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"An artist #painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished." 🎨 American painter #JohnSingerSargent passed away #onthisday 14 April 1925. #Art
"Dryden taught to join / The varying pause, the full resounding line, / The long majestic march, and energy divine." (#Pope)
📖 #OnThisDay in the #History of #Literature 13 April 1668, King #CharlesII appointed 36-year-old #JohnDryden as the first English Poet Laureate. #Poetry
"The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks." 🎨 Danish-German painter and educator #EmilNolde passed away #onthisday 13 April 1956. #Art #Painting
New #poster #art for #ZackSnyder's casino-heist-during-zombie-pandemic-film #ArmyOfTheDead. Trailer drops Tues. 🎲Gains N Brains 🧠 #Horror
"Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell."
🎨 English poet and painter #DanteGabrielRossetti passed away #onthisday 9 April 1882. #Art #Painting #Poetry #Literature
"When I was a child my mother said I could be anything. Become a soldier, you will be a General. Become a priest, you will be Pope. Instead I chose painting, and became #Picasso." 🎨 Spanish artist #PabloPicasso passed away #onthisday 1973. #Art #Painting #Sculpture
"I hold the imitation of colour to be the greatest difficulty of art."
Groundbreaking Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor #ElGreco passed away #onthisday 7 April 1614. #Art #Painting #Sculpture
"Adieu, my children! Would that I could press you all to my heart. Let me at least embrace your standard!"
🇫🇷 #OnThisDay in #History 6 April 1814, #Napoleon unconditionally abdicated at Fontainebleu. He was exiled to the island of Elba. The Bourbon dynasty was restored. Until...
"Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained."
🎨 French painter and poet #MauricedeVlaminck was born #onthisday 4 April 1876. #Art #Painting #Poetry
"The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it." ✒ French poet, novelist, and critic #RemydeGourmont was born #onthisday 4 April 1853. #Poetry #Literature