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Born #OnThisDay in 1721: #JeanneAntoinettePoisson, Marquise of #Pompadour (1721-64), Maîtresse-en-titre of #LouisXV
Portrait by François #Boucher (1703-70), 1758
#MadamedePompadour #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1721: #JeanneAntoinettePoisson, Marquise of #Pompadour (1721-64), Maîtresse-en-titre of #LouisXV
Portrait by François #Boucher (1703-70), 1759
#MadamedePompadour #Bourbon #DogsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1721: #JeanneAntoinettePoisson, Marquise of #Pompadour (1721-64), Maîtresse-en-titre of #LouisXV
Portrait by François #Boucher (1703-70), 1756
#MadamedePompadour #Bourbon #DogsInArt
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‘I love seclusion, silence, cultivated thinking and reasoned action’ – Swiss-French painter and printmaker Felix Vallotton who was born #OnThisDay in 1865
This print is called ‘La Paresse’ (the laziness in French). Discover it in our Vallotton collection: https://t.co/kbO93mt7ke
25 Dec 350: #Pope Julius I proclaimed December 25 the official #celebration for the birthday of #Jesus #Christ. #MerryChristmas #Christmas #Xmas #HolidaySpirit #history #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/BnCzTjLloI
#OTD - ‘Tis #December24, the day b4 #Christmas & all thru the land, families send excited children to bed with a reading of Clement Moore’s classic #poem, “A Visit from #StNicholas.”; AKA “The Night B4 Christmas”.
#OnThisDay #TIH #ChristmasEve
🖼️Merry Old #SantaClaus, Thomas Nast
Born #onthisday1883 Janet Cumbrae-Stewart Australian #painter taught by Frederick McCubbin & Exhibited with Victorian Artists Society & member of Melbourne Society of Women Painters Spent 1920s & 1930s painting & exhibiting in Italy France & Britain Returned to Australia in 1939
👉 #OTD Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Dietz was born on December 22nd. 1573 in Dillenburg. More about him @ https://t.co/tTBHNtSkEf
#OnThisDay in #history #Dillenburg #Germany The #Netherlands
Born #onthisday1960 Jean Michel Bisquiat gritty street-smart #graffitiart successfully transcended "downtown" origins to blaze across international art gallery circuit emerging as 1 of most celebrated & most commercial American "naif" painters of #Neo-Expressionist movement …
Born #OnThisDay in 1818: French painter #AnneVallayerCoster (1744-1818)
Portrait of a Woman Holding a Basket of Flowers, 18th Century
#VallayerCoster #FrenchArt #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1818: French painter #AnneVallayerCoster (1744-1818)
Portrait of a violinist, 1773
#VallayerCoster #FrenchArt #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1818: French painter #AnneVallayerCoster (1744-1818)
Presumed portrait of #MadameVictoire of France (1733-99), 1779-81
#VallayerCoster #FrenchArt #WomenArtists
Born #onthisday1815 Thomas Couture French history #painter & teacher exhibited historical & genre pictures at Salon de Paris won several medals Innovative technique garnered significant & drew Government & Church commissions for murals during late 1840s to 1850s
Born #OnThisDay in 1790: French painter #JeanJosephVaudechamp (1790-1866)
Portrait of Two Children, Probably the Sons of M. Almeric Berthier, comte de LaSalle, 1841
#Vaudechamp #FrenchArt #ChildrenInArt
#OnThisDay in 211, Geta was murdered on the orders of his brother Caracalla; he died in the arms of his mother Julia Domna
Born #onthisday1924 Clifton Pugh AO Australian #artist German #Expressionism strong influence one of Australia's most renowned & commercially successful #painters won Archibald Prize 3 times Best known for #landscapes & #portraits constant theme nature’s savage cyclical rhythms
Born #onthisday1904 Paul Cadmus #etcher & #painter Widely recognized 4 egg tempera paintings depicting urban settings & gritty social interactions Sailors & Floozies = art as satire Created highly finished #drawings of #nude male figures combining eroticism with social commentary
#OnThisDay 13 December 1643 in a surprise attack, Sir William Waller's Parliamentarian forces stormed Alton in Hampshire. The Royalist defenders conducted a last stand in the Church of St Lawrence, which still has scars of the fighting today. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
Born #onthisday1871 Emily Carr Canadian #artist painter drew inspiration from Pacific Northwest Coasts’ Indigenous peoples One of first Canadian #painters to explore #Modernist & #PostModernist style Shift from Indigenous themes to landscapes particularly forests won recognition
#OnThisDay in 1574, Anne of Denmark was born. This #drawing is from our #collection of costume drawings, including the outfits of some political figures.