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 Robert Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nixon took over Roger the Dodger from Reid (sometime before 1967) and brought his trademark cuteness and clarity to the strip.
Lord Snooty and Grandpa were adopted by an in-house artist who drew them in a passable but uninteresting pastiche of Nixon's style.
Roger the Dodger was taken over firstly by a copycat artist with rather poor draftsmanship, and in 1976 by some nutter who reintroduced an element of madness from Reid's original.
www.paulmorris.co.uk /beano/artists/nixon.htm   (202 words)

  
 Robert Nixon (artist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Nixon (7 July 1939 - 22 October 2002) was an artist who worked on several British comics over the years.
In The Beano he took over Roger the Dodger from Ken Reid and Lord Snooty from Dudley D. Watkins in the 1960s, and revived Grandpa, another Ken Reid creation, in the early 1970s.
This profile of a UK comics creator, writer, or artist is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Nixon_(artist)   (212 words)

  
 Railway Artist: Robert Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Robert hails from Denby Dale in West Yorkshire.
At school, Robert excelled at art and gained a degree in Art History.
His love of art and of the steam railway naturally soon combined and you can now find Robert Nixon artwork in print on jigsaws, calendars and greeting cards.
www.railart.co.uk /gallery/nixon.html   (131 words)

  
 Robert Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For Robert Nixon the prophet, see Robert Nixon (Cheshire).
Nixon was educated at McMaster University (receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Biology in 1950) and the Ontario College of Education, and worked as a farmer before entering political life.
Buoyed by increased popularity, Nixon changed his mind about retirement and entered the leadership contest to succeed himself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Nixon   (1955 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand
I am proud to be a part of a community of artists and filmmakers who have shown their activism and social consciousness through their work; a group that is committed to examining our world and revealing the truth.
Robert Scheer's column, with its often singular voice of dissent and groundbreaking expositional content, has been among the most notable features that have sustained my interest in subscribing to the LA Times for many years now.
The press failed once again with regard to fellow Journalist Robert Novak, who stooped to a low in journalistic integrity by naming an undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame in his nationally syndicated column, thereby destroying her career and putting her life and her network of associates in danger.
www.sonymusic.com /artists/BarbraStreisand/statements.html   (20804 words)

  
 Robert Stanier ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Robert Batty, View from the Pastey, plate 19 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut.
Robert Batty, Hoxter, on the Weser, plate 52 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut.
Robert Batty, The Place and Bridge at Munden, plate 36 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut.
www.wwar.com /masters/s/stanier-robert.html   (758 words)

  
 RICHARD NIXON MEMORABILIA
According to the artist, they were not very successful in their limited edition and the leftovers were given as gifts to a lot of people.
There are no known Nixon Congressional buttons and I had the opportunity to discuss this thimble with President Nixon in 1988.
He said 5000 total were made and Pat Nixon and his mother handed these out at campaign rallies during this first run ever by Nixon for public office.
ronwade.freeservers.com /nixon4.html   (867 words)

  
 Robert Berks, Bronze Sculptor, Biographies in Bronze   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Robert Berks was born April 26, 1922, in Boston, Massachusetts.
His parents, both artists, were leading restorers of Early American arts and crafts.
Raised in an atmosphere of paint, turpentine, and wood shavings, Berks's training as an artist was part of the flow of daily routine.
robertberksstudios.com /b11.html   (193 words)

  
 The Estate Project
A longtime dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem, Robert Garland is also a ballet choreographer whose Crossing Over (1997) is dedicated to two of the company's dancers—friends of Garland's—who died of AIDS: Calvin Shawn Landers and Carl Jonassaint.
Robert Garland and the original cast of Crossing Over: Virginia Johnson, Tai Jimenez, Tanya Wideman, and Cedric Rouse.
Robert Garland sat for an oral history with the New York Public Library concerning his first ballet, Joplin Dances (1995); call number MGZMT3-1888 (transcripts); MGZTC3-1888 (sound cassettes).
www.artistswithaids.org /artforms/dance/catalogue/garland.html   (438 words)

  
 Robert Macpherson (1811 - 1872) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Robert Batty, Bridge near the Werra, at Munden, plate 9 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut.
Robert Batty, Rocks near the Bastey, Saxony, plate 47 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut.
Artist Dave Lewis, using selected quotes from the Sir William Macpherson Inquiry - the official document generated in the wake of Stephen Lawrence's murder, published in 1999 - has created a dialogue between the public manifestation of th...
www.wwar.com /masters/m/macpherson-robert.html   (1246 words)

