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François Boucher (29 Sep 1703 - 30 May 1770), painter, engraver, designer.

"His works regarded as 'perfect expression' of French taste in Rococo period."

🎨 'Boucher,' by Gustaf Lundberg, 1741.
🎨 'Diana Leaving the Bath,' 1742.
🎨 'Venus Consoling Love,' 1751.

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Antoine Coysevox (29 Sep 1640 - 10 Oct 1720), French sculptor.

"Known for his decorative work at the palace of Versailles and for his portrait busts."

💎 'Self-portrait,' 1702. Louvre.
💎 'Antoine Coyzevox, sculptor,' tapestry by Charles Durand, 1859. Louvre.

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Elmer Rice (28 Sep 1892 - 8 May 1967), American playwright, director, and novelist.

"Noted for his innovative and polemical plays."

📷 From the Bain Collection. LoC.

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“Un attore fa di tutto per diventare celebre e poi, quando ci riesce, si mette un paio di occhiali scuri per non farsi riconoscere.”

1924


Marcello Mastroianni,
attore.

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Tommy Wayne Cannon (b. 27 Sep 1946 - 8 May 1978), of Caddo and Kiowa heritage.

"Known as 'T.C.', Cannon was one of the premier Oklahoma Indian artists of the twentieth century."

📷 Photo portrait.
🎨 'Self-Portrait with Red Scarf,' c. 1972. Smithsonian.

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Thomas Nast (27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902), American cartoonist.

"Best known for his attack on the political machine of William M. Tweed in New York City in the 1870s."

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George Cruikshank (27 Sep 1792 - 1 Feb 1878), English artist, caricaturist, and illustrator.

💎 'The Head Ache,' 1819. The Met.
💎 'A Game of Cribbage or Boney's Last Shuffle,' 1814. The Met.

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Cheryl Tiegs (b. 25 Sep 1947), American model and fashion designer.

"Best known for her multiple appearances on covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine and for her 1978 'Pink Bikini' poster, which became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture.

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Mark Rothko (25 Sep 1903 - 25 Feb 1970), American painter.

"His use of color as the sole means of expression led to the development of Colour Field Painting."

📷 By Consuelo Kanaga, c. 1949.
🎨 Untitled, c. 1950-2. Tate.
🎨 'Light Red Over Black,' 1957. Tate.

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Remembering Betty Ballantine (BOTD in 1919), the publishing legend who - with her husband Ian - founded both Bantam and Ballantine Books, and release some of the finest fantasy/SF books of the century. She died just shy of her 100th birthday.

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Ray Charles (23 Sep 1930 - 10 Jun 2004), American pianist, singer, composer, bandleader, a leading entertainer billed as 'the Genius.'

"Charles is credited with the early development of soul music, a style based on melding of gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz music."

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Suzanne Valadon (23 Sep 1865 - 19 Apr 1938), French painter.

"Noted for her robust figures & bold use of color. She was mother of the painter Maurice Utrillo."

🎨 'Self-portrait,' 1898. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
🎨 'Nu au canapé rouge,' 1920. Petit Palais, Genève

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Anna Karina (22 Sep 1940 - 14 Dec 2019), Danish actress.

"Although she turned down a role in Godard's masterpiece 'Breathless' (1960), she made 'Le Petit Soldat' (1960, banned until 1963; The Little Soldier) with him shortly thereafter."

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Groundhog Day/Lost in Translation
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Stephen King (b. 21 Sep 1944), American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels.

"Described as the 'King of Horror', a play on his surname and a reference to his high standing in pop culture."

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Kwame Nkrumah (21 Sep 1909 - 27 Apr 1972), Ghanaian nationalist leader.

"Led Gold Coast’s drive for independence from Britain and presided over its emergence as the new nation of Ghana. Headed the country from independence in 1957 until overthrown by coup in 1966."

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Victor Sjöström (20 Sep 1879 - 3 Jan 1960), motion-picture actor and director who contributed significantly to Swedish silent film in post-WWI era.

"Influenced by novels of Selma Lagerlöf, whose art is rooted in sagas & folklore & imbued with a reverence for nature..."

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