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Jean-Baptiste Oudry died #onthisday in 1755.
He was one of the most innovative artists of the 18th century, renowned for his naturalistic pictures of animals, such as this set. He considered them important works, exhibiting them at the 1748 Salon.
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Happy birthday to the luminous Michelle Pfeiffer. Here as Susie Diamond singing Makin’ Whoopee on a piano, in The Fabulous Baker Boys.
#michellepfeiffer #thefabulousbakerboys #makinwhoopee #jeffbridges #piano #bornonthisday #happybirthday #fanart #alejandromogolloart
On 29th April 1916, after six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrendered to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
FULL VIDEO ON EASTER RISING HERE: https://t.co/1w0HogNyWW
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ireland #easterrising #surrender
Ottone Rosai was born #onthisday in 1895.
In 1913 an exhibition of his work was visited by the Futurists; according to Rosai, “They invited me to join them and from that very day I became a militant Futurist.”
Ottone Rosai, Man Waiting, 1919
On This Day Drawing-April 27, 1882 the American essayist, philosopher, abolitionist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson passed away. @EmersonSociety #onthisday #onthisdaydrawing #ralphwaldoemerson #poetry #ink #ballpointpen #illustration
Died #OnThisDay in 1791: Welsh-American painter #WilliamWilliams (1727-91)
Portrait of James Rann (1756-1813), ca. 1780
#AmericanArt #DogsInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1791: Welsh-American painter #WilliamWilliams (1727-91)
Portrait of The Wiley Family, 1771
#AmericanArt #FamilyPortraits
Died #OnThisDay in 1791: Welsh-American painter #WilliamWilliams (1727-91)
Portrait of Deborah Hall, 1766
#AmericanArt
On 27th April 1813 American troops captured York (now Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
FULL VIDEO ON WAR OF 1812 HERE: https://t.co/b64hrmgEcE
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #warof1812 #usa #canada #york #toronto #ontario #lakeontario
📖🏔 #OnThisDay in the #History of #Literature 26 April 1336, the Italian Renaissance poet #Petrarch famously climbed Mount Ventoux in Provence. At the peak he gazed out over the land, contemplated his life, his love for Laura, and read passages from Saint Augustine. #Poetry
Eugène Delacroix, a French artist, was born #onthisday in 1798. Delacroix is known as one of the most important figures of French Romanticism. Learn more about Delacroix in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/4RVe1NYi5Q
#histSTM #sciart #zoology
#OnThisDay in 1986, Van Halen's 7th studio album "5150" (and first with new lead singer Sammy Hagar) hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. It was the 1st of 4 consecutive #1 albums with Sammy and would go on to sell over 6 million copies in the US alone. #80s #VanHalen
Born #OnThisDay in 1863: English painter #CharlesHaslewoodShannon (1863-1937)
Portrait of Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), before 1898
#Shannon #BritishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1587: #FerdinandoIGonzaga (1587-626), Duke of Mantua
Portrait as a boy by Peter Paul #Rubens (1577-1640), ca. 1600-3
#FerdinandoI #Gonzaga #ChildrenInArt
On this day Parodius released in Japanese arcades, 31 years ago. #KONAMI #RETROGAMING #OnThisDay
It's #CyTwombly's birthday! The artist was born #onthisday in 1928.
Twombly is best known for his scribbles and smudges like the ones here in Untitled (1964/84). The artist began this painting in 1964, returning to complete it twenty (!) years later.
📖 #OnThisDay in the #History of #Literature 25 April 1719, #DanielDefoe published ROBINSON CRUSOE, the first English novel. Authorship was originally credited to the protagonist, leading early readers to believe it was an historical travelogue of true events.
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel was born #onthisday 1769. Images show him with his block making machinery, with image of the Thames Tunnel and birthday entry from his diary. Notice the comment re vandalism in the tunnel.
#JupitersLegacy issue #1, published #OnThisDay in 2013 by #ImageComics (@imagecomics)
#CoverArt by #FrankQuitely
#CoolArt #Art #OTD #MarkMillar #Millarworld #Comics #ComicArt #ComicCover #ComicCoverArt