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BOTD - 19/09/1867 - Arthur Rackham, whose illustrations for 'A Christmas Carol' appeared in an edition published in 1915.

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2022-09-20

Ann Bancroft (1931 – 2005) BOTD September 17th.
'The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up'. (Ann Bancroft)
Here's to you!..... Mrs. Robinson

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2022-09-17

1926, Lawrence Alloway was a curator, critic, model + husband of feminist painter, Sylvia Sleigh. Often posing nude, Alloway acted as a great feminist ally for his wife who gender-swapped art history's masterpieces, filling them with male, not female, muses

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2022-09-17

A small watercolor portrait of the fabulous Lauren Bacall, born on this day

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2022-09-16

Born on this day in 1952, Lisa Tuttle.

Here's A Nest of Nightmares with cover art by Nick Bantock.

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2022-09-16

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Jacques Becker (15 Sep 1906 - 21 Feb 1960), French film director and screenwriter.

"His films, made during the 1940's and 1950's, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and were admired by many filmmakers who led the French New Wave movement."

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2022-09-16



Frank Martin in 1890: Stabat Mater from Maria-Tryptichon

by Gustave Moreau

https://t.co/dXpIw0QXow

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2022-09-16

Gabrielle Renoir et Jean Renoir
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2022-09-15

Gossington Hall, setting for Agatha Christie's 'The Body in the Library' by Matthew Rice

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2022-09-15

Rowena Morrill’s classick art for the 1977 Jove paperback ISOBEL—it was her first cover!

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2022-09-15

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Peter Lely (14 Sep 1618 - 7 Dec 1680), painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England.

From Tate:
🎨 ''Two Ladies of the Lake Family', c. 1660.
🎨 ''Girl with a Parrot,' c. 1670.
🎨 ''Portrait of an Unknown Woman,' c. 1670-75.

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2022-09-15

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Maria Muldaur (b. 12 Sep 1943), American folk and blues singer.

"Muldaur was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song 'Midnight at the Oasis.'"

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2022-09-13

“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”

✒️ English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), was 13 September 1660.

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2022-09-13

🎨 Dutch impressionist painter, was 12 September 1857.

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2022-09-12

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Brian De Palma (b. 11 Sep 1940), American motion-picture director and screenwriter.

"Best noted for his usually stylish, often graphic horror-suspense films that draw heavily on the work of director Alfred Hitchcock."

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2022-09-12

Born on this day: Kirby McCauley (1941-2014).

Here's Frights 1 with cover art by Terry Oakes.

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2022-09-11

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Robert Wise (10 Sep 1914 - 14 Sep 2005), American movie director.

Many film historians consider his 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' 1951, the preeminent science-fiction movie of the decade.

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2022-09-11

🎨 Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter, was 10 September 1860.

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2022-09-10