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	Portugal Gulbenkian \| Iamic
		The organisation was founded by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-1955), a philanthropist, art collector and benefactor of the arts.
		The Gulbenkian Orchestra, founded in 1962 by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
		Its current symphonic formation enables the Gulbenkian Orchestra to perform a large repertoire covering the Baroque and Classical periods, the 19th Century music and also compositions by 20th Century composers.
	www.iamic.net /gulbenkian (200 words)

	Art/Museums: The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection at the Metropolitan Museum at Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-1955), oil baron, philanthropist and art connoisseur was born in Istanbul to a prosperous Armenian banking family.
		Gulbenkian would remind his family "when he was in the right sort of mood" that his purchase of the coins laid the foundation for his collection, according to his son-in-law, Kevork Essayan, who is quoted in "Calouste Gulbenkian, Collector," by José Azeredo Perdigão (The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1969, $39.95, available at the museum).
		Gulbenkian would buy more coins as well as medallions, and perhaps the most spectacular is a striking gold Head of Alexander the Great (Roman, 3rd Century A.D. Gold) prominently displayed in the first room of this exhibition and known as the Aboukir Medallion.
	www.thecityreview.com /gulbenk2.html (2006 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (29 March 1869–Lisbon, 20 July 1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
		Gulbenkian amassed a huge fortune and an art collection which he kept in a private museum at his Paris home.
		Following his death in 1955, a museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) and a charitable foundation were established in Lisbon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calouste_Gulbenkian (220 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Museum Calouste Built (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, Gulbenkian had expressed his wish that as much as possible of his art be permanently exhibited according to a chronological and geographical scheme, and though the Palacio was a particularly attractive setting, it was too small to accommodate all the treasures.
		Gulbenkian's collection has been internationally known for decades, thanks mostly to its extraordinary masterpieces of Western painting, the finest of which were on loan for many years to the National Gallery in London and afterwards to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
		Gulbenkian died in 1955, and today the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, established in Lisbon, sponsors in the name of a remarkable businessman and lover of art, the Gulbenkian Museum, as well as nearly every other type of educational and charitable activity in Portugal and much of the world.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197405/the.museum.calouste.built.htm (2876 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Press Room - Current Press Releases
		Upon his death, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established there in 1956 to support projects worldwide in the fields of art, education, science, health, and social welfare.
		The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established in 1956 to support projects worldwide in the fields of art, education, science, health, and social welfare.
		The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established in1956 to fund charitable, artistic, education and scientific projects.
	www.metmuseum.org /Press_Room/full_release.asp?prid={EF58DCE0-8B11-11D3-9367-00902786BF44} (2529 words)

	information on the gulbenkian
		The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is located in the centre of Lisbon in premises set in nearly nine hectares of gardens, formerly known as the Parque de Santa Gertrudes, and now named Parque Calouste Gulbenkian.
		The Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Centre, which was opened in 1983, was built with a view to providing Lisbon with facilities for research and communication in the field of modern art, particularly for teaching and visual communication use.
		The Gulbenkian Science Institute is housed in a laboratory and administrative building complex in the nearby municipality of Oeiras.In addition to a reception counter and ticket office, the reception lobby of the foundation headquarters in Lisbon has a book sales counter where the public can buy the foundation's various publications.
	www.arts.ac.uk /infinite/english/symposium/popsympgulbenkian.php (770 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation \| Home
		For fifty years the UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has been a pioneering funder of developments in contemporary arts, education and social change in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and a leading agency in the promotion of Portuguese culture.
		Andrew Barnett is new Director of the Gulbenkian Foundation's UK and Ireland Branch
		After five years the Gulbenkian Foundation hands on sponsorship of the Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries to The Art Fund
	www.gulbenkian.org.uk (134 words)

	artnet.com Magazine Features - The Calouste Gulbenkian Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You are Calouste Gulbenkian and highlights from your collection are now on view at the new Greek galleries at New York's Metropolitan Museum until Feb. 27, 2000.
		Gulbenkian's executors funded the Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal with an endowment of $2.6 billion and an annual budget of $102 million.
		Gulbenkian, a devoted Egyptologist, managed to locate a rare bronze sculpture with gold and copper inlay from Dynasty XXIII, the reign of King Pedubast, 818-791 B.C. Richly ornamented with divine figures and encrustations in gold and copper, the 10-inch-high artifact attests to the vitality and artistic excellence of a stormy period in Egyptian history.
	www.artnet.com /Magazine/features/stern/stern1-7-00.asp (934 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869–1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
		He was born in Scutari, now Üsküdar and part of Istanbul, and educated at King's College, London, where he studied engineering.
		Following his death in Portugal, a museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) and a charitable foundation were established in Lisbon.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Calouste_Gulbenkian (217 words)

