Born #onthisday1714 Claude-Joseph Vernet French #painter Created #landscapes & #seascapes immersed human figures in his foreground brining scenes featuring storms seaports moonlight & large whales to life particularly popular amongst English aristocrats on the Grand Tour
Born #onthisday1849 Abbott Handerson Thaye eccentric murcurial #artist & naturalist #painted #portraits "ideal figure" of women as embodiments of virtue animals & #landscapes Wrote about countershading in nature sometimes called Thayer’s Law Best known for 'angel' paintings
Born #onthisday1848 William Harnett Irish-American #painter known for distinctive #trompe-l’oeil #stilllife of ordinary objects Works did not conform to contemporary notions of high art but sold well Best known for 4 versions of After the Hunt (1883 – 85) & Old Violin (1886)
Born #onthisday1823 Théodule-Augustin Ribot French #Realist #artist & #printmaker #painted #stilllife #portraits religious scenes #genreworks Preferred working direct from nature playing with contrast light & dark Salon debut 1861 enjoyed favourable response from critics & public
… Coca-Cola (3) (1962) Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962) Sleep (1963) Orange Car Crash Fourteen Times (1963) Brillo Boxes (1964) Mao (1973) Oxidation Painting (1978) Rorschach (1984) General Electric with Waiter (1984) Self-Portrait (1986) & The Last Supper (1986)
… Duchamp by challenging definition of art Artistic risks & constant experimentation with subjects & media made him a pioneer in visual art Unconventional sense of style & celebrity entourage helped him reach mega-star status Signature works inc. Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) …
Born #onthisday1928 Andy Warhol #historyofart American #artist #director #producer One of most influential artists of second half of 20th-century creating some of most recognizable images ever produced A founding father & iconic figure in #popart movement #screenprinted images…
Born #onthisday1933 Thé Tjong-Khing Dutch #illustrator of children books 3 x winner Gouden Penseel (Golden Brush) & Woutertje Pieterse Prijis for book Waar is de taart? (Where is the cake?) (2005) a picturebook without text & his best-known work Won Max Velthuijs Prize (2010)
Born #onthisday1922 Charley Harper American #Modernist #artist Best known for highly stylized wildlife prints posters & book illustrations capturing essence of subjects with fewest possible visual elements Influenced by #Cubism & #Minimalism Regarded picture as an ecosystem
Born #onthisday1714 Richard Wilson RA influential Welsh #landscape #painter adopted idealized style influenced by Dutch tradition 1st major artist focus on landscapes Pioneer British landscape art with classical depictions of landowner’s estates Foundation member of Royal Academy