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Gerhard Gepp
Gerhard Gepp (20 April 1940 – 26 March 2024) was an Austrian illustrator, painter, and graphic designer. Biography Gerhard Gepp was born on 20 April 1940 in Pressbaum on the western edge of Vienna, where he lived and worked until his death. His initial training was in offset printing. As an artist, he was self-taught. Between 1964 and 1976, he worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. Gepp received prizes for various pieces of work such as the "Poster Prize" from the City of Vienna and the Milanese "Rizzoli Prize". His first publications in various professional journals in Germany and Switzerland followed. At the same time Gepp worked at advertising photography and staged his own exhibition in the Vienna gallery "Die Brücke". In 1976 he also started to produce hand-coloured etchings. From 1976 he was working on drawings, gouache and oil paintings which were exhibited in Vienna at the BAWAG-Foundation. Further exhibitions in Austria and Germany followed and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressbaum
Pressbaum is a town in the districts of Austria, district of Sankt Pölten-Land District, St. Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. In 1881, Johannes Brahms completed his Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms), Second Piano Concerto while in the town. It belonged to Wien-Umgebung District which was dissolved at the end of 2016. Population References Cities and towns in St. Pölten-Land District {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süddeutsche Zeitung
The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History On 6 October 1945, five months after the end of World War II in Germany, the ''SZ'' was the first newspaper to receive a license from the US military administration of Bavaria. Thfirst issuewas published the same evening, allegedly printed from the same (repurposed) presses that had printed ''Mein Kampf''. The first article begins with: Declines in ad sales in the early 2000s was so severe that the paper was on the brink of bankruptcy in October 2002. The Süddeutsche survived through a 150 million euro investment by a new shareholder, a regional newspaper chain called Südwestdeutsche Medien. Over a period of three years, the newspaper underwent a reduction in its staff, from 425 to 307, the closing of a regional edition in Düsseld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Graphic Designers
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria **Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France * ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette with Ute Lemper * ''L'Autr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Male Painters
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ... * L'Autrichienne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Austrian Painters
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Deaths
The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 26 25 * Hari Shankar Bhabhra, 95, Indian politician, MP (1978–1984), speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1990–1994) and deputy chief minister of Rajasthan (1994–1998). * Bhavatharini, 47, Indian composer ('' Bharathi'', '' Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu'') and music director ('' Mitr, My Friend''), cancer. *Roger Donlon, 89, American military officer, Medal of Honor recipient. * Sanath Nishantha, 48, Sri Lankan politician, minister of state for water supply (2020–2022, since 2022) and MP (since 2015), traffic collision. * Elahi Bux Soomro, 97, Pakistani politician, member (1985–2007) and speaker (1996–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Births
Year 194 (Roman numerals, CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus, Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus (194), Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the Defensive wall, city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenster
Fenster is a surname, from the German language word for "window". Notable persons with this surname include: * Della Dumbaugh, formerly Della Fenster, American historian of mathematics * Aaron Fenster, Canadian engineer * Ariel Fenster (born 1943), Canadian science promoter and lecturer at McGill University * Boris Fenster (1916–1960), Russian dancer, choreographer and ballet master * Darren Fenster (born 1978), American baseball player and coach * Fred Fenster (born 1934), American metalsmith * Gigi Fenster, South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher and law lecturer * Julie M. Fenster (born 1957), American author of historical articles and books * Mark Fenster, American lawyer and author in Florida * Saul Fenster, president of New Jersey Institute of Technology during 1978–2002 * Karol Martesko-Fenster, American media executive Fictional characters * Arch Fenster, a character in the American 1962–63 sitcom ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' * Fred Fenster, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörg Mauthe
Jörg Mauthe (1924–1986) was an Austrian writer, journalist and broadcasting executive. For some years he was prominent in the city politics of Vienna. Life From 1947 he was working as a journalist, specialising from 1950 in cultural criticism for Die Furche, a conservative-leaning Austrian weekly newspaper. In 1955 he moved on to Die Presse where he was appointed culture editor. Mauthe also worked, during its later years, for the US controlled Rot-Weiß-Rot (''red-white-red'', a reference to the Austrian flag) radio station, where he was in charge of the talk radio section (''Abteilung Wort''), and numbered among his colleagues Peter Weiser, Walter Davy and Ingeborg Bachmann. He was responsible for the conception of the series ''Die Radiofamilie'' (''The Radio Family''; they used ''Floriani'' as family name) and for the satirical weekly programme ''Der Watschenmann'' (literally ''The Slap Man'') which ran from 1950 to 1955 (and was later revived on Austrian radio betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebelspalter
The ''Nebelspalter'' is a Swiss satirical magazine, which also has a political orientation in its online platform. It was founded in 1875 by Jean Nötzli of Zurich as an "''illustrated humorous political weekly''." The magazine was modelled on British magazine ''Punch''. It continued being a satirical magazine until the takeover and relaunch of the magazine by Markus Somm, though has been a monthly since late 1996. When ''Punch'' ceased publication in 2002, ''Nebelspalter'' became the oldest continually published humor magazine in the world.Andreas Tobler: ''Staatskritik und Skinny Jeans.'' In: ''Tages-Anzeiger'', 19. März 2021, S. 32Epaper Becoming a national institution The ''Nebelspalter'' — the title translates as "Fog-cleaver" — ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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