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Born #onthisday1785 Moya Dyring Australian #artist & one of first women artists to exhibit #Cubism inspired paintings in Melbourne Staged successful solo exhibition in Melbourne’s Riddell Gallery (1937) Later based in Paris then Vence & London post-WWII
The Dutch painter #GerritDou died #onthisday 1675.
This studio replica based on a painting by Dou, dated 1646, depicts a hermit in monkish garb surrounded by vanitas symbols. Alongside the skull, the hourglass and candle present recall the brevity and fragility of human life.
Born #onthisday1896 Alberto Vargas iconic Peruvian watercolour & airbrush painter of pin-up girls Regarded as one of finest artists in his genre Early career worked as artist for Ziegfeld Follies & Hollywood studios Vargas' most famous film poster was 1933 The Sin of Nora Moran…
RIP Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, who was executed #onthisday in 1587 in Fotheringhay Castle.
Cut paper collage.
#MaryQueenOfScots #Scotland #History #amandawhitedesign
Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed #OnThisDay in 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle. Her death warrant had been signed a week earlier by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
John #Ruskin, peintre, critique d'art et écrivain britannique naît #OnThisDay 8 février 1819. Dessinateur de grand talent (notamment de monuments), aquarelliste, proche de Turner et des Préraphaélites, admiré de Proust qui traduit deux de ses livres.
https://t.co/6HOqx51FpB
Born #OnThisDay in 1812: English writer #CharlesDickens (1812-70)
Portrait drawing by #SamuelLaurence (1812-84), 1838
#Dickens #EnglishLiterature #Victorian
A Very Happy Real Butter™ Birthday to actor (and Screen Actors Guild president!) Ronald "Dutch" Reagan (born #February6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois)!
#bornonthisday #movies #posterart #RonaldReagan
Born #onthisday1741 Henry Fuseli Swiss #painter 200+ canvasses #draughtsman #writer on art & “Master of the supernatural” thanks to his inventive designs & methodswho spent much of his life in Britain His style influenced many younger British artists such as William Blake
Here are some paintings by French artist Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949). He was a member of the Fauvist movement, a kind of extreme Post-Impressionism, utilizing pure color and abstraction. These works remind me of Cézanne and Matisse.
#BornOnThisDay #Fauvism
Gerard O'Neill, American physicist, space advocate, and visioneer (HT @LeapingRobot) was born #OnThisDay in 1927.
Read more about his dream to colonize "The High Frontier" in this 1977 @newscientist article: https://t.co/Ta6ppGFO69
#histSTM #SpaceStations
French artist Othon Friesz was born #onthisday in 1879.
Involved in the Fauvist movement, Friesz favoured strong colours over the realistic. Here is his 'Still Life with Peaches and Pears' (1920) 🍐🍑
Born #OnThisDay in 1665: #AnneI (1665-1714), Queen of Great Britain
Portrait by #MichaelDahl (1659-1743), ca 1702
#QueenAnne #Stuart
"So, this is death. Well!" — final words of the Scottish philosopher + historian Thomas Carlyle who died #onthisday in 1881. He's pictured here in a 19th-century print produced by the Japanese Department of Education, of which you can see more here https://t.co/RQyEQJDCqP #otd
Born #OnThisDay in 1617: Southern Netherlandish painter #JanThomasvanIeperen (1617-73)
Portrait of Holy Roman Empress #MargaritaTeresaofSpain (1651-73) in allegorical costume, 1667-73
#SouthernNetherlandishArt
State castle Hrádek u Nechanic
Born #OnThisDay in 1617: Southern Netherlandish painter #JanThomasvanIeperen (1617-73)
Portrait of Gundakar, Prince of Dietrichstein (1623-90), ca. 1667
#SouthernNetherlandishArt #HorsesInArt
Born #OnThisDay in French aristocrat & writer #MariedeRabutinChantal (1626-96), marquise de Sévigné
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 17th Century
#MadamedeSévigné #FrenchLiterature
Born #OnThisDay in French aristocrat & writer #MariedeRabutinChantal (1626-96), marquise de Sévigné
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 17th Century
#MadamedeSévigné #FrenchLiterature
Château de Bussy-Rabutin
#Bornthisday in 1879, Honor C Appleton, English, was an illustrator of children's books of which the best known are the Josephine story books. She illustrated many classics including Perrault's Fairy Tales and Alice in Wonderland.
♥️Happy early Valentine’s Day♥️
#miku #hatsunemiku #mikuhatsune #lolita #lolitafashion #valentines #valentisday #chocolate #vocaloid