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Born #OnThisDay in 1917: English painter #JohnStantonWard (1917-2007)
Portrait of Sir Roger Bannister (°1929), 1987
#Ward #BritishArt
Pembroke College, University of Oxford
#OnThisDay 1992 : The first edition of Gladiators (UK version) was broadcast on ITV. The first run series ran until 2000.
So who was your favourite Gladiator name or better still... if you could make up a made up Gladiator name, what would it be?
#90s
#DidYouKnow the world mourned the death of #ChristopherReeve, star of four #Superman films, #OnThisDay October 10, 2004. He was only 52.
#OnThisDay 9 October 1643 Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Manchester, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were besieging Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
BornOnThisDay
"Dog and Priest"
Alex Colville (Canadian, 1920 - 2013)
Date: 1978
Style: Contemporary Realism
Genre: genre painting
What better way to celebrate Munnings’ birthday #BornOnThisDay 1878 than being at the preview of Laura Knight: A Panoramic View @MK_Gallery. A fabulous show which includes our beautiful lampshade decorated by Laura for Munnings in 1919. Thanks to all in MK for a wonderful day.
#onthisday in Naples in 1858 was born Vincenzo Migliaro, a master painter who captured life in Naples and the Amalfi coast. He was also one of the first to be displayed at the Biennale of Venice
Died #OnThisDay in 1469: Florentine painter Fra #FilippoLippi (1406-69)
Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1445
#Lippi #ItalianRenaissance
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
#OnThisDay 1979
Joy Division's debut single 'Transmission' was released by Factory Records. (FAC 13)
#OnThisDay 21 years ago, October 7, 2000 - the episode "Big Time" aired on television.
Directed by @JTuckerAnimator
Story by @tomruegger & @b0bg00dman #BatmanBeyond
#OnThisDay October 5th, 2009, the album called "Sonic Boom" is released. It's the 1st in 11 years of "Kiss". Produced by Paul Stanley: "the purpose of this album is not to let people know we're still here, it's to let people know we can still knock out anyone out there!". #Kiss
#onthisday 1789 Parisians women found themselves at the market protesting against the expensive cost of life. Led by 'fishwives', 6000 of them marched on Versailles, where the King and the National Assembly were gathered. And there they forced Louis XVI to receive them.
Born #OnThisDay in 1640: #FrançoiseAthénaïsdeRochechouart, Marquise de #Montespan (1640-1707), mistress of #LouisXIV
Portrait after Pierre #Mignard (1612-95), ca. 1676-1700
#MadamedeMontespan #Bourbon
Died #OnThisDay in 1710: Flemish-Spanish painter active in England & Scotland #JohnBaptistMedina (1659-1710)
Portrait of Sir William Bruce (ca. 1625-1710), ca. 1705
#Medina #BritishArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1710: Flemish-Spanish painter active in England & Scotland #JohnBaptistMedina (1659-1710)
Portrait of George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636-1707), 1691
#Medina #BritishArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1710: Flemish-Spanish painter active in England & Scotland #JohnBaptistMedina (1659-1710)
Portrait of James Drummond, 2nd titular Duke of Perth (1673-1720), ca. 1700
#Medina #BritishArt #PeopleOfColourInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1710: Flemish-Spanish painter active in England & Scotland #JohnBaptistMedina (1659-1710)
Portrait of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington (1680-1735), after 1700
#Medina #BritishArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1710: Flemish-Spanish painter active in England & Scotland #JohnBaptistMedina (1659-1710)
Self-portrait, ca. 1698
#Medina #BritishArt
#OnThisDay 1994 : The first edition of SMart was broadcast on Children's BBC.
#90s
"Il fine della pittura non è quello di commuovere, ma piuttosto quello di rappresentare."
#AlbertoSughi
#5ottobre 1928
#OnThisDay
Alberto Sughi
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