Jonas Lie ( painter ) Jonas Lie ( 1880 - 1940 ) was a Norwegian -born painter who matured in America . He often depicted the sea , channels , and ships with dramatic perspective and powerful use of color . When asked how to say his name , he told The Literary Digest `` The correct pronunciation of my name is yonas lee . Although I have adopted the anglicized pronunciation of Jonas in this country , Lie , however , is pronounced lee in Scandinavia , and I have insisted upon it in English also. '' ( Charles Earle Funk , What 's the Name , Please ? , Funk & Wagnalls , 1936 . ) External links http : //www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lie_jonas.html lists museums where many of his paintings can be found .  This painter -related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . laszlo ritter was a self taught impresionist painter folowing the old masters for deriving his own style.to paint like this man , one would be born with a natural karma which he no dought had.laszlo lived in lotwithiel cornwall for many years with his wife and two sons , from here derived his masterful skills for painting.laszlo was a quiet man , hense the media did not make a meal ticket of him like the extrovert robert lenkiewicz.if this was the case his name would of been up in lights a long time ago , although recognition was recieved with television apearances presenting angela rippon with a portrait of herself.laszlo brushed shoulders with many famous people for his travels led him in many parts of the world on a rout of destiny .these people include fellow hungarian tony curtis whom is also a practising painter living in hawai.rod stewart , michael caine and mohamid alfiad were also known to have owned large canvases purchased through harrods super store in london.since monet was quoted as a pioneer of paint , im sure at this moment in time ritter and monet are exchanging notes in heaven for sadly laszlo passed away in october 2003 .  This Norwegian biographical article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : 1880 births | 1940 deaths | Norwegian painters | Painter stubs | Norwegian people stubs 