	Cloudband Magazine : ISLAMIC ART, CARPETS AND TEXTILES FROM THE GULBENKIAN COLLECTION IN LISBON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The emphasis was appropriately on textiles and the Ottoman realm, areas for which Calouste Gulbenkian himself had a particular passion when he began collecting at the beginning of the last century.
		Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was born to a wealthy Armenian family on the Asian side of Istanbul in 1869.
		The Gulbenkian piece is one of only three Vase carpets known to have an inscription, a fact which was first noted by Richard Ettinghausen, former curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
	www.cloudband.com /magazine/articles2q01/exh_purdon_gulbenkian_0401.html (3749 words)

	Museu Calouste Gulbenkian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Museu Calouste Gulbenkian is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal, containing an impressive collection of ancient (and some modern) art.
		The museum was founded according to Calouste Gulbenkian's last will, in order to accommodate and display Gulbenkian's art collection belonging now to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
		The permanent exhibition galleries are distributed in chronological and geographical order to create two independent circuits within the overall tour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Museu_Calouste_Gulbenkian (303 words)

	Lisbon - Northern Lisbon and the Gulbenkian \| Footprint Guides
		Gulbenkian devoted great time and money to the aquisition of a bronze sculpture of the Torso of Pedubast, encrusted with copper and gold, from the reign of King Pedubast (818-791 BC), the Dynasty XXIII, Third Intermediate Kingdom.
		One of Gulbenkian’s paintings, Rubens’ Helena Fourment (1577-1640), is one of the highlights of the entire collection, a ravishing portait of the artist’s wife dressed in fl satin, which constrasts with her silky rosy hue flesh.
		Gulbenkian acquired the painting from the Hermitage Museum, whipping it from right under the nose of legendary dealer Sir Joseph Duveen.
	www.footprintguides.com /Lisbon/Northern-Lisbon-and-the-Gulbenkian.php (1899 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian, Mr. Five Percent
		With or without Detering, Gulbenkian continued to be involved in manifold business activities, including an effort to secure an exclusive concession for the marketing of Soviet caviar.
		He himself alternated between between suites at the Ritz in Paris or, in London, at the Ritz or at the Carlton, attended by a succession of mistresses, at least one of whom at all times, on the basis of "medical advice," had to be eighteen years or younger in order to rejuvenate his sexual vigor.
		As Gulbenkian told it later, at one of the final meetings he called for a large map of the Middle East, then he took a thick red pencil and drew a line along the boundaries of the now-defunct Turkish empire.
	www.softwaretimes.com /files/calouste%20gulbenkian.html (1287 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Only the Best: Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Along with his knowledge of the petroleum industry Gulbenkian's passion for art led to a collection of masterpieces that is only rivalled by major museums.
		Gulbenkian was born in Constantinople to an Armenian family.
		On October 3, 1965 the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and the headquarters of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation opened in Santa Gertrudes Park in Lisbon, Portugal.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0300086482 (506 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		The British national was the pioneer of the oil industry in the Middle East and later, the founder of this Lisbon museum and its foundation.
		Gulbenkian, also an art collector, was born in Turkey to Armenian parents.
		The establishment of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the city where he spent the last 13 years of his life, was bequeathed for the people.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20021124.L14 (645 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was involved in founding the (additional info and facts about Shell Group) Shell Group, and his habit of retaining five per cent of the shares of the oil companies he developed earned him the (A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)) nickname, "Mr.
		He was naturalized a British citizen in 1902.
		Gulbenkian amassed a huge fortune and an art collection which he kept in a private (A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value) museum at his (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris home.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/calouste_gulbenkian.htm (127 words)

	Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
		The holdings of the Art Library were formerly created from the private collection of Calouste Gulbenkian and comprised about 3000 titles of monographs and periodicals.
		This private library was organised in two collections by Calouste Gulbenkian himself, one that stocked published works about art and was named "Documentation" and the other composed by antiquarian books that range from the 12th century to the 20th century.
		Some of the books of Calouste Gulbenkian Private Collection have richly gilded and decorated chagrin bindings produced in France, other are also rare because they are the only existing items in Portugal.
	www.biblarte.gulbenkian.pt /content.asp?cod=col_particular&menu=coleccoes&parent=col_especiais&lang=en (174 words)

	Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian - AKB Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On 29.03.1869, in Scutari, Istanbul, was born Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, son of Sarkis and Dirouhie Gulbenkian, members of an illustrious armenian family their origins ascending to the 4th century.
		Gulbenkian participated in the birth of Royal Dutch Shell Group, that put together the american and russian petrol industries and gave the first push to this industry in the Persian Gulf.
		In April 1942 Calouste Gulbenkian visited Portugal for the first time, upon invitation of the portuguese ambassador in Paris.
	forum.armkb.com /showthread.php?t=11400 (605 words)

