Norman Kadish
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Norman Kadish was a British
artist
and painter
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Among his portraiture subjects was the writer
Frank Richards
a.k.a. Charles Hamilton. He was a respected artist - especially of sea-scapes. He had several commissions from members of the Friars Club
to paint portraits of Charles Hamilton as well as a view of Greyfriars
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United Kingdom
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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Among his portraiture subjects was the writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Frank Richards
Charles Hamilton (writer)
Charles Harold St. John Hamilton , was an English writer, specializing in writing long-running series of stories for weekly magazines about recurrent casts of characters, his most frequent and famous genre being boys' public school stories, though he also dealt with other genres...
a.k.a. Charles Hamilton. He was a respected artist - especially of sea-scapes. He had several commissions from members of the Friars Club
Friars Club
Friars Club can refer to:* The New York Friars' Club* The Friars Club of Beverly Hills* The Friar Society, University of Texas at Austin* The Friars , Louisiana State University* "The Friars Club", a Seinfeld episode...
to paint portraits of Charles Hamilton as well as a view of Greyfriars
Greyfriars
Greyfriars may refer to:* the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, in particular the Conventual Franciscans* Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, a church* Greyfriars Bobby, a renowned dog in Edinburgh* Greyfriars Kirkyard, a graveyard in Edinburgh...
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External links
- The Friars' Club - Painting of Greyfriars by Norman Kadish http://www.friarsclub.net/Miscellaneous/artgreyfriars.htm