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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
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. 🎨
April 26, 1785: Artist and ornithologist John James Audubon is born.
“The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.” As if anyone could ever describe an Audubon illustration as anything short of magnificent.
🎨 John James Audubon, "Blue Jays"
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
🎨 Sarah Paxton Bell Dodson, "Meditation of the Holy Virgin", 1889 #Art #Painting #ArtLovers #Madonna #Catholic