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Happy Birthday to Edvard #Munch
Born this day in 1863
He was a #Norwegian painter, whose best known work, The #Scream, has become one of the most iconic images of world #art.
Sonia #Delaunay , Born this day 1885
She was a #Ukrainian-born French artist and
spent most of her working life in #Paris and, with her husband Robert Delaunay
She was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the #Louvre in 1964
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my #drawing.”
Vincent #VanGogh
Happy Birthday to Marie #Laurencin born this day in 1883
She was an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the #Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.
#fineart #painting #avantgarde #loveherwork
Happy Birthday to Francis #Bacon, born this day in 1909
In 2013 his Three Studies of Lucian #Freud set the world record as the most expensive piece of art sold at auction.
#fineart #painting #portraits #gambling #drinking #oneofakind
Happy Birthday to Maggi #Hambling.
Born this day in 1945
She studied at both #Camberwell (1964–67), and finally the #Slade School of Art, graduating in 1969
Happy Birthday to Alberto #Giacometti
Born this day in 1901
#Fineart, #sculpture #painting #drawing
"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation"
Auguste #Rodin