Actress Sally Field's big break came when she began playing the lead role in the TV sitcom Gidget in 1965. She next appeared in the hit series The Flying Nun, before moving on to the big screen. Field won Academy Awards for her performances in Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), as well as Emmys for the 1976 TV movie Sybil and her later contributions to ER and … [Read more...]
Georges Seurat Biography
After training at the École des Beaux-Arts, Georges Seurat broke free of tradition. Taking his technique a step beyond Impressionism, he painted with small strokes of pure color that seem to blend when viewed from a distance. This method, called Pointillism, is showcased in major works of the 1880s such as "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte." Seurat's career was cut short when he … [Read more...]