Person    | Male  Born 22/8/1877  Died 9/9/1947

Ananda Coomaraswamy

Categories: Art, History

Countries: Ceylon, Indian Sub-continent

A Tamil philosopher and art historian. Born in Ceylon of a Tamil father and an English mother, brought up in England. Studied at University College, London.

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Ananda Coomaraswamy

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Leonard Woolf's Ceylon

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John Blanke Project

John Blanke Project

An art and archive project celebrating John Blanke.

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Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson

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Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran

Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in what is now Lebanon, emigrated as a young man with his family to US. Best known for The Prophet, 1923, popular in the 60s.

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Philip Wilson Steer

Philip Wilson Steer

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Person, Art

1 memorial
Sir Luke Fildes

Sir Luke Fildes

Illustrator and portrait painter. Born Samuel Luke Fildes at 22 Standish Street, Liverpool. He became known as a woodcut designer for magazines such as 'The Graphic', the first issue of which inclu...

Person, Art

1 memorial