Born: 1940, West Bengal Anjolie Ela Menon is among India’s lending contemporary female artists, who have created a name for themselves in the domestic as well as international art scenario. Her works are a part of significant painting collections across the globe. One of her art works, ‘Yatra’, was recently picked up by the Asian […]
Born: 1913, HungaryDied: December 6, 1941 Amrita Shergill was one of the most promising Indian artists of the pre-colonial era, youngest ever and the only Asian to be elected as Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris.Amrita Shergill was a renowned Indian painter. She was one of the most charismatic and promising Indian artists of
Born: May 22, 1844, Allegheny City [now part of Pittsburg], Pa., U.S. Died: June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, FranceMary Cassatt was an American painter, who lived and worked in France as an important member of the impressionist group (painters who aimed to represent the effects of light on objects. Cassatt was born
Born: Sept 16, 1887, ParisDied: Oct 22, 1979, Paris Nadia Juliette Boulanger was a French teacher, composer and conductor, who influenced a generation of American composers. Born in Paris, she studied under the French composer Gabriel Fauré. In 1918, she stopped composing, after the death of her sister Lili, who was also a gifted composer.
Born: Jan 3, 1897, San Francisco, California., U.S.Died: Oct 1, 1979, La Quinta, California Dorothy Arzner was an American filmmaker who was the only woman directing feature-length studio films in Hollywood during the 1930s. From 1927 to 1943 she was credited with directing 17 films, including Christopher Strong (1933) and Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), both
Born: March 14, 1923, New York, U.S.Died: July 26, 1971, New York City Diane Arbus was an American photographer known for her black-and-white portraits of individuals on the fringes of society. The alienation and inner torment depicted in her photographs mirrored both her own inner feelings and the social turmoil in the United States during
There are few things more disturbing than the loss of a child. When Edith “Google” Kiecorius was abducted in 1961, the Police of Brooklyn worked tirelessly to search every roof, river and residence for the missing four-year-old. Unfortunately to no avail and the public were becoming despondent when the vice-president of K.L.M., the major Dutch
A young man at a bar, where he has been playing pool with a friend and enjoying a beer, is approached by a young woman and asked for a lift home. He agrees telling his friend to go on without him. Four days later he hasn’t returned home and his family takes the matter to
While finding information about the actual case is difficult, the praise for the work of Phil Jordan is far more free-flowing. The case was a horrific example of organized and merciless killing and police were unable to gain a single sound lead.When most other methods of Police work had failed to draw a lead worth
There is a fair argument that the work of Jacques Aymar was not technically a “police” case. But that is only because there was no “police” in 17th Century France. The fact remains that Jacques was significant to the solving of a crime that was being investigated by the authorities of the time and was
While many people claim to be psychic and look to make their fortune through publicity, book sales and even television shows, occasionally a person who claims not to be a psychic stumbles into the supernatural realm. This was the case for Etta Louise Smith, who had never had the “gift” and was driven only by
In the midst of winter, 1984, a small plane was lost somewhere over New Hampshire or Massachusetts. It carried four people, including the pilot, one of whom was Arthur Herbert. Arthur was a young man, a little less than six feet tall with blonde shoulder length hair and a gap in his teeth. The gap
In 1996, Paula Brown, a “happy, bubbly and friendly” hairdresser was out on the town with friends in Sydney, Australia. But she disappeared in the course of the night and, in the coming days her fiancée would request the help of psychics in the search for Paula.Eight days after that fateful night, Paula Brown’s body
The case of Sylvester Tonet is not one of violence and savagery, but one of loss of an old man and the grief that this caused for his family. The Monroeville police worked tirelessly to find Sylvester, but without success and, at the request of the family, invited Nancy Myer to contribute to the search.Nancy
In May, 1976, a fourteen-year-old girl left her home and disappeared without a trace. There were no witnesses and little interest from the Police, who explained the occurrence as a “runaway”. In frustration at the lack of support from the authorities, her parents contacted Dorothy Allison, a renowned psychic.Dorothy Allison provided a number of clues