoral program in the field of psychology at Long Island University. At the time, <mask> was serving as chairman of the psychology department of Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. <mask> died on 6 February 1977. Portrayal in popular culture
<mask> <mask> has been portrayed by the following actors in film, television and theater productions;
Jan Englert in the 1970 Polish film Epilog norymberski
Matt Craven in the 2000 Canadian/US TV production Nuremberg
August Zirner in the 2005 German docudrama  Speer und Er
Robert Jezek in the 2006 British television production Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
Adam Godley in the 2006 British television docudrama Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Also, the character "Abe Fields" in Michael Koehlmeier's 2008 book Abendland ("Occident") who is based on <mask> <mask> (see the interview with the author  in the Austrian paper Der Falter of 15. 8. 2007). In the book, Abe Fields sits in on the trials as psychologist and speaks to the defendants.Selected works
(1947). Nuremberg Diary. Farrar, Straus and Company: New York. (1948). "Hermann Göring: Amiable Psychopath". Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 43, 211–229. (1950).The Psychology of Dictatorship: Based on an Examination of the Leaders of Nazi Germany. New York: The Ronald Press Company. (1951). "Stereotype persistence and change among college students". Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 46, 245–254.

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title: Leo Perutz

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<mask> (2 November 1882, Prague – 25 August 1957, Bad Ischl) was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. He was born in Prague (now capital of the Czech Republic) and was thus a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lived in Vienna until the Nazi Anschluss in 1938, when he emigrated to Palestine. According to the biographical note on the Arcade Publishing editions of the English translations of his novels, <mask> was a mathematician who formulated an algebraic equation which is named after him; he worked as a statistician for an insurance company. He was related to the biologist <mask>. During the 1950s he returned occasionally to Austria, spending the summer and autumn months in the market town of St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut resort region and in Vienna. He died in the Austrian spa town of Bad Ischl in 1957.He wrote his first novel, The Third Bullet, in 1915 while recovering from a wound sustained in the First World War. In all <mask> wrote eleven novels, which gained the admiration of Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Ian Fleming, Karl Edward Wagner and Graham Greene. Wagner cited <mask>' novel The Master of the Day of Judgement as one of the thirteen best non-supernatural horror novels. Overview
Perutz was born in Prague to a largely non-religious family of Jewish ancestry. They moved to Vienna, where he attended various schools and colleges before studying probability theory, statistics, actuarial science, and economics. <mask>' novels are short and are usually historical novels combining fast-paced adventure with a metaphysical twist. They are influenced by the work of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Arthur Schnitzler and Victor Hugo (whose work Perutz
translated into German).Austrian fellow novelist Friedrich Torberg once characterized <mask>' literary style as the possible result of a little infidelity of Franz Kafka and Agatha Christie. The Marquis of Bolibar features the Wandering Jew appearing
during Napoleon's campaign in Spain. By Night Under the Stone Bridge is an episodic work whose separate stories are bound together by the illicit love shared, in their dreams, by a Jewish woman and the Emperor Rudolf II. In the posthumously-published <mask>'s Judas, da Vinci's quest for an appropriate face to give the betrayer in his Last Supper is interwoven with the squabble between a usurer and the merchant to whom he owes money. The title of his 1933 novel Saint Peter's Snow (also known in English as The Virgin's Brand), which is set in what was then the present day, refers to a drug which induces religious fervour; the Nazis, understandably, did not care for it. Critic Alan Piper considered it "a psychological detective story", although it has varyingly been categorised as science fiction or fantasy. Piper believed that the novel was decades ahead of its time due to the description of a hallucinogenic drug derived from an ergot fungus 10 years before the discovery of LSD.He also thought it astonishing that it discussed the experimental use of this hallucinogen on an isolated village 20 years before the 1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning, and proposed that ergot was the psychoactive ingredient used in the ancient mystery cults 40 years before this was put forward as a serious proposal. The Master of the Day of Judgement is a decidedly different mystery story about the circumstances surrounding an actor's death in the early twentieth century, and Little Apple concerns a First World War soldier's obsessive quest for revenge. In his discussion of German language fantastic literature, critic Franz Rottensteiner describes Perutz as "undoubtedly the finest fantasy author of his time". Literary scholar Alan Piper described Perutz's work as typically containing "an element of the fantastic, with dramatic plots featuring confusing and conflicting interpretations of events". In 1933, Perutz published his novel St Petri-Schnee, which would be published in English in 1935 as The Virgin's Brand. ""<mask>tz: An English Bibliography," Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 48 No.4 December 1991, pp. 195–197. Further reading
 Hans Harald Müller: <mask>, München, Verlag C. H. Beck, 1992
 Dietrich Neuhaus: Erinnerung und Schrecken. Die Einheit von Geschichte, Phantastik und Mathematik im Werk Leo Perutz, Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang, 1984
 Brigitte Forster, Hans Harald Müller (Hrsg. ): <mask>. Unruhige Träume - Abgründige Konstruktionen. Dimensionen des Werks, Stationen der Wirkung, Wien, Sonderzahl, 2002 .Ulrike Siebauer: <mask>tz - »Ich kenne alles. Alles, nur nicht mich«, Gerlingen, Bleicher Verlag, 2000

