Erik Satie. Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (French: [eʁik sati]; 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925) — he signed his name Erik Satie after 1884 — was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.[1] An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Later, he also referred to himself as a "phonometrician" (meaning "someone who measures sounds") preferring this designation to that of a "musician", after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911.[2] Early life and training[edit] Satie house and museum in Honfleur, Normandy Satie was the son of Alfred Satie and his wife Jane Leslie (née Anton), who was born in London to Scottish parents.
Career[edit] Montmartre[edit] Move to Arcueil[edit] Theda Bara. Theda Bara (/ˈθiːdə ˈbærə/[1] THEE-də BAR-ə; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the most popular actresses of the silent era, and one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname The Vamp (short for vampire). Bara made more than 40 films between 1914 and 1926, but most are now lost due to a fire that destroyed the majority of her films in 1937. After her marriage to Charles Brabin in 1921, she made two more feature films and retired from acting in 1926 having never appeared in a sound film. She died of stomach cancer at the age of 69. Early life[edit] She was born Theodosia Burr Goodman in the Avondale section of Cincinnati, Ohio. Bara attended Walnut Hills High School graduating in 1903.
Career[edit] Theda Bara defends herself in a scene still for the 1918 silent drama "The She-Devil. " Bara in the title role as Cleopatra (1917) At the height of her fame, Bara earned $4,000 per week. Death[edit] Peter Schjeldahl. Peter Schjeldahl, (born 1942), is an American art critic, poet, and educator. Peter Schjeldahl, Sept.2009, at MoMA Schjeldahl was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He grew up in small towns throughout Minnesota, and attended Carleton College and The New School. He began his professional writing career as a reporter in Minnesota, Iowa and New Jersey. Art critic[edit] Poet[edit] Schjeldahl’s poetry falls in line with many of the characteristic themes and styles of the New York School.
His poetry succeeds without a great deal of complexity in language usage or style while maintaining seriousness and poignancy. In an interview with Blackbird, Schjeldahl stated, "writing things that people want to read is my bread and butter". Awards[edit] Personal life[edit] Schjeldahl currently resides in New York. Bibliography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Iris Apfel. Iris Apfel (born August 29, 1921) is an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon. Background and early life[edit] Born Iris Barrel in Astoria, Queens, New York, Apfel is the only child of Samuel Barrel, whose family owned a glass-and-mirror business, and his Russian-born wife, Sadye, who owned a fashion boutique.[1] She studied art history at New York University and attended art school at the University of Wisconsin. As a young woman, Apfel worked for Women's Wear Daily and for interior designer Elinor Johnson.
She also was an assistant to illustrator Robert Goodman.[1] In 1948, she married Carl Apfel. Two years later, they launched the textile firm Old World Weavers and ran it until they retired in 1992. At age 90 in 2012, Apfel was a visiting professor at University of Texas at Austin.[2] Apfel consults and lectures about style and other fashion topics. Museum retrospectives[edit] Documentary[edit] References[edit] Clara Bow. After marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada.
Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. In September 1965, Bow died of a heart attack at the age of 60. Early life[edit] Bow was born in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York at 697 Bergen Street.[7] Her birth year, according to US Census 1910 and 1920 was given as 1905.[8] In the Census of 1930 Bow claims she was born in 1906.[9] and on her gravestone of 1965 the inscription says 1907. Bow was her parents' third child; her two older sisters, born in 1903 and 1904 respectively, died in infancy.[10] Her mother, Sarah Bow (née Gordon, 1880–1923), was told by a doctor not to become pregnant again for fear the next baby might die as well. Despite the doctor's warning, Sarah became pregnant with Clara in the fall of 1904.
At sixteen, Clara's mother Sarah fell from a second-story window and suffered a severe head injury. Clara spoke about the incident later: It was snowing. Career[edit] "... Betty Grable. Betty Grable (born Elizabeth Ruth Grable; December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, dancer, and singer and popular contract star for 20th Century-Fox during the 1940s and 1950s.[1] Throughout her career, Grable was celebrated for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and studio publicity often photographed her featuring them.
Her iconic bathing suit poster made her the number one pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. It was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photographs that Changed the World". Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of her legs as thigh (18.5"), calf (12"), and ankle (7.5").[2] Grable's legs were famously insured by her studio for $1 million with Lloyds of London. Early life[edit] Elizabeth Ruth Grable was born in St. Career[edit] Early career (1930–1939)[edit] Film stardom at Twentieth Century-Fox (1940–1949)[edit] Motion picture decline & retirement (1950–1955)[edit] Personal life[edit] Louise Brooks. Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985), born Mary Louise Brooks, was an American dancer and actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut.
Early life[edit] Born in Cherryvale, Kansas, Louise Brooks was the daughter of Leonard Porter Brooks, a lawyer, who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and Myra Rude, an artistic mother who determined that any "squalling brats she produced could take care of themselves".[1]:11 Brooks in high school, 1922 Rude was a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for her children, inspiring them with a love of books and music. When she was nine years old, a neighborhood predator sexually abused Louise.
Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer, joining the Denishawn modern dance company in Los Angeles (whose members included founders Ruth St. Career[edit] American films[edit] Brooks made her screen debut in the silent The Street of Forgotten Men, in an uncredited role in 1925. In Europe[edit] Bettie Page. Page was "Miss January 1955", one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society,"[5] Playboy founder Hugh Hefner told the Associated Press. In 1959, Page converted to evangelical Christianity and went on to work for Billy Graham.[6] The latter part of her life was marked by depression, violent mood swings, and several years in a state psychiatric hospital.[7][8] After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s.
