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#OnThisDay 2002 : 20 years ago today, the final of the first Pop Idol was broadcast on ITV in which @willyoung and @Gareth_Gates took to the stage to see who would become the series winner.
Born #onthisday1896 Alberto Vargas iconic Peruvian watercolour & airbrush painter of pin-up girls Regarded as one of finest artists in his genre Early career worked as artist for Ziegfeld Follies & Hollywood studios Vargas' most famous film poster was 1933 The Sin of Nora Moran…
On This Day 3 years ago, The Steven Universe Podcast: The Fantasy of Steven Universe was released on February 7, 2019 💎🎉💖
I love how the Crewniverse to discuss lessons learned. 🎊🎙✨ Thanks, @MKatwood! 🌸🌹⭐️
#StevenUniverse #StevenUniversePodcast #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay when Walt Disney's #Pinocchio was released in theaters in 1940.
One of my favorite Disney Classics!
Charles Dickens was born #onthisday 1812. In 1845, he visited Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery.
'To an English traveller,' Dickens notes, this marks the graves of Shelley and Keats, ''whose name is writ in water' that shines brightly in the landscape of a calm Italian night.'
Artist Henry Fuseli was born #onthisday in 1741.
Rendered with exaggerated proportions and arranged in an impossibly sinuous pose, this enigmatic back view of an unknown woman exudes an unsettling eroticism.
Fuseli, Back view of a full-length female figure © The Courtauld
Born #OnThisDay in 1478: #ThomasMore (1478-1535), English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, Lord High Chancellor of England
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543), ca. 1526-7
#More #Humanism #Utopia
Born #OnThisDay in 1478: #ThomasMore (1478-1535), English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, Lord High Chancellor of England
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543), ca. 1526-7
#More #Humanism #Utopia
Born #OnThisDay in 1836: Spanish painter #JosepTapiróBaró (1836-1913)
Portrait of a Tangerian Woman, ca. 1891
#Tapiró #SpanishArt #PeopleOfColourInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1836: Spanish painter #JosepTapiróBaró (1836-1913)
Portrait of a Darcawi Holy Man, ca. 1895-1900
#Tapiró #SpanishArt #PeopleOfColourInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1836: Spanish painter #JosepTapiróBaró (1836-1913)
Portrait of a Darcawi Holy Man from Marrakesh, ca. 1890-1900
#Tapiró #SpanishArt #PeopleOfColourInArt
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Happy 1st Anniversary of Craig of the Creek episode “Snow Place Like Home” 💚🎉❄️ it aired on @cartoonnetwork in February 6, 2021 💚❄️🎊🏠 I love how Craig and his friends decide to take refuge from the creek at his house. ❄️🏠 #CraigOfTheCreek #OnThisDay
Born #onthisday1879 Othon Friesz French #artist of #Fauvist movement Later abandoned #Fauvism brilliant colours & lively arabesques & returned to a more sober palette simple tonality & logical composition A #Baroque air imbues #landscapes #stilllifes & #figurepainting
Late 19th-century print produced by the Japanese Department of Education showing the Scottish philosopher, essayist, and historian Thomas Carlyle, who died #onthisday in 1881 (his final words: "So, this is death. Well!"): https://t.co/KN3niCaJFo #otd
February 4, 1789: George Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#GeorgeWashington #FirstPresident #PresidentoftheUnitedStates #foundingfathers #AmericanHistory #history #OnThisDay #otd
Born #OnThisDay in 1823: German painter #RichardLauchert (1823-68)
Portrait of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), 1863
#Lauchert #GermanArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1823: German painter #RichardLauchert (1823-68)
Portrait of George Hugh Wyndham, 1868
#Lauchert #GermanArt
Happy Birthday to Norman Rockwell, born on this day in 1894.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#NormanRockwell #artist #saturdayeveningpost #illustrator #americana #Berkshires #StockbridgeMA #onthisday #otd #TravisSimpkins #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #art
#OnThisDay 2 Feb 1783 the Great Seige of Gibraltar was lifted.
A general peace had been signed, the terms of which allowed Britain to remain in possession of Gibraltar 🇬🇮
After 3 years, 7 months, 12 days it was the longest seige for the British forces.
Happy Birthday to Clark Gable, born on this day in 1901.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#ClarkGable #Hollywood #actor #celebrity #goldenageofhollywood #film #cinema #movies #history #OnThisDay #otd #TravisSimpkins #Freemasons #Masonic #art #portrait #sketch