Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (/kæˈluːst ɡʊlˈbɛŋkiən/, Western Armenian: Գալուստ Կիւլպէնկեան; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955), nicknamed "Mr Five Per Cent"...
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The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Portuguese: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian), commonly referred to simply as the Gulbenkian Foundation, is a Portuguese...
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The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum houses one of the world's most important private art collections. It includes works from Ancient Egypt to the early 20th...
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repatriate British airmen who became stranded in France. The son of Calouste Gulbenkian, he was born in Kadıköy, Ottoman Empire but his family fled from...
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Gulbenkian Prize is a series of prizes awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The main Gulbenkian Prize was established in 1976 as the...
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of the cultural center where the headquarters of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Gulbenkian Museum and the José de Azeredo Perdigão Modern Art Centre...
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brooch, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, acquired from the artist in 1903 Glass vase, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Pendant, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Necklace designed...
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Mr. Five Percent can refer to: Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955), British-Armenian businessman and philanthropist Yasuo Hamanaka (born 1950), Japanese businessman...
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André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February 1732), le joailler du meuble (the "furniture jeweller"), became the most famous French cabinetmaker...
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Calouste Gulbenkian, now Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal) Hubert Robert, Le Tapis Vert, (sold to Calouste Gulbenkian, now Museu Calouste Gulbenkian...
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British concern) – and Armenian businessman Calouste Gulbenkian. The driving force behind its creation was Gulbenkian, and the largest single shareholder was...
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up Gulbenkian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gulbenkian (Armenian: Կիւլպէնկեան) is an Armenian surname. It may refer to: Calouste Gulbenkian, an...
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on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-03-29. "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved...
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Partex (category Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, from Lisbon, Portugal, until it was sold in June 2019. Prior to the First World War, Calouste Gulbenkian was the...
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Basket of Roses (category Paintings in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum)
painter Henri Fantin-Latour, executed in 1885. It is part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, in Lisbon. It measures 59 by 73.8 cm and is dated and signed...
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technology is the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Yesayan, Catherine (June 19, 2019). "Unraveling the Life of Calouste Gulbenkian". Asbarez. Archived...
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Near East Development Corporation (later renamed ExxonMobil) and Calouste Gulbenkian (an Armenian businessman) to collectively produce oil in the post-Ottoman...
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19th-century original casts belongs to the permanent collection of Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Rodin originally conceived of Eternal Springtime as part...
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location or key word. It has been described by the librarian of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as "one of the most useful reference tools concerning...
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for discretionary trusts by a different panel of their lordships. Calouste Gulbenkian, a wealthy Armenian oil businessman and co-founder of the Iraq Petroleum...
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height: 23 centimetres (9.1 in), width: 26.5 centimetres (10.4 in); Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisboa, Portugal) Necklace; by René Lalique; 1897–1899; gold...
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Prominent private museums and galleries include the Gulbenkian Museum (run by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, one of the wealthiest foundations in the...
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Iverna Gardens, Kensington, London. It was constructed in 1922–23 by Calouste Gulbenkian as a memorial to his parents, and the architect was Arthur Davis...
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Near East Development Corporation (later renamed ExxonMobil) and Calouste Gulbenkian (Mr. Five Percent), who retained a 5% share. The aim of the agreement...
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as the Executive Coordinator of the Gulbenkian Programme for Creativity and Artistic Creation/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and as a consultant for Quaternaire...
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Maria (2009). Iznik pottery and tiles in the Calouste Gulbenkian collection. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. ISBN 978-972-8848-58-3. Wikimedia...
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attention when part of her estate was donated by her husband to the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. Maria Antónia Marinho Leite Siza was born on the...
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The Painter Brown and His Family (category Paintings in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum)
Italian painter Giovanni Boldini, from 1890. It is held at the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, in Lisbon. This triple portrait depicts the French painter and engraver...
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Gulbenkian Foundation. The orchestra, which was founded in 1962 as a chamber orchestra, currently has 66 permanent musicians. The Calouste Gulbenkian...
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largely forgotten until her work was presented in 2019 at Lisbon's Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Born in Lisbon on 13 May 1899, Sara Sancha Afonso spent her...
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