🎨 American Abstract Expressionist,was 12 October 1928.

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Daido Moriyama (b. 10 Oct 1938), Japanese photographer.

"Best known for his black-and-white street photography and his association with the avant-garde photography magazine 'Provoke.'"

📷 Moriyama in Tokyo, 2010. By Sebastian Mayer.
📷 📷 📷 By Moriyama.

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Ed Wood (10 Oct 1924 - 10 Dec 1978), American filmmaker, actor, pulp novel author.

"Strove for decades to achieve success in Hollywood, only to gain posthumous notoriety as creator of the 'worst film ever made' with his Z-movie classic 'Plan 9 from Outer Space,' 1959."

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🎨 Anglo-American painter, was 10 October 1738.

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Vladimir Putin (b. 7 Oct 1952), Russian politician and former intelligence officer serving as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008; also, he was the country’s prime minister (1999, 2008–12).

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Ulrike Meinhof (7 Oct 1934 - 9 May 1976), German left-wing journalist, founding member of the Red Army Faction in West Germany, commonly referred to as "Baader-Meinhof gang".

"Reputed author of 'The Urban Guerilla Concept, 1971, RAF manifesto."

📷 Max Ehlert, 1962.

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Henry A. Wallace (7 Oct 1888 - 18 Nov 1965), 33rd VP of US, 1941-45.

"In 1948 campaign as Progressive’s presidential nominee he received over one million votes, advocating closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, UN administration of foreign aid, and arms reduction."

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Niels Bohr (7 Oct 1885–18 Nov 1962), Danish physicist.

"One of foremost physicists of 20th ct. First to apply the quantum concept—which restricts energy of a system to certain discrete values—to problem of atomic & molecular structure."

📷 Hulton-Deutsch Collection

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Gerry Adams (b. 6 Oct 1948), former president of Sinn Féin, long regarded as political wing of the Irish Republican Army.

"One of the chief architects of Sinn Féin’s shift to a policy of seeking a peaceful settlement to sectarian violence in Northern Ireland."

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Janet Gaynor (6 Oct 1906 - 14 Sep 1984), American film, stage, and television actress.

"Gaynor became a full-fledged star as a street urchin in 'Seventh Heaven' and a threatened farm wife in 'Sunrise' (both 1927)."

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Kate Winslet (b. 5 Oct 1975), English actress.

"Her first major role was in director Peter Jackson’s drama 'Heavenly Creatures,' 1994."

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Glynis Johns (b. 5 Oct 1923), South African-born British actress, dancer, musician, singer.

"Fondly remembered for breathy quality of her husky voice & eternally upbeat persona, she delivered a myriad of memorable roles in a varied career that spanned over 60 years."

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Francesco Guardi (5 Oct 1712 - 1 Jan 1793), Venetian landscape painter of Rococo period.

"His scintillating & romantic impressions of the declining city...

🎨 Guardi by Pietro Longhi, 1764.
🎨 'View on the Grand Canal at San Geremia, Venice,' 1760-65. Frick Museum.

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in 1919, actor Donald Pleasence. Best known for his portrayal of Dr Samuel Loomis in the Halloween franchise. He also stars in Jack Cardiff’s The Mutations (‘74) showing on on Fri 7 Oct at 21.05

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"Il fine della pittura non è quello di commuovere, ma piuttosto quello di rappresentare."

1928


"La pittura mostra, non argomenta."
Alberto Sughi,
pittore.

(tra i miei 🖌️preferiti/nda)

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Frederic Remington (4 Oct 1861 - 26 Dec 1909), American painter, illustrator, and sculptor.

"Noted for his realistic portrayals of life in the American West."

The Met:
🎨 'On the Southern Plains,' 1907.
💎 'The Broncho Buster,' 1895, revised 1909, cast by Nov 1910.

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Johnny Mathis (b. 30 Sep 1935), American pop singer.

"Mathis achieved wide and enduring popularity as an angelic-voiced crooner of romantic ballads. He was perhaps best known for his affecting rendition of the Erroll Garner composition 'Misty' (1959).

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Angie Dickinson, byname Angeline (b. 30 Sep 1931), American attress.

"Attained a kind of hipster-chick primacy in the rarified cloister of swinging, swanky showbiz royalty."

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Truman Capote (30 Sep 1924 - 25 Aug 1984), American novelist, short-story writer, playwright.

"'In Cold Blood,' 1965, together with 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s,' 1958, remain his best-known works. Both were adapted to films."

📷 Irving Penn, 1965
📷 Arnold Newman, 1947

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Anita Ekberg (29 Sep 1931 - 11 Jan 2015), Swedish actress

"She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita,' 1960. The sets are strange & exotic, costumes elaborate, and many of the film’s scenes now rank among most famous in film history.

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