Sargent is chiefly known for his lavishly elegant society portraits, like the famous "Madame X" (1884), now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
The film was directed by Hoss Gifford, a website designer who has worked for Burger King, J&B whisky and BBC Choice, but who is chiefly known for his Spank the Monkey site.
February 8 , 1822Paris, France February 9, 1894 Baden-Baden, Germany Maxime Du Camp, (born Feb. 8, 1822, Paris, Fr. died Feb. 9, 1894, Baden-Baden, Ger)., French writer and photographer who is chiefly known for his vivid accounts of 19th-century French life.
Although Chekhov is chiefly known for his plays, his stories and particularly those that were written after 1888 represent, according to some critics, an even more significant and creative literary achievement.
The Atlanta-based independent record label Dust-to-Digital is chiefly known, for better and for worse, for its 2003 gospel box set "Goodbye, Babylon".
You can hear a few songs and see many of the photos in an online trailer the label has produced: The Atlanta-based independent record label Dust-to-Digital is chiefly known, for better and for worse, for its 2003 gospel box set "Goodbye, Babylon".
Nestled on the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône rivers, Lyon is chiefly known for gastronomy and silk, but over the past couple of decades it has emerged as a prime destination for contemporary art.
Although Ptolemy wrote works on mathematics, geography, and optics, he is chiefly known for the Almagest, a 13-book compendium on astronomy that became the basis for mankind's world picture until the heliocentric system of Nicolaus Copernicus began to supplant Ptolemy's geocentric system in the mid-16th century.
The region was chiefly known for mining, but it was also famous for basket-weaving, and the dexterity required for that was used to make precise ticking things.
A decade after Ruth Reichl awarded it three stars in these pages, Veritas was chiefly known for being expensive.
