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« Quand on sut que la reine avait accouché d'une grenouille, ce fut une consternation à la cour. »
C'est ainsi que commence "La Mandragore" de Jean Lorrain (1855-1906). Écrivain de la fin de siècle, auteur de plusieurs romans, nouvelles, contes.
#Gallica https://t.co/JWqGA0IpHV
#CeJourLà Il y a plus de 656 ans, le 16 mai 1364, se déroulait la bataille de Cocherel : victoire de Bertrand Du Guesclin sur les troupes de Charles le Mauvais.
Retrouvons-le dans les #illustrations de Paul de Sémant (1855-1925), un livre pour enfants de Théodore Cahu. #XIX
Julius LeBlanc Stewart
(1855-1919)
"The Glade"
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#realism
Born #OnThisDay in 1855: American painter #CeciliaBeaux (1855-1942)
Portrait of Dorothea and Francesca (Gilder), 1898
#AmericanArt #WomenArtists #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1855: American painter #CeciliaBeaux (1855-1942)
Portrait of Sarah Allibone Leavitt ("Sita and Sarita"), 1896
#AmericanArt #WomenArtists #CatsInArt
Birthday in the park: Paul de Longpre, 1855-1911, painter..... known for his delicate watercolors of flowers.......https://t.co/ObNBFlCjEz
Born #OnThisDay in 1855: English painter #DorothyTennant (1855-1926)
Portrait by #GeorgeFredericWatts (1817-1904)
#WomenArtists #BritishArt
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His battle shows the Roman helmeted neoclassical artist fighting with the waistcoated Romantic/Naturalistic Artist. The Wrestlers (c1852), Battle of the (Art) Schools (1855), Don Quixote (c1855) & In Church (1855-7)
The production of "The British Tunicata" was a 50 year affair. The work commenced between 1855-1860, but many events, including the death of the authors, delayed its publication until 1905-12. Explore all 3 volumes in #BHLib via @MBLWHOILibrary ➡️ https://t.co/82lsPINMf4
Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921), was a French symbolist poet, aesthete, and unapologetic dandy. He's remembered for the fictional characters he inspired, and for sponsoring many artists. Today, his literary work is unknown, which is sad 'cause his slick eloquence was legendary
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Night & Sleep, 1878, Evelyn (Pickering) De Morgan, 1855-1919. De Morgan started drawing lessons when she was 15, & on the morning of her seventeenth birthday, she wrote in her diary: "Art is eternal, but life is short…" -- "
#mjsartstories #History #arthistory
Behind the City Gate (Fuori di porta), 1891.
Giovanni Sottocornola (1855-1917) was an Italian painter
Gladiolus, 1899, by #LouiseCécileDescampsSabouret (French, 1855-1916), who was born #otd (Oct 3). Source, @HarvardLibrary via @BioDivLibrary #womenartists #artherstory #HerNaturalHistory @HerstoryDiary @thisdateinart
OK, a modest use of #Carmin by Théo Guillard @Theo_Type. A small poster for a parish fair (parish is dedicated to #StFrancis so I found the innovative uncial shapes just fine for it). Thanks to @futurefonts.
Paintings are of the masterful José Benlliure y Gil (1855-1937).