Solange Bertrand, French artist.died she was , 97

Solange Bertrand was a French abstract painter, sculptor, and engraver died she was , 97.

(March 20, 1913 – January 22, 2011)

Early life and education

Born in Montigny-lès-Metz, Bertrand studied art for four years to the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, and then attended the Beaux–Arts in Paris. During the Second World War she was registered asa volunteer nurse, and was successively assigned to different posts (army, youth camps, children retreated from bombed areas, repatriation of deportees and prisoners).

Art career

At the beginning of her career, Bertrand painted in an expressionist way, but, later evolved into what can be described as relative abstraction. Bertrand during her long career mixed all manners of painting, jumbling styles and periods and paying only a little attention to dates. In the immediate post war period, she organized exhibitions regularly (Salon d'Automne, Salon de Mai, Comparaison, Salon Women Painters and Sculptors). Her first solo exhibition was organized at the Paris's Galerie Pascaud in 1947. For the artist many other single person exhibitions followed, mostly in Paris and Metz, but also in the other French departments and abroad (i.e. Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, etc...).^[3] Bertrand gained several honours, including gaining the title of Master Academician in 1985. On May 2005, a sale of 108 of her works achieved success at the Hôtel Drouot
Her work is today in public collections (Museums of Metz, Nancy, Picasso Museum in Antibes, Chéret Museum in Nice, etc...), as well as many private collections. Bertrand died on January 22 of 2011 at the age of 97.

Solange Bertrand foundation

In 2001, Lionel Jospin, then Prime Minister of France, recognized by decree as a public interest the creation of the Solange Bertrand Foundation, preserving and exhibiting artworks of the artist. Bertrand donated to the foundation 303 paintings, 700 drawings, and 49 sculptures, which represent the evolution of her art production throughout her career.^[4]

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Sir Chandos Blair, British army general died he was , 91.

Lieutenant General Sir Chandos Blair KCVO OBE MC & Bar was General Officer Commanding Scotland.

(25 February 1919 – 22 January 2011) 

Military career

Educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Blair was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in 1939.^[1] He served in World War II with the 2nd and 7th Battalions of his regiment.^[1] His regiment was forced to surrender at Dunkirk, and he became a prisoner of war at the Oflag V-B camp at Biberach in Baden-Württemberg.^[2] He escaped to Switzerland and from there to Spain and to Gibraltar. Blair was awarded the Military Cross for his exploits.^[2]
In 1959, he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 4th Bn the King's African Rifles.^[1] He was made General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in British Army of the Rhine in 1968 and then became Defence Services Secretary in 1970.^[1] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1972; in that capacity, Prime Minister Harold Wilson dispatched him as a Special Envoy to secure the release of Denis Hills, a British subject held on spying charges by President Idi Amin of Uganda.^[3] Blair retired in 1976.^[1]

Family

In 1947 he married Audrey Mary Travers; they went on to have one son and one daughter.
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Park Wan-suh, South Korean novelist died she was , 79

Park Wan-suh  was a South Korean writer died she was , 79.

(October 20, 1931 – January 22, 2011)[1]

Early years

Park Wan-suh (also Park Wan-seo, Park Wan-so, Park Wansuh, Park Kee-pah and Pak Wan-so, Pak Wanso) was born in 1931 in Gaepung-gun, Gyeonggi-do in what is now North Korea.^[2] Park entered Seoul National University, the most prestigious in Korea, but dropped out almost immediately after attending classes due to the outbreak of the Korean War and the death of her brother.^[3] During the war, Park was separated from her mother and elder brother by the North Korea army, which moved them to North Korea.^[4] She lived in the village of Achui, in Guri, outside Seoul until her death.^[5]

Work

Park published her first work, The Naked Tree, in 1970, when she was 40. Her oeuvre quickly grew however and as of 2007 she had written fifteen novels, and 10 short story collections.^[6] Her work is “revered” in Korea^[7] and she has won many Korean literary awards including, in 1981 the Isang Literary Prize and in 1990 the Korean Literature award.^[8] Park’s work centers on families and biting critiques of the middle class.^[9] Perhaps the most vivid example of this is in her work The Dreaming Incubator in which a woman is forced to undergo a series of abortions until she can deliver a male child. Her best known works in Korea include 'Bad Luck in the City', 'Swaying Afternoons', 'That Year the Winter was Warm', 'Are you Still Dreaming?'.^[10]
Park’s translated novels include “Who Ate up All the Shinga” which sold some 1.5 million copies in Korean ^[11] and was well-reviewed in English translation. Park is also published in “The Red Room: Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea “
Park died on the morning of January 22, 2011, suffering from cancer.^[12]

Partial list of publications

My Very Last Possession: And Other Stories
The Red Room: Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea
Sketch of the Fading Sun
Three Days in That Autumn
Weathered Blossom (Modern Korean Short Stories)
Who Ate Up All the Shinga?: An Autobiographical Novel

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Bobby Poe, American pop singer, songwriter and promoter, died from a blood clot he was , 77

Bobby Poe also known as The Poe Kat, had a long and varied career in the music business died from a blood clot he was , 77.

