…Signature works inc: Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting Beatrice Cenci Judith and Holofernes Catafalque of Elisabetta Sirani Portia Wounding Her Thigh Judith with the Head of Holofernes Virgin and Child Allegory of Justice Charity & Prudence St Joseph with the Infant Jesus
Born #onthisday1638 Elisabetta Sirani prolific Italian #painter specializing in historical themes Master of #Baroque style at just 19 produced 200+ paintings 15 etchings hundreds of drawings 13 public altarpieces Employed dramatic contrasts of light & shade virtuoso brushwork …
… Cervantes Dante Milton Rabelais & Balzac Doré illustrated oversized edition of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Later illustrated new edition of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tennyson’s Idyllis of the King The Divine Comedy & contributed to The Illustrated London Weekly
Born #onthisday1878 Augustus John Welsh #painter #draughtsman & #etcher Important exponent of #PostImpressionism in the U.K. Known initially for his #drawings & #etchings by 1920s he was Britain's leading #portaitpainter recognized for his psychological insights into his subjects
… Qi Baishi theorized that "paintings must be something between likeness and unlikeness, much like today's vulgarians, but not like to cheat popular people”
Born #onthisday1869 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée French #Rococo #painter Won Grand Prix de Rome 4 painting (1749) elected member of Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1755) Career blossomed in Paris leading to appointment as court painter to Elizabeth Empress of Russia
Born #onthisday1883 Janet Cumbrae-Stewart Australian #painter taught by Frederick McCubbin & Exhibited with Victorian Artists Society & member of Melbourne Society of Women Painters Spent 1920s & 1930s painting & exhibiting in Italy France & Britain Returned to Australia in 1939
Born #onthisday1960 Jean Michel Bisquiat gritty street-smart #graffitiart successfully transcended "downtown" origins to blaze across international art gallery circuit emerging as 1 of most celebrated & most commercial American "naif" painters of #Neo-Expressionist movement …
Born #onthisday1815 Thomas Couture French history #painter & teacher exhibited historical & genre pictures at Salon de Paris won several medals Innovative technique garnered significant & drew Government & Church commissions for murals during late 1840s to 1850s
Born #onthisday1904 Paul Cadmus #etcher & #painter Widely recognized 4 egg tempera paintings depicting urban settings & gritty social interactions Sailors & Floozies = art as satire Created highly finished #drawings of #nude male figures combining eroticism with social commentary