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Born #onthisday1889 Yasuo Kuniyoshi Japanese-American #painter #lithographer #etcher #printmaker x 14 Known for #stilllife paintings of objects & figurative subjects #nudes & female circus performers Adopted zinc plate lithography in 1922 Made frequent changes to technique & …
#OnThisDay 31 Aug 1813, the Combat at Vera,
An advancing Division of French troops were held up by 2 Companies (only 100 men) of the 95th Rifles, across a narrow bridge.
Commanded by Captain Cadoux, who requests for support were denied, they held out overnight.
The storming of San Sebastian took place #OnThisDay 31 August 1813. Thomas Graham's forces of British & Portuguese troops ran from trenches & into the breach. It led to the Peninsular War reaching the Pyrenees & France.
The city was sacked despite officer's attempts to stop it.
Evelyn de Morgan was #bornthisday in 1855. She was one of the most impressive artists of her generation. Her unique and beautiful paintings tell of spirituality and feminism.
S.O.S. by Evelyn De Morgan
📆 #OnThisDay in 1994 @Manics released their third album The Holy Bible
Chart Position: #6
Born #onthisday1748 Jacques-Louis David French #Neoclassical #painter Considered the preeminent painter of his era Emergence of his intellectual style of art ushered in migration from #Rococo frippery towards classical austerity Signature works inc. Death of Marat (1793) …
Today in #history: Emperor Basil I dies from a hunting accident (according to official records), however, it is widely believed that he was murdered by his son and successor, Leo VI. (886 CE) #OnThisDay
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Happy Birthday to Ingrid Bergman, born on this day in 1915.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#ingridbergman #hollywood #film #cinema #history #casablanca #beauty #onthisdayinhistory #TravisSimpkins #OnThisDay #otd #actress #movies #celebrity
Happy 7th Anniversary of Steven Universe episode “Joking Victim” 💖💎🎊 it premiered on @cartoonnetwork in August 28, 2014 🎉🍩 I love this episode how Steven fills in for Lars on his day off. 🌸🌹⭐️ #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay #Happy7thAnniversary
Born #OnThisDay in 1833: English artist #EdwardBurneJones (1833-98)
Portrait of Philip Comyns Carr, 1882
#BurneJones #PreRaphaelites #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1833: English artist #EdwardBurneJones (1833-98)
Portrait of the Artist's wife Georgiana Burne-Jones, née MacDonald (1840-1920), 1863
#BurneJones #PreRaphaelites #BritishArt
Edward Burn-Jones, British artist and designer, was born #onthisday in 1833.
His watercolour design for a grand piano (1879-80) depicts the final moments of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, leading his beloved wife out of the Underworld, is about to lose her forever.
Born #onthisday19833 Edward Burne-Jones English #Pre-Raphaelite #painter & #designer & leading star of new #Aesthetic Movement Helped rejuvenate Britain’s #stainedglass tradition Considered art’s value was as object of impassioned beauty triggering a sensual & romantic response
His birthday is unknown, but #OnThisDay in 1733, Thomas Hornsby was baptised.
Hornsby was an astronomer who suggested & petitioned for the construction of Oxford's Radcliffe Observatory. This aquatint print by J. Bluck shows its beauty.
Its instruments are now in @HSMOxford!
#OnThisDay 1816 a combined @royalnavy & @kon_marine Fleet under Admiral Edward Pellew & Vice Adm. Theodorus van Capellen, bombarded the African port of Algiers to enforce the abolition of Christian slavery. The ferocious battle was a success freeing 3000 Christian slaves.
Died #OnThisDay in 1666: Dutch painter #FransHals (1580-1666)
Portrait of a Woman (Mevrouw Bodolphe), 1643
#Hals #DutchBaroque
Died #OnThisDay in 1666: Dutch painter #FransHals (1580-1666)
Portrait of a Laughing Boy, ca. 1625
#Hals #DutchBaroque
Died #OnThisDay in 1666: Dutch painter #FransHals (1580-1666)
Portrait of Malle Babbe, ca. 1633
#Hals #DutchBaroque #MalleBabbe
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Died #OnThisDay in 1666: Dutch painter #FransHals (1580-1666)
Portrait of Claes Duyst van Voorhout, ca. 1638
#Hals #DutchBaroque
Died #OnThisDay in 1666: Dutch painter #FransHals (1580-1666)
Portrait of Samuel Ampzing, 1630-2
#Hals #DutchBaroque