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Guy Reiss (1904–1964) was a French astronomer and discoverer of five asteroids, who worked at the Algiers Observatory in Algiers, North Africa, during the 1930s and later at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France.
Reiss (/ r iː s / Reess) is an English fashion brand and retail store chain owned and run by the founder, David Reiss. The brand produces men's and women's clothing. It has 160 stores in 15 countries.
- 1971; 52 years ago
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- London, England
- £146 million (2016)
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Guy Reiss (1904–1964) was a French astronomer and discoverer of five asteroids, who worked at the Algiers Observatory in Algiers, North Africa, during the 1930s and later at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France.
- 60 years old
- 1904, 1904
- 1904
- 1964
The company that would become Canada Goose was founded by Reiss’ maternal grandfather, Sam Tick, a Holocaust survivor who arrived in North America shortly after World War II and eventually got a ...
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Reiss was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1886, the second son of Fritz Reiss (1857–1914) and his wife. He grew up surrounded by art, as his father was a well-known Schwarzwald landscape artist and portrait painter. In his early years, Reiss traveled within Germany with his father, who studied peasants of particular types that he wanted to draw or p...
In October 1913, Winold Reiss boarded the SS Imperator and immigrated to America against the will of his parents. Like many Europeans he had been captivated by stories and images of Native Americans. He was excited to think he might be able to paint them. His philosophy was that an artist must travel to find the most interesting subjects; influence...
Reiss married in Germany and his wife was pregnant when he left for the US in 1913. Their son Winold Tjark Reiss (known as Tjark) was born in Germany on December 27, 1913. The mother and young son immigrated to join Reiss in New York in 1914. After attending local schools, Tjark studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyand in Vienna, and...
Drawing in two colors (between 1915 and 1920)Steel workers (c.1920)Cover proposal for Fortune magazine(between 1930 and 1940)portrait of Langston Hughes(1927)Winold Reiss 1886-1953. Centennial Exhibition. Works on paper: Architectural Designs, Fantasies and Portraits. New York: Shepherd Gallery, Associates. November 19, 1986 – January 3, 1987.Frank Mehring, "Excerpt from The Mexico Diary: Winold Reiss between Vogue Mexico and Harlem Renaissance (with hyperlinks to audio)" The Journal of Transnational American Studies7.1 (2016).Frank Mehring (ed.): The Multicultural Modernism of Winold Reiss (1886–1953): (Trans)National Approaches to his Work.Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2022, ISBN 978-3-422-98052-5.Media related to Winold Reissat Wikimedia Commons 1. https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/an-immigrant-artist-of-the-jazz-age/
- German-American
- The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Kunstakademie), The School of Applied Arts (Kunstgewerbeschule)
- Art Deco
- Murals in Cincinnati Union Terminal
Tom Reiss (born May 5, 1964) is an American author, historian, and journalist. He is the author of three nonfiction books, the latest of which is The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (2012), which received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films , and the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jr.
