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June (given Name)
June is a gender-neutral given name. It is a common feminine name and a less common masculine name in English-speaking countries. It comes from the name of the month, which is derived from Juno, the name of a Roman goddess of youth and protection. Her name, derived from the Latin “Iūnō,” stems from the root word for “young” (Iuuen), signifying vital energy and fertility. She was revered the queen of the gods and the goddess of love and marriage. June is also a short form of the names Juniper, Junia, Junius and Junior. June is also an unrelated Basque feminine name meaning "place of the reeds". June was first used as a name in the United States during the 18th century. As a masculine name, it was most often either a hypocorism for Junius, a personal name derived from the Ancient Roman Junia gens, or from the name of the month. Women were also named after the month. It was a unisex name most commonly used for African American slaves and descendants of slaves in the Antebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Flaming June
''Flaming June'' is a painting by Sir Frederic Leighton, produced in 1895. Painted with oil paints on a square canvas, it depicts a sleeping woman in a sensuous version of his classicist Academic art, Academic style. It is Leighton's most recognisable work, and is much reproduced in posters and other media. ''Flaming June'' disappeared from view in the 1930s and was rediscovered in the 1960s. It was auctioned shortly after, during a period of time known to be difficult for selling Victorian-era paintings, where it failed to sell for its low reserve price of US$140 (the equivalent of $1,126 in modern prices). After the auction, it was promptly purchased by the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was brought back to the UK to be displayed at the Royal Academy of Art in 2024 where it was presented as the masterpiece by the artist for his retrospective. Appraisal ''Flaming June'' was first begun as a motif to adorn a marble bath in one of Leighton's other works, ''Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jane (given Name)
Jane is a feminine given name. It is the English form of Jehanne, the Old French feminine form of Iohannes, a Latin form of the Greek name (Iōannēs), which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew language">Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan), a short form of the name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yehochanan), meaning "Yahweh is merciful". The name was first used in large numbers in the mid-16th century for the daughters of aristocrats as an alternative to the more commonplace Joan. The two names have alternated in popularity. In the early 19th century, Jane rose in popular use in association with its perceived glamour. Joan became more popular in the early to mid-20th century, when it was ranked in the top 500 most popular names given to girls in the United States, but it has again been displaced by Jane on the popularity charts in the 21st century. Name variants Alternate forms include: *Asia ( Polish, Italian) *Dyeinne ( Portuguese) *Gianna ( Italian) *Gianetta ( Italian) *G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
June Bronhill
June Mary Bronhill (26 June 192924 January 2005), also known as June Gough, was an Australian coloratura soprano opera singer, performer and actress, She was well known for light opera, operetta and musical theatre in London West End theatres and Australia as well as on the opera stage. Biography Born as June Mary Gough in Broken Hill, New South Wales, in 1929, the daughter of George Francis Gough (1892–1963), born in Essex, England, and Mary Isobel Daisy Gough (1895–1964), née Hall, She married twice, first Brian Martin at Marrickville, New South Wales, on 10 August 1951; and second, Richard Milburne Champion de Crespigny Finny (1925–2003), in Sydney, on 17 January 1963. Both marriages ended in divorce. She had a daughter, Carolyn Jane Finny, in May 1963 by her second marriage. Stage name Like other noted Australian sopranos, such as Elsie Mary Fischer (1881–1945) (" Elsa Stralia"), Vera Honor Hempseed (1890–1952) ("Madame Vera Tasma", after Tasmania), Helen P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
June Brigman
June Brigman (born October 25, 1960) Miller, John Jackson"Comics Industry Birthdays" ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', June 10, 2005. Accessed January 1, 2011WebCitation archive is an American comic book artist and illustrator. She is best known for creating the preteen superhero characters Power Pack with writer Louise Simonson in 1984. Brigman was the artist of the syndicated newspaper strip '' Brenda Starr, Reporter'' from 1995 to 2011 and in 2016 became the artist for the newspaper strip ''Mary Worth''. Early life June Brigman grew up in Atlanta. Her artistic influences included Stan Drake, Gil Kane, and Walt Simonson.Brigman profile Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. She attended |
June Blair