  
 [No title]
Caro is the author of magisterial biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, and the interview promised to be most interesting.
I wanted it to revolve around Robert Moses, but I wanted to use Moses' life to show, not what we were taught in college about political power, but the realities of political power, the essence of it, how it really works.
This was a guy who dreamed a dream of an entire metropolitan area when he was a young, young man and spent forty-four years filling in the roads and the parks that he'd dreamed about.
www.robertcaro.com /newvan.htm   (9612 words)

  
 Comic creator: Robert Nixon
In 1968, Robert Nixon inherited 'Lord Snooty', producing quite a good imitation of Dudley D. Watkins' original work.
In 1973, he left to work for IPC Magazines, becoming their most prolific artist during the next decade.
Robert Nixon's creations had a familiar rounded, cuter edge.
www.lambiek.net /artists/n/nixon_robert.htm   (109 words)

  
 Artist Interviews Magazine: Leslie King
Artist Interviews Magazine had the pleasure of speaking with producer and director Leslie King about the making of a beautiful and charming short film "One of the Oldest Con Games" which was screened at the LA Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood.
Leslie was immediately charmed by “One of the Oldest Con Games,” a short story by the late, noted mystery writer Robert L. Fish.
Originally the story about a grieving widow and a pair of con artists was set in the 1970s.
www.artistinterviews.com /news-leslieking.htm   (433 words)

  
 Muhlenberg College Department of Theatre and Dance | Baker Artists In Residence
Artists in recent years have included vocalist Marni Nixon, dance choreographer David Dorfman, playwright Maria Irene Fornes, and jazz musician Gary Burton.
Each Baker Artist is present on campus as an educator as well as an artist, and each contributes to a public performance of their work.
In addition to the Baker Artists, the talents of three or more other guest professional artists are utilized each year in the theatre production program and as adjunct instructors.
www.muhlenberg.edu /depts/theatre/bakerartists.htm   (892 words)

  
 Robert Mann Gallery
His work is included in numerous museums and collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles; and in the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester.
"Along with Robert Adams, Stephen Shore, and Lewis Baltz, Deal spent the nineteen-seventies practicing a distinct sort of landscape photography that combined a documentarian's clear-eyed sobriety with an artist's aesthetic discipline.
Among those included were Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Stephen Shore, Bernd and Hilla Becher and Joe Deal, the subject of this absorbing exhibition.
www.robertmann.com /exhibitions/03_04/deal_PR.html   (671 words)

  
 Americn Women: A Selection from the National Portrait Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Although Pat Nixon always supported the political ambitions of her husband, Richard, she was essentially a private person who much preferred the quiet calm of home and family to the public functions and glad-handing that came with being a political wife.
This likeness was painted for a cover of Time that ran with a story on Pat Nixon in 1960, the year of her husband's first run for the presidency.
The sittings took place at the Nixon home, and according to the artist, after he finished separating egg yolks for use in his tempera, his subject quickly spirited away the leftover whites to her refrigerator for some future use.
www.npg.si.edu /cexh/nwomen/nixon.htm   (194 words)

  
 Robert Christgau: CG: jefferson airplane
Artists are always claiming embarrassment at the unauthorized release of their early work, but this group owns the company, so I guess they know no shame.
The two originals with Signe Anderson are early Airplane at their folkie-trippy worst, although "High Flying Bird" is fine, but even the six-minute blues jams, one with Jorma and one with Marty, sound more alive than all their space operas.
The 1970 single "Mexico," about Nixon's dope crackdown, is their finest recording of the decade.
www.robertchristgau.com /get_artist.php?name=jefferson+airplane   (550 words)

  
 Journal • News • Lewis Carroll collection comes to Arne Nixon Center
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Fresno State has acquired one of the largest Lewis Carroll collections in the country, a 2,000-item collection of books by and about the author, assembled by the late Hilda Bohem.
With more than 2 million books in print, this paper engineer and artist is indisputably the king of pop-up books.
Angelica Carpenter, curator of the Arne Nixon Center and author of “Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass,” will give a talk on "Accelerated Reader in Wonderland." The Kennel Bookstore will sell the authors' books at the meeting, and the authors will autograph.
www.csufresno.edu /journal/vol8/02/news/arnenixon.shtml   (450 words)

  
 They Drew Fire
Below is a list of paintings selected from the collected works of the World War II combat artists.
To see a painting, click on its title, and you will be presented with a page of information about the painting, including a link to a larger version of the image.
By clicking on an artist's name, you can see more about that artist and see a list of that artist's work.
www.pbs.org /theydrewfire/gallery/by-artist.html   (108 words)

  
 Artcyclopedia: Artist Names Beginning N
We have attempted to list Asian artists under their family name, although they may be written as last-name-first-name or Westernized as first-name-last-name.
Extremely well-known artists are generally listed under their familiar names (e.g.
All other names are generally listed under the last word in the artist's name.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/N.html   (109 words)

