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Samuel Palmer was born #OnThisDay in 1805. This work depicts a scene from Book V of Homer's Odyssey in which Ulysses leaves Calypso after seven years stranded on her island.
Calypso's Island, Departure of Ulysses, or Farewell to Calypso, Samuel Palmer, 1848-49, D.1937.17
Happy Birthday to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born on this day in 1756.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#WolfgangAmadeusMozart #Mozart #composer #classicalmusic #Symphony #music #prodigy #OnThisDay #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #MagicFlute #TravisSimpkins
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London 1901-1939, was born #OnThisDay in 1858. This chromolithographic print appeared in Vanity Fair in 1912 showing the Bishop “in his lighter moments”.
Happy Birthday to Robert Burns, born on this day in 1759.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#RobertBurns #RabbieBurns #poet #poetry #Scotland #GrandLodgeOfScotland #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #history #TravisSimpkins #OnThisDay #otd #art #portrait #sketch
American painter & printmaker Robert Motherwell was born #OnThisDay in 1915. He was one of the youngest of the so-called New York School, which also included Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock & Mark Rothko.
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Born #OnThisDay 1749 Charles James Fox, towering politician of the 2nd half of the #18thcentury:
"Fox’s ‘negligent grandeur’ obscured his brilliance... his oratory, ‘original, deep, subtle, vehement & expansive’... was a force to be reckoned with."
#HistParl #twitterstorians
23.01.1974 #OnThisDay #HappyBirthday famous @sloneart
Love your amazing art!
#boxing #art #fineart #contemporary #contemporaryart
While Édouard Manet, born #OnThisDay, created many iconic images, my favorite work by him has to be his portrait of colleague Claude Monet painting in his adorable little studio boat on the Seine, with Madame Monet looking on from the doorway behind him
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, who died #onthisday in 1989
#surrealism #art #SalvadorDalí
The Persistence of Memory
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Fountain of milk spreading itself uselessly on three shoes
Swans Reflecting Elephants
Caricature of Gustave Doré — who died #onthisday in 1883 — "GENIUS" rightfully spelt in the paints of his palette.
More famous (male) figures of the 19th century in Frederick Watty's Cartoon Portraits of Men of the Day (1873) here: https://t.co/6TFPa0lXDy.
#OnThisDay 23 January 1795, the capture of the fleet at Texel.
The French forces managed to capture all 14 warships, without either side suffering a casualty.
Probably as a negotiation or surprise attack using muffled hooves, rather the popular charge (depicted)
Happy 1st Anniversary of The Casagrandes episode “The Kid Plays in the Picture” and “Achy Breaky Art” 💜🖼🎉 it aired on @Nickelodeon in January 22, 2021 🎊💜🇲🇽 I love how Carl's love for toys gets him caught up and Frida's art gets a bad review. #TheCasagrandes #OnThisDay
Born #onthisday1900 Alison Rehfisch Australian #painter Began exhibiting at Blaxland Gallery (1929) Studied in London & Spain (1933 – 38) Took to painting #landscapes around Goulburn Moss Vale & Berrima & #stilllife Flower paintings undermined reputation as a serious painter
Happy 1st Anniversary of The Loud House episode “Cow Pie Kid” and “Saved by the Spell” 🏡🎉 it aired on @Nickelodeon in January 22, 2021 🎊🏠 I love how Lynn pushes Liam to his limits and Lincoln’s friend tries to stop him by doing magic. 😊 #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay
Today we are remembering the British artist Stephen Sykes, who died #OnThisDay in 1999. This photograph shows Sykes’ work in the Gethsemane Chapel of Coventry Cathedral the year it was consecrated, in 1962. [CIO/PHO/NEG/744]
#OnThisDay 1645 was born Capt. William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter. https://t.co/6bmlagiyNb #LibriVox #audiobook
Born #onthisday1690 Nicolas Lancret French #artist master of #Rococo art form & brilliant #painter of balls fairs & weddings showing French social tastes & manners under the regent Orleans Later his pastels palette deftly captured a sense of harmony between art & nature …
Released 🎬 #OnThisDay in 1983,
The House On Sorority Row
#80sMovies #HorrorMovies
Happy 14th Anniversary of Codename: Kids Next Door Series Finale episode “Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.” 💙🧡💚🎉🤎❤️ it aired on @cartoonnetwork in January 21, 2008. 🎊😢 I love how Numbuh 1 to make a difficult decision. #CodenameKidsNextDoor #OnThisDay