Margaret June Blair (October 20, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American model and actress. She was best known for being ''Playboy'' magazine's Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for its January 1957 issue and for being part of the TV series ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' as the wife of her real-life husband David Nelson (actor), David Nelson. Acting career Blair made her first television appearance in 1954. Through the rest of the decade, she took supporting roles in feature films and guest-starred in series television, including two episodes, "Performance Under Fire" and "The Dead Ringer" of the 1960–61 Television syndication, syndicated Western (genre), western series ''Two Faces West''. Personal life and death Blair was engaged to the singer Nino Tempo in 1957. The next year she broke off her engagement with Tempo and started dating Lindsay Crosby. On May 21, 1961, Blair married David Nelson (actor), David Nelson and joined the cast of ''The Adventures of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
June Black
June Black (22 March 1910 – 1 November 2009) was a New Zealand ceramic artist and painter. Early life Black was born in Auckland in 1910. Her parents, Lesley and Hermia, emigrated to America when she was six months old. By 1927 her parents' marriage had ended and Hermia, Black and her sister Faith returned to New Zealand to live in Auckland. Black married Robert Frank in 1932 and they moved to Christchurch. She had three children, one tragically lost to cot death. Education Black briefly attended Auckland University’s Elam Art School at the age of 16 but it wasn't until 1952 and living in Wellington that she took pottery classes with Helen Mason at the Petone Polytechnic. Career Black had a successful career as an artist with her original ceramics and paintings. Her works were shown alongside well known New Zealand artists Rita Angus and Colin McCahon in the 1950s and 60s. She exhibited at the Architectural Centre Gallery in Wellington, Christchurch’s Gallery 91 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
June Berry
June Berry (born 10 August 1924) is a British artist, originally from Melbourne in Derbyshire. Life and career Berry studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She has had nineteen solo exhibitions including a retrospective at the Bankside Gallery, London in 2002. Her paintings have been exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London since 1952. Berry was Vice-President of the Royal Watercolour Society from 2001 to 2004 and is also a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, the New English Art Club and is a Royal West of England Academician. Examples of Berry's work are included in the collections of HM the Queen, the British Government Art Collection, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the National Museum Wales, the collection of the Royal West of England Academy, the Graphothek in Berlin and the All Union Society of Bibliophiles in Moscow. Her work has also been purchased by many private collectors in the UK, USA, Germany a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
June Anderson
June Anderson (born December 30, 1952) is an American dramatic coloratura soprano. She is known for ''bel canto'' performances of Rossini, Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini. Subsequently, she has extended her repertoire to include a wide variety of other roles, including those from the Russian repertoire and works by Richard Strauss. In 2008, Anderson was elevated to Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government and in 2007 received a "Victoire d'honneur" in the Victoires de la musique classique in Paris. Anderson has performed in noted opera houses including La Scala, Covent Garden, La Fenice, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Teatro Colón. She has collaborated with conductors Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Kent Nagano and Michael Tilson Thomas. Early life June Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Wallingford, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
June Allyson
June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943, and rose to fame the following year in '' Two Girls and a Sailor''. Allyson's "girl next door" image was solidified during the mid-1940s when she was paired with actor Van Johnson in six films. In 1951, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Too Young to Kiss''. From 1959 to 1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own anthology series, '' The DuPont Show with June Allyson'', which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1961. In the 1970s, she returned to the stage, starring in '' Forty Carats'' and '' No, No, Nanette''. In 1982, Allyson released her autobiography ''June Allyson by June Allyson'', and continued her career with guest starring roles on television and occasional film appearances. She later es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Basque Country (greater Region)
The Basque Country (; ; ) is the name given to the home of the Basque people.Larry Trask, Trask, R.L. ''The History of Basque'' Routledge: 1997 The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. Encompassing the Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France, the region is home to the Basque people (), their Basque language, language (), culture and traditions. The area is neither linguistically nor culturally homogeneous, and certain areas have a majority of people who do not consider themselves Basque, such as the south of Navarre. The concept is still highly controversial, and the Supreme Court of Navarre has upheld a denial of government funding to school books that include the Navarre community within the Basque Country area. Etymology The name in Basque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