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 Appreciation by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
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title: Ancel Henry Bassett

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<mask> (July 1, 1809 – August 30, 1886) was a Methodist minister, author, editor, and historian who left the Methodist Episcopal Church to join the Methodist Protestant Church soon after its founding in 1830. He became an influential leader of that denomination, editing one of its primary periodicals, the Western Recorder. In 1875, the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church requested that he write and publish a denominational history, which was published in 1877. Early life and ministry
He was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Elihu and Abigail (Dillingham<mask>. The <mask>s moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1810, and <mask>'s father died there in 1814. He became a Christian at age twelve and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. While attending school in Cincinnati, he was able to study Greek, as well as work in a book bindery in the evenings and on Saturdays.In 1827 he observed some of the debates of the Methodist reform movement, and when the movement formally seceded from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1828 over the issue of bishops and representation of the laity, he left the church to join the new Methodist Protestant Church. After meeting him, Asa Shinn, a minister and leader in the Methodist Protestant Church, encouraged him to enter the ministry, and he was licensed to preach in Cincinnati in 1830. Three years later he was elected to serve as Secretary of the Ohio Conference, which he did for seven consecutive years, and then he was elected to serve as President of the Conference, which he did for five years. Marriage
He married Priscilla White on August 24, 1837, in Greenbush, Preble County, Ohio. Priscilla was the oldest child of Robert and Mary (Johnson) White. Priscilla, named after her fifth-great-grandmother, Priscilla Alden, was well-educated herself and interested in history, genealogy, and Christian missions. Priscilla was the daughter of a Methodist minister, Robert White (1795-1870), the granddaughter of a Methodist minister, Jeremiah Johnson (1763-1847), and the sister of three ministers, Joseph Johnson White (1817-1893), James Gibson White (1823-1913), and Lorenzo Johnson White (1828-1893).Editor, Publisher, and Hymnwriter
In 1845 he left the preaching ministry to become Editor of the Western Recorder, which was a denominational newspaper with anti-slavery sentiment published in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1854 the publication became the official periodical for all Northern and Western Conferences of the Methodist Protestant Church. <mask> was elected Editor, and then Book Agent, and then Publishing Agent, and served in these capacities until he retired in 1872. <mask> wrote many of the articles in the periodicals, as well as Sunday School curriculum, and other denominational materials. He wrote numerous articles condemning slavery, due to strong personal conviction. He edited the denomination's 1860 hymnal, Hymn Book for the Methodist Protestant Church, and helped compile its 1873 hymnal, The Voice of Praise. He wrote the hymn "Midnight Praise", which is included in the 1873 hymnal.Historian and Author
<mask> demonstrated a passion for history in his years as Editor and Publisher. "He possessed a peculiarly retentive memory, and facts once fixed in his mind seemed never to fade out." He had over fifty years of denominational periodicals and records in his possession. While living in Springfield, Ohio, he helped organize a local historical society for Clark County, Ohio, called "The Mad River Valley Pioneer and Historical Association" and served as its first president in 1870. In his inaugural address, he emphasized the importance of preserving history: "To rescue from oblivion interesting facts and important information, would seem a duty which we owe to those who come after us. The present is indebted to the past; so the present should provide for the future. Today has the benefit of yesterday's observations and experiences; so should today preserve and carry forward its accumulated information for the benefit of tomorrow."Given his resources and interest in history, the General Conference  of 1875 asked <mask> to write a new history of the denomination. He wrote A Concise History of the Methodist Protestant Church in 1877, which was republished in two subsequent editions, and has been viewed as a "valuable contribution to ecclesiastical history". Although there were other histories written, <mask> desired to emphasize the anti-slavery sympathies of the Western and Northern Conferences which he felt were understated in other histories. Other Interests
In addition to history, music, Bible, and theology, he was interested in botany, geology, and astronomy. He collected specimens, and sought out the latest literature and authors on a variety of subjects. In 1845 the "Western Academy of Science" in Cincinnati elected him a corresponding member of that institution. He received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Adrian College.Several unpublished works of his have been preserved by his descendants, including an autobiography and a miniature encyclopedia. <mask> and Priscilla <mask> did not have any children. However, when Priscilla's younger sister, Susan White Bonebrake, died in 1858, <mask> and Priscilla adopted her daughter Caroline Bonebrake and raised her. He died on August 30, 1886, in Casstown, Ohio, at the home of their adopted daughter and niece, Caroline. He is buried in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, Ohio. References

