In Memoriam Ola Cohn (1892) #artoftheday Australian #artist #author 3 x Fairies themed novels & Mostly Cats philanthropist best known for her modernist sculptures in bronze stone & wood & famous for her Fairies Tree in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens sculpted between 1931 & 1934
Born This Day Leonardo da Vinci (1452) #artoftheday genius #painter #sculptor #architect inventor military engineer #draughtsman & Italian Renaissance intellectual renowned for sublime The Last Supper & Mona Lisa epitomised Renaissance man studied laws of science & nature
Born This Day Kazimir Malevich (1879) Russian #avantgarde #artist pioneer of geometric #abstractart & originator of #suprematist movement trying to develop a form of expression removed from natural forms & subjects matter to access "the supremacy of pure feeling & spirituality”
Born this day William Blake (1757 – 1827) #artoftheday English poet #painter & #printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
Born this day Tsuguharu Foujita (1886 – 1968) Japanese–French #painter #printmaker & #etcher born in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. Foujita was "the most important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century".
Born this day Leo Gestel (1881 – 1941) Dutch #painter. Gestel experimented with #cubism, #expressionism, #futurism and #postimpressionism. Along with Piet Mondrian he was among the leading #artists of Dutch modernism.
In Memoriam John Singleton Copley RA 1738 – 1815 #historyofart American #portrait #painter of notable colonial American and English figures
William Blake (1757 – 1827) #artoftheday poet, painter & printmaker. Seminal figure in history of poetry & visual arts of Romantic Age