Jane Hoodlessさんのイラストまとめ

Bruno Hoffmann, who resurrected the glass harmonica's ethereal beauty, died #OTD 1991. https://t.co/rlxmeqqK4C

Lucie Rie–died #OTD 1995–developed a highly individual style based on the aesthetics of the Modernist movement. Using the traditional methods of wheel-throwing her vessels were decorated with rich & vivid glazes, often in conjunction with banded lines of inlay or sgraffito.

When challenged to write "a book children can't put down" using only 250 key words, Theodor 'Dr Seuss' Geisel–born #OTD 1904–nine months later, hatched The Cat in the Hat, using just 236 of the words given to him.

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.

An enthusiastic & demanding patron, Isabella d'Este–born OTD 1474–energetically pursued any artist she admired.

Fiendishly strong Cymburgis of Masovia–died OTD1429–cracked nuts in her fingers & drove in nails with her bare hands

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.