  
 Portrait Artist Robert Maniscalco Gallery of Fine Art and Portraiture
His abilities as a portrait artist were recognized by Twentieth Century Fox Studios where he painted portraits of movie stars for their posters.
This double standard arose when in 1973 the tax laws were changed – in response to Nixon's donating his papers to his own library and taking an exceptionally high deduction.
In addition to enjoying his reputation as a leading portrait painter, he is also known for his paintings of a wide variety of subject matter, including still life, landscape and non-commissioned character portrait studies.
www.maniscalcogallery.com /artists/maniscalcoj.htm   (500 words)

  
 The Comics Journal: ¡Journalista!
The internationally-renowned commercial artist used his cartooning skills in posters advertising everything from automobiles to the films of Robert Bresson, as well as sharply designed public service posters, and his work has been exhibited in galleries around the world.
He also displayed a talent for drawing, and on leaving school at the age of 15 he was taken on as a draughtsman and tracer by the Transports Parisiens while studying mechanical drawing at night school.
While their overseas work brought them new levels of international fame and financial security, and while artists like Tor Infante continued to work in the Filipino market, Pinoy komiks were never quite the same again.
www.tcj.com /journalista/zarch200211A.html   (5801 words)

  
 James A. Michener Art Museum: Bucks County Artists
Please read the terms and conditions carefully before using the Bucks County Artists Database.
Artists: If you wish to be considered for the database, please view our guidelines.
Also view Mapping the Journey of Bucks County Artists, an online exhibition that explores the lives and works of the Pennsylvania Impressionists.
michenermuseum.org /bucksartists/artist.php?...   (102 words)

  
 Knoxville Opera - Seasons - Artist Bios
He has performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, at Spoleto USA in Charleston, SC, and with symphony orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States.
He has worked with such renowned artists as Gian Carlo Menotti, Carlisle Floyd, Robert Ward, Bodo Igesz, and Marni Nixon, among others, and has performed many times on public and commercial radio and television.
Deaton created the role of Major William Lewis in the world premiere performance of Rachel, produced by the Knoxville Opera Company, and was chosen by American composer Richard Maltz to premiere his song cycle, Seeing With The Heart.
www.knoxvilleopera.com /season/artist.html?artist_id=35   (246 words)

  
 St Peter's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Robert Smith [builder of Carpenters' Hall and] designed and built the church.
Whitechaple Foundry in London, where the Liberty Bell was made, supplied the bells for the tower which are still in use today.
Among those buried in the Graveyard: Patriot John Nixon, Justice Benjamin Chew, Dr. John Morgan, founder of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Naval Hero Stephen Decatur, U.S. Vice President George M. Dallas and Artist Charles Wilson Peale.
www.robertbrowne.com /stpeters.html   (243 words)

  
 NEW HAVEN ADVOCATE - NEW HAVEN ADVOCATE
Where the artist works is essentially private—not sealed, but with access granted only as a gift, and never as a sign of desperation.
Creating a marketplace is only one of the many curious consequences of the annual brief confusion on this point.
Here are the artists gathered in the pit, images at one another’s throats.
www.ctnow.com /custom/nmm/newhavenadvocate   (365 words)

  
 HUNGERSTRIKE! Nixon on Dairy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Richard Nixon accepted an enormous "gift" (bribe) from the dairy industry and it was caught on a Watergate tape.
The transcript from one of the Watergate tapes made on March 23, 1971 reveals President Richard Nixon carefully choosing his words for the men delivering a $3 million dollar cash bribe.
Vance is a cartoonist, Philadelphia newspaper columnist, and author of the best-selling cartoon book: "JOY OF SOY" (available from Laugh Lines Press - rozwarren@aol.com).
www.notmilk.com /hs/nixon.html   (291 words)

  
 Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - Ro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bourassa's speech on the end of the Meech Lake Accord
Robert Bruce Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
education.music.us /Ro.htm   (104 words)

  
 PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER at boston university | auction
Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24, Edition 2/10, Signed, titled, dated and numbered 18/50 and 2/10 on verso in pencil, in the artist’s hand.
Nixon is a Detroit-born photographer who has called Boston home for over three decades.
He has been teaching at the Massachusetts College of Art since 1974.
www.bu.edu /prc/auction/catalogue02/nixon.htm   (108 words)

  
 The Discriminating Collector
Womack, who is a research scholar at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, chose Jensen's works along with those by Renoir, Goya, Curry, Archipenko and many others from the world's finest museums.
The Brooks Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, the Copley Library in La Jolla, and the Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California are three other institutions with Jensen paintings in their collections.
When they saw the large commission that Jensen was painting for a client in Brentwood, they suggested a one-man show in the Los Angeles gallery.
www.thediscriminatingcollector.com /store/featuredartist.asp   (2605 words)

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