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Welsh landscape painter Thomas Jones was born #OnThisDay in 1742.
His most famous work "The Bard" (1774) is based on Thomas Gray’s poem and depicts #Wales' final bard cursing Edward I's invaders before leaping into the "endless night"
#Art: National Museum Wales
#SaturdayThoughts
Expédition au Brésil aujourd'hui oubliée, le naturaliste et explorateur Georg H. von Langsdorff (1774-1852) avait exploré l’Amazonie par les fleuves.
Un album de croquis de l'expédition est consultable sur Gallica : https://t.co/gWZLImQ9ae
Caspar David Friedrich (Sept 5, 1774 - May 7, 1840, German) #romanticism #painting #artlovers #art #fineart
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818. The Stages of Life, 1834. Abbey, 1810.
Thread: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is considered the greatest German landscape artist of his time. A key Romantic painter he explored the metaphysical role of human & nature. He truly captured the sublime. He was born on this day.
El 5 de septiembre de 1774 nace el pintor romántico Caspar David Friedrich: https://t.co/C85XoB3y01
5 septembre 1774 : Naissance de Caspar David Friedrich, peintre allemand
"I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am"
Epitome of Romantic landscape painting Caspar David Friedrich #BOTD 1774
🐼 Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur /.
Erlangen: Expedition des Schreber'schen säugthier- und des Esper'schen Schmetterlingswerkes [etc., 1774]-1846.
https://t.co/jo5OJlgu4K
Thread: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is considered the greatest German landscape artist of his time. A key Romantic painter he explored the metaphysical role of human & nature. He truly captured the sublime.
Découvrons l'herpétologie (l'étude des amphibiens et des reptiles) avec André Duméril (1774 - 14 août 1860).
Il a produit un travail colossal de 9 volumes pendant 20 ans (1834-1854).
Aujourd'hui, plus de 10 000 espèces de reptiles et 7 000 espèces d'amphibiens sont connues.
Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774-1840), Morgen im Riesengebirge. Also Das Kreuz auf der Felsenspitze.
Or Gegend im Morgennebel mit einem Kruzifix. (1810)
Oil on canvas.
Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie
🐼 Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur /.
Erlangen: Expedition des Schreber'schen säugthier- und des Esper'schen Schmetterlingswerkes [etc., 1774]-1846.
https://t.co/UVxaQ4UrfC
Seascapes by Caspar David Friedrich (1774 – 1840). Friedrich's work brought him renown early in his career. Nevertheless, his work fell from favour during his later years, and he died in obscurity. It wasn't until the 20th Century that he was rediscovered.
This street in Bedford is named for Rose Fortune (ca. 1774-1864,) a Black Loyalist, entrepreneur, unofficial police officer and popular local figure in Annapolis Royal. She is buried in that town's Garrison Cemetery. A marker was put up for her in 2017. https://t.co/TAISYIbhMS