<mask>, <mask> H. "A Concise History of the Methodist Protestant Church, From Its Origin: with Biographical Sketches of Several Leading Ministers of the Denomination, and Also a Sketch of the Author's Life". 3rd edition.Pittsburgh: William McCracken, 1887. Johnson, James Bowen. "The Johnson Memorial". Washington, D.C.: Howard University Print, 1895. Colhouer, Thomas H.  "Sketches of the Founders of the Methodist Protestant Church". Pittsburgh: Methodist Protestant Book Concern, 1880. Drinkhouse, Edward J."History of Methodist Reform: Synoptical of General Methodism 1703 to 1898 With Special and Comprehensive Reference to its Most Salient Exhibition in the History of the Methodist Protestant Church". The Board of Publication of the Methodist Protestant Church. Vol. 1. Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1899. Harmon, Nolan B., ed. "The Encyclopedia of World Methodism".Vol. 1. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1974. Prince, Benjamin F.  "Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio". Vol. 1. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922."The Voice of Praise: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Church". Pittsburgh: James Robison, 1873. 1809 births
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title: Al Saunders

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<mask> (born February 1, 1947) is an American football coach who most recently served as the senior offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). Personal life
<mask> was born in the north London suburb of Hendon as part of a sporting family; his great-uncle, <mask>, played soccer for a number of teams in The Football League and later became a manager, winning honours with Norwich City and Aston Villa. <mask> is a member of the San Jose State University Hall of Fame. He earned Academic All-American Football honors as a three-year starter and team captain at defensive back and wide receiver from 1966-68. He is a former prep All-American swimmer and National record holder in the sport as well as being an accomplished distance runner. He was veteran of numerous marathons and was crowned the Road Runners Club of America's Masters 5K National Champion in 1996. He is a member of Theta Chi Fraternity and has been enshrined in their Hall of Honor as well as receiving their "Distinguished Achievement Award" in 2016 for professional and life accomplishments.<mask> earned a master's degree in education from Stanford University in 1970. Recognized in "Who's Who in America" and "International Leaders in Achievement", <mask> was awarded California's prestigious "Golden State Award" in 1989  for excellence in community service and leadership. <mask> is married to the former Karen Mize, daughter of television personality and recording artist Billy Mize, a three-time winner of Academy of Country Music's Personality of the Year Award ('65-'67). <mask> has three children, distinguished clinical physiologist Dr. Korrin E<mask>,  Emmy award winning film maker William J <mask>, and NFL coach Robert C<mask>. Coaching career
Prior to entering the NFL, <mask> spent 12 years as a college assistant coach. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at USC under John McKay from 1970–71 and served as receivers coach for the University of Missouri's Fiesta Bowl team in 1972. <mask> spent 1973 through 1975 as play-caller and offensive backfield coach at Utah State where he coached Louie Giammona to become the NCAA leader in all purpose yardage and rushing in '74 and '75.He then spent six seasons as assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at the University of California where he tutored All-American quarterbacks Joe Roth and Rich Campbell. He guided the Golden Bears to set 32 NCAA, conference and school records and finished each season ranked in the top ten in the nation in passing. His final collegiate stop was in 1982 as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach under Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee where he built an explosive, record setting offense featuring future NFL first-round wide receiver picks Willie Gault and Clyde Duncan. His first NFL head coaching position came with the San Diego Chargers as interim head coach in 1986 following the resignation of Don Coryell. He spent two full seasons as the Chargers head coach after previously working as receivers coach in 1983-84 and assistant head coach in 1985-86 for what was one of the most prolific offenses in the history of modern football. In 1985, San Diego's "Air Coryell" led the NFL in passing and total offense for an unprecedented fifth time in six years. <mask> tutored Hall of Fame receivers Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow and oversaw the development of Pro Bowl receivers Wes Chandler, Lionel James and Gary Anderson.From 1989 until 1998, <mask> was with the Kansas City Chiefs. He served as the assistant head coach and wide receivers coach working with Pro Bowl performers Carlos Carson, Stephon Paige, Webster Slaughter, Andre Rison and <mask>. <mask> worked for 10 winning seasons under the highly respected head coach Marty Schottenheimer. After Schottenhiemer's unexpected