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La Tour, Georges de
(Encyclopedia)La Tour, Georges de zhôrzh də lä to͞or [key], 1593–1652, French painter. By 1618 he was settled at Lunéville, in his native Lorraine. He bore the title of painter to the king in 1639. La Tour p...Clouzot, Henri-Georges
(Encyclopedia)Clouzot, Henri-Georges äNrēˈ-zhôrzh clo͞ozōˈ [key], 1907–77, French film director, master of the Gallic noir cinema. His career spanned 40 years, but he was plagued by ill health and complete...Cadoudal, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Cadoudal, Georges zhôrzh kädo͞odälˈ [key], 1771–1804, French royalist conspirator. A commander of the Chouans, he led the counterrevolutionists in the Vendée. He fled to England in 1801 after ...Antigonish
(Encyclopedia)Antigonish ănˌtĭgōnĭshˈ [key], town, N central N.S., Canada, on an inlet of St. Georges Bay. The town was founded in 1784 by disbanded British soldiers and later set...Bowie
(Encyclopedia)Bowie bo͞oˈē [key], city (2020 pop. 58,329), Prince Georges co., W central Md.; inc. 1916....Beaubourg
(Encyclopedia)Beaubourg zhôrzh pôNpēdo͞oˈ [key], museum in Paris, France; the popular name is derived from the district in which it is located. Proposed by French president Georges Pompidou in 1969, the center...Rouault, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Rouault, Georges zhôrzh ro͞o-ōˈ [key], 1871–1958, French expressionist artist. First apprenticed to a stained-glass maker, Rouault studied after 1891 under Gustave Moreau. He exhibited several p...Suitland
(Encyclopedia)Suitland, uninc. city (1990 pop. 35,400 including Silver Hill), Prince Georges co., central Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. The Suitland Federal Center houses offices of the U.S. Census Bureau, Nati...Oxon Hill
(Encyclopedia)Oxon Hill, village (1990 pop. 35,794), Prince Georges co., central Md., a suburb S of Washington, D.C. Oxon Hill was dominated by large estates until the 1950s. National Harbor, a major mixed-use deve...Braque, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Braque, Georges zhôrzh bräk [key], 1882–1963, French painter. He joined the artists involved in developing fauvism in 1905, and at l'Estaque c.1909 he was profoundly influenced by Cézanne. He met...Browse by Subject
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