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A great ol' fish for @jeanettebarnes1 by her beloved Soutine, snapped yesterday @Sothebys
"The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." – John Milton, died OTD 1674.
After his apprenticeship, Albrecht Dürer–born OTD 1471–took the German custom of Wanderjahre to learn skills from artists in other areas.
William Blake–died OTD 1827–& said to've spent 1 of the very last shillings he had on a pencil to continue sketching
Leonardo da Vinci, born OTD 1452, at the 3rd hour of the night, the illegitimate son of a legal notary & a peasant.
Eccentric Dr Wm Price cremated his baby son's body on an open pyre–OTD 1884–which led to passing of Cremation Act.