resignation from the Chiefs, <mask> joined the St. Louis Rams coaching staff under the legendary Dick Vermeil. Serving as associate head coach and receivers coach with the Rams (1999-2000), he helped create one of the most dynamic and explosive offenses that the NFL had ever seen, and eventually helped lead the Rams to a Super Bowl XXXIV victory. Leading the NFL in virtually every significant offensive category, "The Greatest Show on Turf" established numerous NFL records for scoring and offensive production. The emergence of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, the production of Hall of Fame running back, Marshall Faulk and <mask>’ development of Pro Bowlers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt were all largely cited as the key factor in the Rams’ innovative and creative success.When Vermeil came out of retirement in 2001, <mask> reunited with his old mentor and former team, the Kansas City Chiefs, as the assistant head coach/offensive coordinator until Vermeil’s final retirement in 2006. Under <mask>’ direction as coordinator, the Chiefs offense was the most productive unit in the entire NFL during that 5-year span. 46 franchise records for offense production were established and no team scored more points (2,175), gained more yards (30,470), or scored more touchdowns (262) during that time. <mask> offense also broke numerous NFL records including a single season record of 398 first downs, most combined first downs in a game (64), established the highest red zone touchdown scoring percentage in league history (77.8), longest touchdown pass in league history (99yds), fewest fumbles in a season (2), tied a 42-year-old mark with 63 rushing touchdowns over two seasons, became the first team in NFL history to have three runners have 150-yard games in a single season, and was the only team ever to score 8 rushing touchdowns in a single game. Also during that period, Priest Holmes twice broke the NFL single season rushing touchdown record (27) and was named NFL offensive player of the year (2003). Additionally, Tony Gonzales set the NFL single season receiving mark for tight ends (102 in 2004), Trent Green became only the fourth player in league history to finish four consecutive seasons with a QB rating above 90, and 11 different offensive players enjoyed Pro Bowl years — all under <mask>’ direction. <mask> was ranked as the #1 Offensive Coordinator in the past 25 years in the NFL by ESPN and in 2005, and was named USA Today's Offensive Coach of the Year.On January 19, 2006, he joined the coaching staff of the Washington Redskins as associate head coach and offensive coordinator to Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs. With one of the most dominant rushing teams in the league <mask> led Washington's offense to a playoff berth in 2007. <mask> served Gibbs until his retirement two years later. On January 30, 2008, <mask> was hired as offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams. Constructing an offense around the skills of Pro Bowl running back Stephen Jackson the Rams had one of the most dominant rushing attacks in the NFL. In 2009, <mask> was hired away by the Baltimore Ravens to serve as the senior offensive assistant to John Harbaugh. <mask> contributed to designing an offense that produced back to back playoff appearances for the Ravens and worked closely with pro bowl performers Todd Heap and Dennis Pitta.On January 20, 2011, <mask> was hired by <mask> and Hue Jackson to serve as the Offensive Coordinator and QB coach for the Oakland Raiders. Under <mask>' direction, Oakland's offense finished with the second highest yardage total in franchise history (6,072) and ranked among the NFL leaders in rushing, passing and total offense. On January 31, 2012, following Davis' death and Jackson's firing, and after interviewing for several vacant offensive coordinator positions with other organizations, <mask> agreed to return to Oakland as Senior Offensive Assistant under <mask>. He served in that capacity for the following three seasons. <mask> announced his retirement on April 10, 2015, but returned on October 7 as the Miami Dolphins senior offensive assistant under interim coach Dan Campbell. While working primarily with the wide receivers Jarvis Landry set a franchise record with 110 receptions and became the most productive receiver in NFL history during his first two seasons with a total of 194. On January 19, 2016, <mask> rejoined Jackson at the Cleveland Browns to be the team's senior offensive assistant.He additionally coached wide receivers, and turned former QB Terrelle Pryor into a 1,000 yard receiver in his first full season at the position. <mask> remained with the Browns until retiring after the 2018 NFL season. Head coaching record

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title: Emil Fuchs (artist)

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<mask>, MVO, (9 August 1866 – 13 January 1929) was an Austrian and American sculptor, medallist, painter, and author who worked in Vienna, London and New York. He painted portraits of Queen Victoria and Edward VII and was fashionable among London high society in the early 20th century. Biography

