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    Walt Disney Legacy

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    the outside when he died, but on the inside he was still very much a child at heart. He left a legacy to always keep going no matter what people will say or do to keep you from reaching your dreams. Walter Elias Disney was born December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father was an Irish-Canadian named Elias Disney. His mother was a German-American…

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    entertainment forever! Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. Many rumors say his mother wanted to leave her life of poverty and as a washwoman (prostitute), behind, so she moved to the United States as and immigrant with her son days after he was born and dropped him at the door step of Elias (father) and Flora (mother) Disney. The Rumor was carried out when Javier Ercilla a script writer began to do “research” and was only able to find a single document in Chicago of a baptism years after…

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    painted in the year of 1930. The painting measures 29 1/4 X 24 1/2 inches. These materials make the painting look realistic: oil on beaverboard, pitchfork, clothes, glasses, and the house in the background. The artwork is located in The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois and VAGA, New York, New York. I will now describe the painting I have chosen so you will know what it looks like. The sky is like a greenish tint. There are some trees behind the house. They are in the shape of a…

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    Jeff Koons Tulips Analysis

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    age, he obtained an interest in the arts from his father who was a furniture store owner and interior designer. After high school, he attended Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore where he received his M.F.A. In 1974, he attended a show in Whitney Museum, NY that inspired him to become an artist. “It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show”(Koons), it was thereafter that he enrolled at the school of Art Institute of Chicago to pursue his dream. Koons…

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    1930. Grant Wood was born in Iowa, than later moved to Gran Rapids after the passing of his father. While working as an apprentice in a metal shop he attended art school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His inspiration for this painting came about after a trip to Iowa in 1930. Initial reception of his painting was considered as a satirical work of art, out to make fun of small town folks. There are many fictional aspects of his painting to include, the dress of the individuals, and the time…

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    I did my paper on Shel Silverstein.Shel silverstein was a successful kids author, cartoonist, poet, and folk songwriter. He was born in Chicago Illinois on September 25, 1930.He started drawing and writing a young age. He went to study at Chicago academy of fine arts (known today as Art institute of Chicago) but then dropped out to join the army in 1953. While in the army he drew and wrote cartoons where they were published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes magazine. (www.thefamouspeople.com)…

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    famous paintings is Nighthawks. Nighthawks was created in 1942. Edward Hopper and his wife Josephine posed modeled for this painting. in 1915 Hopper took up etching and created 60 plates. Edward Hopper studied for 6 years at the New York school of art. Between 1906 and 1910 took 3 long trips to Europe.In Paris he worked on his own outdoor city scenes and after 1910 he went abroad. Edwards etchings were his first admitted to a big exhibitions. His prints showed the utter truth about american…

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    is $102,000.One of the best colleges for Wedding photography is Rocky Mountain college of Art And Design.Photo taken by:Matthew David Hopkins Portrait photographers take pictures in studios.And they have to be organized with all the client's records and other stuff.The skills they need is:Choose the right background,be good with lighting,And do interesting things .A college for Portrait photography is Chicago Columbia…

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    Peter Empson 5/14/2017 Art 104 Final Paper Harry Callahan (1912-1999) Henry Callahan was born in Michigan in 1912. His parents were farmers who moved to royal Oak, suburb of Detroit, where they had employment with the automotive industry. Callahan attending public school and went on to engineering school at Michigan State College. He attended three semesters there in 1933. He then left college to obtain a job at Chrysler as a shipping clerk, the year he became a shipping clerk he also meets his…

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    Personal History Walt Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 5, 1901. Disney was one of five children and spent the majority of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri. It was here that he began drawing and painting(Walt Disney 1), but at the age of 7, Disney moved to Kansas City and then moved once again in 1917 when his father bought a partnership in the O- Zell Jelly factory in Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago Disney became the junior art editor of his school newspaper at…

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