Tag: Paragraph
Pierre Auguste Renoir Pierre Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919). French impressionist painter. A friend of Monet and Alfred Sisley, Renoir contributed pictures to four impressionist exhibitions in the 1870s. He made …
Rembrandt Rembrandt, full name Rembrandt Harmensz van Ryn (1606-69). Dutch painter. He established himself as a portrait painter with a picture of a group of surgeons called The Anatomy …
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith John Reith, 1st Baron Reith (1889-1971). British administrator and businessman, first director-general of the BBC (1927-38). Reith was born in Scotland, and brought up …
Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt, real name Jean Baptiste Reinhardt (1910-53). Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist. A French-speaker, Reinhardt spent his youth in gypsy caravans in northern France. He taught himself …
Sir Michael Redgrave Sir Michael Redgrave, (1908-85). British actor. The son of an acting family, he first appeared on stage in 1934. He performed in many Shakespearean roles and …
Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan, W(ilson) (1911- ). US film actor and politician; 40th president of the US (1981-89). The son of a shoe salesman, Reagan worked as a sports …
Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel, (1875-1937). French composer of Swiss and Basque parentage. Ravel studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Gabriel Faure and made his name with the opera The …
Grigori Rasputin Grigori Rasputin, (c. 1872-1916). Russian monk and political figure. An uneducated peasant, he visited Greece as a young man and on his return to his native village …