Austria, Germany, Rome
He was born in Vienna on 9 August 1866. During his years in Austria, Germany and Rome he was a sculptor and medallist who eventually began to study painting as well. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Edmund von Hellmer and Viktor Oskar Tilgner. He then attended the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin where he studied under Fritz Schaper and Anton von Werner. From 1891 to 1897 he was in Rome, having won the German Prix de Rome in 1891.While in Rome he had an affair with Elvira Fraternali; this is referred to in the film D'Annunzio. He had a sister Renee, and was brother-in-law of Gustav Freytag. England

From 1897 to 1915 his address was in London where he regularly met with the artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema. He had been mainly a sculptor and medallist, but he began oil painting, especially portraiture in oils, in 1897; his early mentor was John Singer Sargent. He exhibited works at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1898 and he taught there. He worked on commissions including portraits for Queen Victoria and Edward VII, and his portraits became fashionable among various patrons from the aristocracy and high society. He was honoured with the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1909.While in England he was employed by the Birmingham Mint. By 1905 he had been teaching at Paris, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Rome and was making winter trips to the United States. United States
<mask> began going to the United States in 1905, primarily to paint portraits of wealthy socialites. In 1915 during World War I, "a wave of anti-German sentiment" swept England so, to escape it he moved permanently to New York, producing more works there and offering assistance with the war effort. He became a US citizen in 1924. He had surgery for cancer in 1928, and in anticipation of a death with great suffering he shot himself at the Hotel des Artistes in New York on 13 January 1929. His will created a foundation which put his art on view as a permanent exhibit, and for this he left $500,000 plus artworks to the public.Artwork

During his career in Vienna, Berlin, Rome, England and New York he created portrait busts, figurines, memorials, medals, oil paintings and other works of art. Collections of his work are held at the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Thomas J. Watson Library and the Library of Congress. Exhibitions
Between 1898 and 1902 he showed fourteen works over seven Royal Academy summer exhibitions. This included busts, figure groups, figurines, medals, and marble and bronze plaquettes. In 1898 he exhibited marble busts of Lady Alice Montagu and Mr Carl Meyer at the autumn exhibition in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. In 1900 at the same gallery he exhibited a portrait of Arthur W. Pinero and a bronze sculpture called Grip of Death, and in 1901 a bronze head. In 1901 at the RA summer exhibition he showed a case of medals including "portraits of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, H. M. King Edward VII., Lord Roberts, General Sir George White, General Baden-Powell, and the Peace Medal, of which two varieties exist".In 1902 he had a one-man exhibition at the Grafton Galleries, London. Works

The following is a selection of his work. Memorial to Prince Christian Victor (d.1900) at St George's Chapel, Windsor. Medals showing Alexandra of Denmark, commissioned by Queen Victoria (d.1901), at the Brooklyn Museum. Oil painting of Queen Victoria lying in state (1901), at Brooklyn Museum. Several medallions commissioned by Queen Victoria (d.1901), Edward VII (d.1910) and Queen Alexandra (d.1925). King Edward VII Coronation Medal (1902) at the Tate Gallery and the Brooklyn Museum.Plymouth's memorial to the fallen of the Second Boer War (1903). Portrait in oils of Edward VII (1903) for his Prussian regiment at the Brooklyn Museum. King Edward VII penny postage stamp (1902–1910). Portrait of Mrs Phil Benkard (1907)
 Medal commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the American Numismatic Society (1908), at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Circular Carrara marble memorial plaques of Edward VII (d.1910) executed at Sandringham and Copenhagen for Alexandra of Denmark (1910–1913), and a replica plaque carved for the opening of The King's Hall, Herne Bay, Kent (1913). A bust of Lord Wolseley (d.1913) (between 1897 and 1915). A design for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post (undated: between 1905 and 1929).A bronze statue of Henry J. Heinz was dedicated at the Heinz Company building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 11, 1924. A selection of <mask>' sculptures can be found in:

 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
 National Academy of Design, New York City

A selection of <mask>' paintings can be found at:

 Pioneers' Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
 Yale University, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven, Connecticut
 Raydon Gallery, New York City
 Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Bibliography
 <mask>, <mask>, The work of <mask>; illustrating some of his representative paintings, sculpture, medals and studies. "Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of his works under the auspices of Messrs. Cartier, February 7th to March 5th, 1921." (New York city, 1921)
 <mask>, <mask>, With Pencil, Brush and Chisel: The life of an artist (Putnam NY, 1925) . Simmons, William, "<mask>chs and Etching," in The Print Connoisseur (1929). References

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 Smithsonian Institution: Photographs of sculptures by <mask>
 National Portrait Gallery, London: four portraits associated with <mask>
 Several exhibition catalogs of the artist, available from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries. Austrian male sculptors
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