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Born in 1840: (1840-1927), Empress of Mexico as wife of daughter of

Portrait as a child by her cousin Queen Victoria (1819-1901)


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2020-06-07

Born in 1671: Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)

Portrait attributed to (1656-1727), 18th century

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2020-05-24

His early portraits of his sisters show a brother’s regard & an authentic depiction of his love for them. The Artist’s Sisters Alvilde, Ida & Henriette (1827), A Girl with Basket (c1827) & Interior at St Bendt’s Church at Ringsted (1829)

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2020-05-13

Born in 1809: German painter (1809-89)

Portrait of (1840-1927), Empress of Mexico, 1865


Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City

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2020-05-02

The last words of the monumental German composer & pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), who at the time of his death had been deaf for around 25 years, were "I shall hear in heaven".

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2020-04-22

In 1827 he exhibited his Red Boy (William Lambton) to great acclaim. Countess of Darnley (c1825-30), Lady Caroline Lamb (1827), A Baby (nd) & Mother & Child (?1810). Many of his portraits were unfinished at the time of his death & show his working technique

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2020-04-14

Toriyama's illustration & message 4 the DB Exhibition collection held in Nihombashi Takashimaya (2013/03/27), which doubled as celebration 4 the upcoming 18th DB movie

"I’ll be happy as can be if you enjoy watching it with heart-pounding excitement! Only, it won’t make you cry."

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2020-03-26

Otto Bache (Danish, 1839-1927), "After the Boar Hunt" (1914)

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2020-03-25

She died in 1986 & her ashes were spread at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. She is recognised as one of the great American artists of the 20th C. E River from the 30th Floor of the Shelton Hotel (1928), Dark Iris No 1 (1927), Grey, Blue & Black - Pink Circle (1929) & Black Cross (1929)

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2020-03-18

In the late ‘20s she carried out a number of skyline pictures. The Brooklyn Gallery held a retrospective in 1927. Her fame was assured by canny PR. She married Stieglitz (1924). Yellow Calla (1926), Red Poppy (1927), 2 Calla Lilies On Pink (1928) & Oak Leaves, Pink & Grey (1929)

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2020-03-18

Born in 1728: Saxon (born) painter (1728-79)

Portrait of Archduchess (1767-1827), 1771

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2020-03-13

10 mars 1654 naissance de
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727), peintre italien.
➡️Suzanne et les vieillards, par Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari.

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2020-03-10

Jaume Morera i Galícia (Catalan 1854-1927), Beach at Sunset n.d.
Private Collection, Pamplona

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2020-03-06

Thread: Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) died on this day. The Irish-American painter has been described as the mother of American modernism. Radiator Building - Night, New York (1927), Red Hills & White Shell (1938) & Music Pink & Blue II (1918)

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2020-03-06

In 1827 he exhibited his Red Boy (William Lambton) to great acclaim. Countess of Darnley (c1825-30), Lady Caroline Lamb (1827), A Baby (nd) & Mother & Child (?1810). Many of his portraits were unfinished at the time of his death & show his working technique

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2020-02-28

Saviero della Gatta (Actif à Naples entre 1777 et 1827), Vue de la baie de Naples. Gouache sur papier. Signé et daté Sav° della Gatta 1803 en bas à droite, 379 x 669 mm

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2020-02-26


‼️ Antzerki jaialdiaren azken txanpa!
Ostegunean (otsailak 27), 'Bakean dagoena bakean utzi' (Euskaltzaindia, 19:00); 'Panpina' (, 20:00); 'Hiltzen zarenean' + (, 21:00).
👉Sarrerak -n eta Euskaltzaindian (Bilbo).

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2020-02-25

"Find the Buffalo" by Howard Terpning (b. 1927), oil on canvas, 36" x 32", sold for $425,075 (est. $300,000/500,000) at https://t.co/VhaQDKGPCo

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2020-02-21

Born in 1832: French painter Édouard (1832-83)

Portrait of (1844-1927), ca. 1862

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2020-01-24

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Dec 27), last one of the decade: https://t.co/nq6T2E1o5E Inside: kidlit conferences in 2020, getting started with PBs, foreshadowing, more. Thanks for the illo, & for the MG & PB

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2019-12-27