Early life[edit] Page was the second of six children born to Walter Roy Page and Edna Mae Pirtle.[9][10] At a young age, Page had to face the responsibilities of caring for her younger siblings. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old. As a teenager, Page and her sisters tried different makeup styles and hairdos imitating their favorite movie stars. Revival[edit] Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, King of Iran with Queen Soraya on their wedding day Princess Soraya of Iran (born Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (Luri/Persian:ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری), UniPers: Sorayâ Asfandiyâri-Bakhtiyâri; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Early life and education[edit] Her family had long been involved in the Iranian government and diplomatic corps.
An uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader in the Iranian constitutional movement of the early 20th century.[4] Soraya was raised in Berlin and Isfahan.[3] She was educated in London and Switzerland.[3] Marriage activities[edit] In 1948, Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a close relative of Soraya's, via a photograph taken by Goodarz Bakhtiary, in London, per Forough Zafar's request. Following the marriage, Soraya headed the charity association in Iran.[12] Infertility and divorce[edit]
Thurston Moore. Early years[edit] Moore was born in Coral Gables, Florida, but was raised in Bethel, Connecticut.[6] Although he enrolled at Western Connecticut State University, he instead moved to New York City to join the burgeoning post-punk/no wave music scenes.[7] It was here the he was able to watch shows by the likes of Patti Smith and spoken-word performances by William S. Burroughs.[8] At the beginning of his time in New York, he lived in an apartment below artist Dan Graham, eventually befriending him, sometimes using records from Graham's collection for mix tapes.[9] Sonic Youth[edit] Moore and Ranaldo soon formed Sonic Youth, serving as the band's guitarists, with Moore on lead vocals on a good portion of the material. Live in the Netherlands (with Sonic Youth), 1991 Moore and Ranaldo make extensive use of unusual guitar tunings, often heavily modifying their instruments to provide unusual timbres and drones. Work outside of Sonic Youth[edit] Work on film soundtracks[edit] Personal life[edit]
Charlie Parker. Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as "Yardbird" and "Bird", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.[1] Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop,[2] a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique and improvisation. Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. His tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. §Biography[edit] §Childhood[edit] Charles Parker, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Adelaide "Addie" (Bailey) and Charles Parker.[5] He attended at Lincoln High School[6] in September 1934, but withdrew in December 1935, just before joining the local musicians' union.
Parker began playing the saxophone at age 11, and at age 14 he joined his school's band using a rented school instrument. §Early career[edit] §Bebop[edit] Anna Piaggi. Anna Piaggi Anna Maria Piaggi (22 March 1931 – 7 August 2012) was an Italian fashion writer and style icon. Career[edit] Since 1969, she used a bright red manual Olivetti Valentine typewriter for her work. Piaggi had a large clothes collection, including 2,865 dresses and 265 pairs of shoes, according to a 2006 exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She dressed in an exuberant, unique and eclectic way, never appearing in the same outfit more than once in public.
Such was her influence and knowledge in the fashion world, Manolo Blahnik dubbed her "The world's last great authority on frocks". Personal life[edit] Piaggi was married to the photographer Alfa Castaldi in 1962 in New York. Death[edit] Piaggi died at age 81 in Milan on 7 August 2012.[5][6] Books[edit] Piaggi, Anna and Karl Lagerfeld. References[edit] External links[edit] Grace Jones.
In 1983, Jones's One Man Show was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long-Form Music Video. For her work in Conan the Destroyer, A View to a Kill, and Vamp, she was nominated Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In 1999, Jones ranked 82nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and in 2008, she was honoured with a Q Idol Award. Jones influenced the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s and has been an inspiration for artists, including Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Brazilian Girls, Nile Rodgers, Santigold, and Basement Jaxx.
Biography[edit] Early life in Jamaica, and New York, and beginning of modelling career[edit] As a child, Jones was shy; she had only one school-friend, and was teased by her classmates for her "skinny frame", but excelled at sports and found solace in the nature of Jamaica.[5] The Tom Moulton-produced albums (1977-79)[edit] The Compass Point years, and mainstream success as an actress (1980–85)[edit] Isabella Blow. Isabella "Issie" Blow[1][2] (19 November 1958 – 7 May 2007)[3][4] was an English magazine editor. The muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as the fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Early life[edit] Born Isabella Delves Broughton in Marylebone, London, England, she was the eldest child of Major Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, a military officer, and his second wife, Helen Mary Shore, a barrister. Sir Evelyn was the only son of Jock Delves Broughton; his sister, Rosamond, married Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat in 1938.
Blow had two sisters, Julia and Lavinia, and a brother, John, who drowned in the family's swimming pool at the age of two. In 1972, when she was 14, her parents separated and her mother left the household, bidding each daughter farewell with a handshake. I've done the most peculiar jobs. Career[edit] [...] to keep everyone away from me. Illness[edit] In 2004, Isabella and Detmar Blow separated. Luisa Casati. Luisa, Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino (23 January 1881 – 1 June 1957) was an eccentric Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts in early 20th-century Europe.
As the concept of dandy was expanded to include women, the marchesa Casati fitted the utmost female example by saying: "I want to be a living work of art". Early life[edit] The younger daughter of Alberto Amman and his wife, the former Lucia Bressi, Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman was born in Milan to a life of luxury. Luisa's father was of Austrian descent, while her mother was Italian and Austrian. Luisa's father was made a count by King Umberto I. Countess Amman died when Luisa was thirteen, and Count Amman died two years later, making his daughters, Luisa and her older sister, Francesca (1880–1919, married Giulio Padulli), reportedly the wealthiest women in Italy.
Marriage and descendants[edit] In 1900 Luisa married Camillo, Marchese Casati Stampa di Soncino (Muggiò, 12 August 1877 – Roma, 18 September 1946). The Hon. Julia Butterfly Hill.