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Azay-le-Rideau

(Encyclopedia)Azay-le-Rideau äzāˈ–lə–rēdōˈ [key], village (1993 est. pop. 3,116), Indre-et-Loire dept., N central France, in Touraine. It is the center of a wine-producing area and has a canning industry...

Katonah

(Encyclopedia)Katonah, suburban residential village (1990 pop. 2,400), in Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City. Katohah lies on a reservoir that is part of the Croton River system; the original village site...

Rosenquist, James

(Encyclopedia)Rosenquist, James, 1933–2017, American painter, b. Grand Forks, N.Dak., studied Univ. of Minnesota (1952–54), Art Students League, New York City (1955). An important figure in the pop art movement...

Saratoga

(Encyclopedia)Saratoga, residential city (1990 pop. 28,061), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in a vineyard and orchard area, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mts.; inc. 1956. Wine is produced in the city; local attrac...

Pančevo

(Encyclopedia)Pančevo pänˈchĕvō [key], city (1991 pop. 72,793), N Serbia, in the Vojvodina region, on the Tamiš River near its confluence with the Danube. It is a river port for nearby Belgrade and an industr...

Koons, Jeff

(Encyclopedia)Koons, Jeff, 1955–, American artist, b. York, Pa., studied Maryland Institute College of Art (B.F.A., 1976), Art Institute of Chicago. He moved to New York City in 1977 and has lived and worked ther...

Santa Fe, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Santa Fe sănˈtə fā [key], city (1990 pop. 55,859), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), state capital and seat of Santa Fe co., N N.Mex., at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mts. It is an administrative, to...

Oshawa

(Encyclopedia)Oshawa ŏshˈəwə [key], city (1991 pop. 129,344), SE Ont., Canada, a port on Lake Ontario; since 1974 it has been part of the regional municipality of Durham (1991 pop. 409,070). Oshawa is the home ...

Rivers, Larry

(Encyclopedia)Rivers, Larry, 1923–2002, American artist, b. New York City as Yitzroch Loisa Grossberg. Originally a jazz saxophonist, he turned to art in the 1940s. Reacting against abstract expressionism, Rivers...

Kurashiki

(Encyclopedia)Kurashiki ko͞oräˈshēkē [key], city (1990 pop. 414,693), Okayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A rail junction, the city produces refined petroleum and petrochemicals, motor vehicles, textiles. an...