	Magazine Antiques: A Portuguese museum collection travels to new York
		Although Gulbenkian was born in Scutari (now Uskudar, part of Istanbul), he was educated in England and spent most of his adult life in Paris--his base during his worldwide search for art.
		At his death in 1956 the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established, and after two temporary locations it moved in 1969 into a permanent museum built to house Gulbenkian's collection of nearly six thousand objects.
		Gulbenkian also purchased several important works from members of the Rothschild family--among them a Gainsborough and two medals cabinets.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_1_157/ai_59014962 (530 words)

	Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG) was created in 1956 by the will of Mr.
		Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian who legated its initial capital, and established its statutory goals: "charity, art, education and science".
		With assets that are currently estimated to over 2,6 billion US$, the Foundation runs numerous distributive programs in arts, education, health and cooperation with developing countries and science, and it operates an orchestra, a choir, two museums, and the science institute.
	www.pt.embnet.org /code/submenus.php?submenu_id=1&menu_id=1&lang=en (73 words)

	The Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries - Press release
		The Gulbenkian judges were captivated by Landform, describing it as a transforming experience, a magnet that attracts people into the museums and a unique intervention in the museum and gallery landscape.
		The UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is responsible for grant aid in the UK and Republic of Ireland and runs funding programmes in arts, social welfare, education and Anglo-Portuguese cultural relations.
		The Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon is well-known and loaned several major pieces of Lalique jewellery to the V and A’s highly acclaimed Art Nouveau exhibition in 2000 and simultaneously mounted a major exhibition of its treasures at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
	www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk /press/pr110504.htm (930 words)

	Museu Calouste Gulbenkian - Lissabon Sehenswürdigkeiten
		Das Museum zeigt die Kunstsammlung des Ölhändlers Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian.
		Gulbenkian ist einer der Gründer der Iraq Petroleum Company gewesen und erlangte große Bedeutung, als die Briten 1920 aus den Resten des ehemaligen Osmanischen Reiches einige Provinzen zu dem Königreich Irak zusammenfassten und die Ölschätze des Landes von der Iraq Petroleum Company gehoben wurden.
		Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges gelang es Gulbenkia aus dem von den Deutschen besetzten Paris, wo er seit 1915 lebte, nach Portugal auszureisen.
	www.reisefuehrer-lissabon.de /museu-calouste-gulbenkian.html (183 words)

	Gulbenkian Library
		The Gulbenkian Library was built in 1929 through the benefaction of the late oil and financial magnate, internationally renowned as "Mr.
		Plans are underway to renovate the historic Gulbenkian Library, transforming it into a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled facility which accommodates furnishings congruous with the character of the building and is equipped with electrical and communications systems capable of incorporating automation, electronic networking, and future technological developments.
		To solicit donations, grants or subsidies from interested members of the public and to apply to public agencies or private or public foundations for assistance under prescribed guidelines, rules and regulations promulgated by such agencies or foundations in order to fund selected capital improvements to the Library.
	www.armenian-patriarchate.org /page11.html (376 words)

	FCG
		Os objectos à venda nas lojas da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, tais como: gravatas, canetas, cartazes e outros ainda não estão disponíveis para encomenda.
		A Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian poderá utilizar estes dados para proceder a melhorias no site no sentido de melhorar a sua eficácia para os utentes.
		A Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian tem vindo a desenvolver ao longo dos anos uma actividade editorial muito abrangente, atribuindo subsídios ou editando ela própria obras que considera importantes para a divulgação do conhecimento.
	www.montra.gulbenkian.pt /institucional.aspx?channelid=920B8D07-BC0B-4EC5-8876-0D8C9A626E42 (774 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Much admired by specialists, but little-known in the United States, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon houses the exceptional collection of artistic treasures that was formed by Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955), a pioneer in the international oil industry, philanthropist, and collector.
		While renovations were underway at the Gulbenkian Museum, a dazzling selection of eighty works—including paintings by Rubens, Fragonard, Turner, Manet, and Monet; Egyptian sculptures, Roman medals, and an Armenian illuminated manuscript; spectacular Islamic ceramics, glass, and textiles; eighteenth-century French silver and furniture, and Lalique jewelry—traveled to New York for the first time.
		Among the educational events presented in conjunction with the exhibition were lectures by João Castel-Branco Pereira, director of the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, and exhibition curators Katharine Baetjer and James David Draper.
	www.metmuseum.org /special/gulbenkian99/se_gulbenkian99_more.htm (438 words)

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