China's Wanxiang Challenges Tesla For Dominance Of Global Electrics Market “The road is still very long,” said Lu Guanqiu last month, employing the imagery of a famous Chinese proverb as he talked about building electric cars. “We want to concentrate for now on manufacturing in the U.S. If I don’t succeed, my son will continue with it. If he doesn’t make it, my grandson will.” Talk about perseverance and ambition. The founder and boss of Wanxiang Group, China’s ...
Interview with ballpoint pen hyper-realism artist Samuel Silva Unknown to many, Samuel Silva is a lawyer by day, and a talent hyper-realist artist at night. In his spare time, he creates these ballpoint pen drawings you’d otherwise mistake for photographs. We interviewed him recently, and we talked about his growth as a ‘hobby artist’, his work-hobby balance, and his favourite subjects to draw. [read our original post about Samuel Silva here] ...
The Biggest Filer of Copyright Lawsuits? This Erotica Web Site In 2006, Colette Pelissier was selling houses in Southern California, and her boyfriend, Brigham Field, was working as a photographer of nude models. Colette wanted to leave the real-estate business, so she convinced her boyfriend to start making adult films. “I had this idea, when the real-estate market was cooling—you know, maybe we could make beautiful erotic movies,” she said. ...
Artists Openings Museums France François Hollande to inaugurate Musée Soulages Veteran French artist Pierre Soulages has donated works to institution in his hometown By Gareth Harris. Museums, Issue 258, June 2014 Published online: 29 May 2014 Soulages, the “painter of black”, donated more than 500 works to the museum founded in his name The chief curator ...
Ernst Kreidolf (Swiss, 1863–1956 Morgenidyll 1893 Konrad Ernst Theophil Kreidolf was born on February 9th 1863 in Berne Switzerland, the second eldest child of the Kreidolf family. His brothers and sisters were Marie Hermine (1861), Emma (1866), Albert (1868), Otto (1871), Clara (1873) and Frieda (1876). In 1868 the family moved to Constance in Germany, where his father opened a toyshop. However, Kreidolf grew up with his ...
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