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Painter held with arms

Balurghat, Nov. 13: A painter who owns a bottling plant of water and his associate were today arrested here for allegedly possessing firearms and renting them out to rowdies. The seizure included a loaded 9mm pistol.

Painter, novelist Wharton dies at 82

Encinitas, Calif. -- William Wharton, a painter who became a novelist in his 50s and won an American Book Award, has died, his wife said. . He was 82.

Spray painter flees factory fire

A spray painter was shaken but uninjured after fleeing a fire that gutted his Moorabbin furniture restoring business this afternoon.

Italy investigates painter Botero in tax case

Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero is being investigated on suspicion of tax evasion, Italian authorities said Tuesday.

Ugly picture for painter with firearms fetish

A painter and decorator admitted he had a "fetish" for firearms after police found a machinegun, two rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home outside Melbourne.

Ugly picture for painter with firearms fetish

A painter and decorator admitted he had a "fetish" for firearms after police found a machinegun, two rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home outside Melbourne.

Noted painter Hartigan dead at age 86

Baltimore -- Noted abstract expressionist painter Grace Hartigan has died of liver failure in Baltimore at the age of 86, her longtime dealer, Julian Weissman, says.

Noted porcelain painter Geissler dies during visit to Japan

Meissen porcelain painter Uwe Geissler of Germany died Monday afternoon at a hospital in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, after taking ill while visiting the northern Japan city for a local painting exhibition, the Asahikawa municipal government said Tuesday. He was 51. Hospital staff declined to disclose the cause of Geissler’s death, saying they want to speak to his family first.

Italy Investigates Painter Botero in $8.92M Tax Evasion Case

ROME — Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero is being investigated on suspicion of tax evasion, Italian authorities said Tuesday.

Noted painter Hartigan dead at age 86

BALTIMORE, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Noted abstract expressionist painter Grace Hartigan has died of liver failure in Baltimore at the age of 86, her longtime dealer, Julian Weissman, says.

James Gleeson: Surrealist painter, art critic and curator

James Gleeson: Surrealist painter, art critic and curator who drew dark inspiration from contemporary events

Grace Hartigan: American painter

Grace Hartigan was a gestural painter whose work bridged two postwar art movements of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. In 1958 Life magazine called her “the most celebrated of the young American women painters”. Much as she appreciated the attention, she did not like the conditional ranking — she wanted to hold her own among men, specifically the rock stars of Abstract Expressionism, and for a time, she succeeded.

William Wharton: US Expressionist painter and novelist

William Wharton was an American Expressionist painter who, perhaps out of frustration or possibly upon discovering his true gift, became an accomplished novelist.

Museum of Modern Art exhibit explores Joan Miros wild side

NEW YORK - If a painter refuses to paint, is he still a painter? If an artist says that a painting isn’t a painting, what is it? What does it take to make a painting not a painting?

Cuban Picasso to Open Exhibition

Havana, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) An exhibition of Cuban painter Juan Picasso, distant cousin of the famous Spanish painter of "Guernica", will open November 6 at the Guayasamin Gallery in the historical center of Havana.

MF Hussain should end exile for sake of art: Akhilesh

Bhopal, Oct 27: Demanding end of protest against veteran and controversial painter MF Hussain, noted painter Akhilesh Singh urged that Hussain should end his self exile and come back for the sake of art and culture in India.

M F Hussain should end exile for sake of art: Akhilesh

Bhopal, Oct 26 (UNI) Demanding an end to protest against veteran and controversial painter M F Hussain, noted painter Akhilesh Singh urged that the former should end his self exile and come back for the sake of art and culture in India.

Montreal artist Fran?oise Sullivan wins $25,000 Iskowitz Prize

Françoise Sullivan, shown in 2006, has been a dancer, choreographer, sculptor, painter and photographer. (François Lafrance) Françoise Sullivan, shown in 2006, has been a dancer, choreographer, sculptor, painter and photographer. (François Lafrance)

Montreal artist Françoise Sullivan wins $25,000 Iskowitz Prize

Françoise Sullivan, shown in 2006, has been a dancer, choreographer, sculptor, painter and photographer. (François Lafrance) Françoise Sullivan, shown in 2006, has been a dancer, choreographer, sculptor, painter and photographer. (François Lafrance)

PRESS: Famous Polish paintings stolen from Warsaw auction house

WARSAW. NOVEMBER 19. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Two works by famous Polish painters were stolen from a Warsaw auction house in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza wrote Wednesday. "Two portraits painted by famous Polish painters were stolen from a downtown gallery," Gazeta Wyborcza wrote. "Losses have been valued at half a million zlotys. Such a burglary has not been seen in the capital for years." The alarm was triggered at the Desa Auction House at 2:37 a.m. Tuesday morning, but but by the time security guards arrived at the scene there was no sign of the thieves. The stolen paintings include "The Portrait of a Lady" by Polish painter and philosopher Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) and a painting by Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929), a painter from the Polish symbolism movement.

Painter recalls shocking experience

A 33-year-old Guyanese native received burns about his body and other injuries after an electrical shock, while painting the roof at Bargain Centre Supermarket Ltd., Perry Bay.

Painter in protest against hotel owner

A group of placard-waving subcontractors protested against Auckland-headquartered hotel owner CP Group on Queen St last week, saying they are owed money.

Painter after rickshaw toil

Midnapore, Nov. 23: An elderly man, the ever-so-common rickshaw-puller through the week, takes on a radically different mantle over weekends in Midnapore town. He turns art teacher for around 30 children who huddle around his three-wheeler.


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