Friedrich Stowasser,better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser,was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. He emigrated to the Far North of New Zealand in the 1970s,where he lived and worked for most of the rest of his life.
Ingeborg Hermine "Inge" Morath was an Austrian photographer. In 1953,she joined the Magnum Photos Agency,founded by top photographers in Paris,and became a full photographer with the agency in 1955. Morath was the third wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller;their daughter is screenwriter/director Rebecca Miller.
Ernst Haas was an Austrian-American photojournalist and color photographer. During his 40-year career Haas trod the line between photojournalism and art photography. In addition to his coverage of events around the globe after World War II Haas was an early innovator in color photography. His images were carried by magazines like Life and Vogue and,in 1962,were the subject of the first single-artist exhibition of color photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. He served as president of the cooperative Magnum Photos. His book of volcano photographs,The Creation (1971),remains one of the most successful photography books ever published,selling more than 350,000 copies.
Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF),comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park,is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. FAMSF's combined attendance was 1,158,264 visitors in 2022,making it the fifth most attended art institution in the United States.
Diane Buchanan "Dede" Wilsey is an American socialite,Republican Party donor,and philanthropist,who lives in San Francisco. She is the widow and heir of the San Francisco dairy and real estate businessman Al Wilsey,and the Chair Emerita of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Alison Jackson is an English artist,photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores the theme of celebrity culture. She makes realistic work of celebrities doing things in private using lookalikes.
Jehu Glancy Jones was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Often called "Glancy",he was a top adviser on Democratic Party affairs to his close friend James Buchanan,especially when President-elect Buchanan was picking his cabinet in 1856-1857. After he was defeated for reelection,Buchanan appointed him Ambassador to the Austrian Empire.
Cathedral School for Boys is a K-8 all-boys private Episcopal day school located next to Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco,California. Students are drawn from across San Francisco and the Bay Area.
Trevor Paglen is an American artist,geographer,and author whose work covers mass surveillance and data collection.
Todd Hido is an American photographer. He has produced 17 books,had his work exhibited widely and included in various public collections. Hido is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Jamie D. McCourt is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021. She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on November 2,2017. Ambassador McCourt is also the United States Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe. McCourt is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises and a former executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball,appointed first as vice chairman of the Dodgers in 2004,then president in 2005,and finally CEO in 2009.
Todd Traina is an American film producer and the founder of Red Rover Films in 2007. In 2007,Traina was named by Daily Variety as one of its "10 Producers to Watch". He is currently serving as the Board President of SFFiLM,a nonprofit that runs the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Evelyn D. Haas was a San Francisco Bay Area civic leader and philanthropist. She was the co-founder of the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund which has contributed more than $364 million to Bay Area cultural,civic,and social service organizations.
Rudolf Ernst was an Austro-French painter,printmaker and ceramics painter who is best known for his orientalist motifs. He exhibited in Paris under the name "Rodolphe Ernst".
Kevin Moore is an independent art historian and curator. His work focuses on the history of photography and contemporary art. Moore earned a Ph.D. in art history in 2002 from Princeton University and has worked in curatorial departments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fogg Art Museum,Harvard University.
IfOnly was a San Francisco-based an e-commerce platform and charity venture,founded by Trevor Traina. The company offered donation and charity solutions with the aid of connecting audiences with sports,cooking,film,and music personalities.
Wiley Thomas Buchanan,Jr. was an American diplomat and author who served as the Chief of Protocol of the United States and the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and Austria.
Ann Getty was an American philanthropist,publisher,paleoanthropologist and socialite. As a fellow of the Leakey Foundation,she worked on archeological digs in Turkey and Ethiopia and was part of a team that excavated Ardipithecus fossils. She provided funding for the National Museum of Ethiopia and redesigned the museum's garden. Getty served as president of Grove Press,a publishing house that she and Lord Weidenfeld purchased in 1985,and founded the interior design firm Ann Getty and Associates in 1995.
Vanessa Getty is an American socialite and philanthropist.
