Scotwriter

Why I Wiki

Enthusiastic wiki newbie/veteran writer/eclectic soul heading into retirement (when and if I can afford it). Former U.S. Easterner, now U.S. Westerner. As a kid, loved to read encyclopedias and dreamed of writing for one someday. Voila Wikipedia! Dream fulfilled.

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		The Barnstar of High Culture
		Scotwriter: in recognition of your fine contributions to artists' biographies, including Mary Cassatt and Winslow Homer.

		The Original Barnstar
		For the excellent job of expanding and adding references to the William Penn article, and for the other articles you have done similar work on.

Favorite Wikipedia subjects

Art, classical music, jazz, films, actors, painters, American history, American culture, European culture, English lit and language, sciences, tennis.

Tip to other newbie content writers

• Use good sources – library books are best

Major Wikipedia content contributions

• Aaron Copland
• American Old West
• Andrew Wyeth
• Ann-Margret
• Ansel Adams
• Casanova
• Cecilia Beaux
• Charles Baudelaire
• Childe Hassam
• Clark Gable
• Corot
• Count Basie
• Duke Ellington
• Edvard Munch
• Edward Hopper
• Frederic Remington
• Gustave Caillebotte
• Henry Fonda
• Hoagy Carmichael
• Humphrey Bogart
• James Bond (films)
• James McNeill Whistler
• James Stewart (actor)
• Jamie Wyeth
• John Audubon
• John D. Rockefeller
• John Singer Sargent
• Johnny Mercer
• Kirk Douglas
• Liberace
• Louis Armstrong
• Mary Cassatt
• Maurice Ravel
• N. C. Wyeth
• Paul Klee
• Portrait painting
• P. T. Barnum
• Richard Burton
• Roman Art
• Sid Caesar
• Still Life
• Tamara de Lempicka
• William Bouguereau
• William Penn
• Winslow Homer
• Zane Grey

Minor Wikipedia content contributions

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Big Band
• Bill Tilden
• Claude Debussy
• Edward Elgar
• Fred Astaire
• Gustav Klimt
• History of tennis
• Jack Benny
• Real tennis
• Tennis
• Thomas Eakins

Photogallery

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  Portrait of a Roman Woman
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  Portrait of Casanova
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  Mary Cassatt - Lady at the Tea Table
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  Winslow Homer - Breezin Up
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  Frederic Remington - Cowboy on Horseback
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  J.J. Audubon - White Gerfalcons
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  Thomas Eakins - The Gross Clinic
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  Gustave Caillebotte - Rainy Day
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  William Bouguereau Venus
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  John Singer Sargent - Lady Agnew
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  Corot - Ville d'Avrey
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  Childe Hassam - Washington Arch
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  Matthew Brady - P. T. Barnum
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  Hoagy Carmichael
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  Louis Armstrong
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  Count Basie
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  Liberace
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  William Penn
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  John Audubon
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  American Cowboy
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  James Stewart in The Naked Spur
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  Wyatt Earp and Associates
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  American Indian Chiefs
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  Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill