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I heard its #WorldHypnosisDay and its a lowkey kink of mine, so here’s some art I’ve of my bastard son using his hypnosis like abilities :’3
Born #onthisday in 1785, Jacob Grimm, the elder of the famous folklorist brothers. Read Jack Zipes' essay exploring the importance of the neglected first edition of their Kinder-und Hausmärchen and what it tells us about their motives and passions: https://t.co/QjrQr9PkZ3 #otd
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Welsh painter #AugustusJohn (1878-1961)
Portrait of the Artist's Son Edwin John (1905-78) , ca. 1915
#WelshArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1576: Archduchess #CatherineRenataofAustria (1576-99), granddaughter of Holy Roman Emperor #FerdinandI
Portrait by #JakobdeMonte, ca. 1591
#Habsburg #KatharinaRenea
Born #onthisday1878 Augustus John Welsh #painter #draughtsman & #etcher Important exponent of #PostImpressionism in the U.K. Known initially for his #drawings & #etchings by 1920s he was Britain's leading #portaitpainter recognized for his psychological insights into his subjects
Born #OnThisDay in 1777: #ElisaBonaparte (1777-1820), Princess of Lucca and Piombino, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of #Napoleon
Portrait with her court by #PietroBenvenuti (1769-1844), 1813
#Bonaparte #Baciocchi
Born #OnThisDay in 1879: #GraceCoolidge (1879-1957), First Lady of the USA as spouse of #CalvinCoolidge
Portrait by #HowardChandlerChristy (1873-1952), 1924
#GraceGoodhue #Coolidge #DogsInArt
https://t.co/wYjH5fqlzG
August Macke – “Promenade” – 1913
#art #arthistory #ArtLovers #DonneInArte #painting #museum #culture #ArteYArt #ScrivoArte #DonneAmiche #Artwit #ontheblog #TweeterWorld #expressionism #OnThisDay #OTD
#OnThisDay 1905 Michael Kemp #Tippett, English #composer & #conductor, born in London
Icarus (1588) from the series The four disgracers (Low. R)
Horatius Cocles, from The Roman Heroes, 1586 (Up. R)
By German-born Dutch printmaker & early Baroque painter Hendrick Goltzius (self portrait on the left & passed away #OnThisDay 1617)
#History #art #OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1662: French painter #PierreGobert (1662-1744)
Portrait of a French Princess, identified as Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666-1739), Princess of Conti, 18th Century
#Gobert #FrenchArt
#OnThisDay 1585 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, important Spanish commander in the Eighty & Thirty Years' Wars, was born in Cabra. He was part of the Spanish Palatinate Campaign along with Spinola & Tilly. #History #OTD
Raymond Burki, dessinateur, caricaturiste et illustrateur suisse est mort de cancer à l'âge de 67 ans #OnThisDay 29 décembre 2016. On disait de lui qu'il pouvait porter un message par la seule force de son dessin, souvent sans textes. Preuve par l'image ! #Dessin #Caricature
All About Royal Families: 30 December 1525 Jakob Fugger, banker of the Habsburgs : https://t.co/cB3RaZmlRk
#OnThisDay #History
Born #onthisday1869 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée French #Rococo #painter Won Grand Prix de Rome 4 painting (1749) elected member of Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1755) Career blossomed in Paris leading to appointment as court painter to Elizabeth Empress of Russia
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
More on: https://t.co/KXFlpiajwT
Great patron of the arts and mistress to Louis XV, #MadamedePompadour was born #onthisday 1721.
This painting, by French artist #FrançoisBoucher, was painted in 1759.
Discover more here: https://t.co/T8sFNwTULW
28 Dec 1776 #OnThisDay GEORGE WASHINGTON's headquarters was in Newtown #Pennsylvania at the home of widow Hannah Harris. Here, GW reported to Congress. This evening, GW dined with several of the Hessian officers. A tradition of the time. #AmRev #History #PatriotsWeek