(April 13, 1933-January 22, 2011)

He was born in Vinita, Oklahoma. In the mid-1950s he formed Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats, which featured African-American piano player Big Al Downing^[2] and lead guitar player Vernon Sandusky. Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats were also Rockabilly Queen Wanda Jackson's first Rock and Roll backing band. They toured with Wanda and also can be found on her early Capitol Records recordings, including the Rockabilly classic "Let's Have A Party". Bobby, Wanda, Big Al and Vernon are all members of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats got the attention of Sam Phillips of Sun Records with their first recorded track, "Rock and Roll Record Girl". Based on the music of the old standard "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy", "Rock and Roll Record Girl" was at first blocked from release by Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose because of that fact. By the time all of the legal hurdles were cleared, Sam Phillips was no longer interested in releasing the track. Instead, Dallas, Texas radio personality Jim Lowe stepped in and released the single on his White Rock Records label. "Rock and Roll Record Girl" backed with "Rock and Roll Boogie" became a #1 single in the state of Texas.
After one more single for Jim Lowe's White Rock Records entitled "Piano Nellie", under the name of Bobby Brant and The Rhythm Rockers, Bobby Poe gave up his career as an artist to become an artist manager. His first client was Big Al Downing. In the 1960s, Poe moved to the Washington, D.C. area and expanded his operation. He managed and co-produced The Chartbusters, which featured his old bandmate Vernon Sandusky. The Chartbusters scored a Top 40 hit in 1964 with their recording "She's The One". Tom Hanks was quoted in People Magazine as saying The Chartbusters were one of the influences for his film "That Thing You Do!". Poe also co-managed The British Walkers, which featured Bobby Howard and guitarist Roy Buchanan.
In 1968, Poe again switched gears and started several music tip sheets for music industry insiders and radio stations. The most successful tip sheet was Pop Music Survey, which grew significantly when Poe began an annual music convention. After 25 successful conventions, Poe retired in 1996.
After his "official" retirement in 1996, in 1999 he created The Grand Grove Opry in Grove, Oklahoma. This music theater showcased local and national Country music talent and shows were broadcast weekly on KITO radio in Vinita, Oklahoma. After new owners bought the Opry building, Mr. Poe continued to promote Country music concerts until 2005.
In March 2009 Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats were inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.^[3]
Bobby Poe died at his home in Grove, Oklahoma on January 22, 2011. He had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2009. While he was able to beat the cancer, he grew steadily weaker during his recovery and suffered a fatal blood clot on the aforementioned date.

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William Schreyer, American business executive, Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch (1985–1993) died he was , 83.

William Allen Schreyer  was chairman emeritus and former CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co  died he was , 83.. He is also a past president of Pennsylvania State University's Board of Trustees.
 

(January 13, 1928 - January 22, 2011)

 Early life and career

William Schreyer was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1928. His father managed the local office of a stock brokerage that Merrill Lynch later acquired. While in high school, Schreyer worked at the firm part time. Schreyer then attend Penn State, where he joined Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and graduated in 1948. After graduating college, he worked at Merrill Lynch as a junior executive trainee. He became the head of the Trenton, New Jersey office in 1963, eventually becoming the New York metropolitan regional director in 1972. The next year, he was appointed the head of the company's government securities subsidiary. Schreyer became President of the firm in 1982 and then Chairman and CEO in 1985. ^[1]

Philanthropy

In 1997, he and his wife, Joan (Legg), endowed the Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University (whence he graduated, class of 1948) with a gift of $30 million. The honors college was created in 1980 as the University Scholars Program. On November 17, 2006, the Schreyers pledged an additional gift of $25 million to the Schreyer Honors College. Having contributed more than $58 million to Penn State, they are the largest family donors in the school's history.^[2]
In March 2007, Schreyer and his wife gifted $5 million toward Princeton HealthCare System's proposed Plainsboro hospital to fund a state-of-the-art community and professional education center.
In August 2007, Schreyer donated $5 million to the education foundation of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, of which he is an alumnus.
William Schreyer died on the morning of January 22, 2011 after battling an undisclosed illness for some time.^[3]

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Lois Smith, Canadian dancer (National Ballet of Canada) died she was , 81.

Lois Irene Smith  was a Canadian ballet dancer and dance teacher died she was , 81..

(8 October 1929 — 22 January 2011)

Smith was born in Vancouver in 1929. She began her dance training at the British Columbia School of Ballet, and later studied with Rosemary Deveson and Mara McBirney in Vancouver. She married fellow dancer David Adams (1928–2007) in 1950.
In 1951, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as the company's initial prima ballerina. Following an injury, she left the National Ballet to form her own dance school in 1969.^[1]
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada on June 23, 1980 and invested in October 1980.^[2]
A widow since 2007, Lois Smith died at Sechelt, British Columbia in 2011, aged 81, following a lengthy illness.[
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Tullia Zevi, Italian journalist and politician, leader of the Italian Jewish community died she was , 91.

Tullia Zevi née Calabi was an Italian journalist and writer  died she was , 91. . Zevi's family fled Italy to France and then to the United States of America after the rise of Fascism in the 1930s. While in New York, she married Bruno Zevi. She returned to Europe in 1946, and was one of the few women journalists to report the Nuremberg Trials. On her return to Italy, she played a major role in Interfaith dialog, and was active in Italian Centre-left politics. Zevi was President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities from 1983 to 1998.

(2 February 1919 – 22 January 2011)

Early life

Zevi was born in Milan, one of four children of a middle-class Milanese Jewish-Italian family.^[1][2]
Her father Giuseppe Calabi was a lawyer and prominent anti-fascist.^[3][4]

Study and displacement

Zevi studied philosophy at the University of Milan and studied music the Milan Conservatory.^{[citation needed]} When the Fascist government of Italy passed Anti-Jewish laws, Zevi was on holiday in Switzerland with her family.^[2][4] Later they moved to France, where Zevi continued her studies at Sorbonne in Paris . Anticipating the Fall of France, the Calabi family emigrated to the United States.^[4]

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