Born: May 3, 1965Birthplace: Barranquilla, ColombiaBest Known as: The tough judge on Project Runway Nina Garcia was Fashion Director of Elle magazine from 2000 to…
(Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie-Bertrand de Beauvoir)writer, feministBorn: 1/9/1908 Birthplace: Paris, France Best known for the classic feminist treatise, Le Deuxième Sexe (1949, The Second Sex), de…
(Saul Kaplan)composer, songwriter, arranger, producerBorn: 2/19/1912Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Working in films from the 1930s to the 1980s, he won an Academy Award for Best Music for An…
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(Encyclopedia) Dongen, Kees vanDongen, Kees vankās vän dôngˈən [key], 1877–1968, Dutch painter who worked in Paris. After moving to Paris in 1897, he met Matisse and became an exponent of fauvism…
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