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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. 🎨
"Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear." ~ St. Catherine of Siena
🎨 Carlo Dolci, "St. Catherine of Siena", 1665-70 #Art #Painting #Quotes #OTD #MondayMotivation
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (born May 25, 1803)
🎨 Carlo Dolci (also #BornOnThisDay!), "The Trinity in Glory", 1640 #Art #Painting #ArtQuotes #OTD
🎨 Charles Le Brun, "Pieta", 1643-45 #Art #Painting #ArtistsOfBeauty
This striking chalk drawing, "Bearded Saint in a Forest", is housed at the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria.
🎨 Albrecht Dürer, "Bearded Saint in a Forest", c. 1516 #Art #ArtLovers #BornOnThisDay
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
It's #NationalLimerickDay!
This day is celebrated on the birthday of Edward Lear—born May 12, 1812—who popularized the limerick with his fantastical 1846 book, "Book of Nonsense".
But as a young man, Lear worked for the @britishmuseum, and produced ornithological illustrations!
"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