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May 27, 1889: American artist and illustrator Cyrus Leroy Baldridge is born.

Baldridge was a frontline artist during World War I. He worked for several newspapers reporting on life in the trenches. He also traveled the world, illustrating different cultures and lifestyles. 🎨

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire."~ St. Catherine of Siena

🎨 Carlo Dolci, "St. Catherine of Siena", 1665-70 #Art #Painting #ChristianArt #Catholic #OTD

May 25, 1616: Baroque period Italian painter Carlo Dolci is born.

Inspired by the teachings of the Counter-Reformation, a young Dolci devoted his career to the painting of religious subjects which proved extremely popular during his lifetime.

🎨 "The Trinity in Glory", 1640

May 14, 1727: English portrait and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough is born.

According to the artist, his first love was landscape, and in spite of the demand for portraits, these remained what he loved to paint.

🎨 Thomas Gainsborough, "Drinkstone Park", 1747 #Art

🎨 Bernhard Plockhorst, "Easter Morning" (Noli Me Tangere), 1880

🎨 Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Circle of), "The Survivors" #Art #ArtLovers #Painting

May 4, 1784: American artist Rubens Peale is born in Philadelphia.

Rubens' father, painter Charles Willson Peale, named a number of his children after famous artists: Rembrandt, Raphaelle, Sophonisba, Titian, and of course Rubens. Many became accomplished artists themselves. 🎨

"Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

He said to His disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" ~ Mark 4:39

🎨 Eugène Delacroix, "Christ on the Sea of Galilee", 1854

April 18, 1504: Early Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi dies.

Lippi was the son of famous painter Fra Filippo Lippi, and his style was most certainly influenced by the works of Sandro Botticelli.

🎨 "The Nativity with Two Angels", possibly early 1490s #Art

April 5, 1732: French Rococo-style painter/printmaker Jean Honoré Fragonard is born.

Fragonard's "Coresus and Callirhoë" was exhibited at the Salon in Paris where it was purchased for King Louis XV.

🎨 Jean Honoré Fragonard, "Coresus and Callirhoë", 1765