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Died #OnThisDay in 1537: #JaneSeymour (ca.1508-37), Queen of England as 3rd wife of #HenryVIII, mother of #EdwardVI
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543), ca. 1536-7
#QueenJane #Seymour #Tudor
Born #OnThisDay in 1775: Mirza Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad (1775-1862), last Mughal emperor as #BahadurShahZafar
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1850
#BahadurShahII #Timurid
#بهادرشاهظفر
Born #onthisday1875 Konstantin Yuon Russian #painter & #setdesigner associated with the Mir Iskusstva & later co-founded Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia & Union of Russian Artists he retained his own distinctive style & designed sets for Moscow Art & Maly Theatres
Lawren Harris, born #OnThisDay in 1885, was a #Canadian #painter. Known for being a member of the Group of Seven, he painted slightly abstracted & simplified #landscape #paintings.
Photo courtesy of https://t.co/mI84GgvFxO, "Algoma Hill" by Lawren Harris, 1920.
#birthday #OTD
Juan Luna was born #OnThisDay in 1857. He was a #Filipino #painter & #sculptor, and one of the first Filipino #artists to be recognized. Luna mostly painted literary & historical scenes.
Photo courtesy of @Wikipedia, "The Death of Cleopatra" by Juan Luna, 1881.
#birthday #OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1769: British painter #JamesWard (1769-1859)
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 1811
#BritishArt #Regency
Born #OnThisDay in 1715: #PeterII (1715-30), Tsar of Russia
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1727-30
#ПётрII #PyotrII #Romanov #ChildrenInArt
#DidYouKnow #ClarkKent proposed to #LoisLane in #Superman #50, which was released #OnThisDay October 23, 1990.
38 years ago today, October 22,1982, “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” was released.
- Ralf Krause
- Justin Osbourn
#HorrorMovies #MoviePoster #HorrorArt #OnThisDay #Halloween #Artwork #RalfKrause #JustinOsbourn
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#Words #Art & #goodnight
“We are all creatures of the stars and their forces, they make us, we make them, we are part of a dance from which we by no means and not ever may consider ourselves separate.”
#BornOnThisDay Doris Lessing (Shikasta)
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Newell Convers Wyeth, born #OnThisDay in 1882, was an #American #artist & #illustrator. He was known as one of America's greatest illustrators, having illustrated 112 books.
Photo courtesy of https://t.co/1nxJcVItiD, "Wash Day on the Maine Coast" by N. C. Wyeth, 1934.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1870, Charles Robinson produced book illustrations and watercolours, his style evolving from Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelitism and Japanese prints. He was born in Islington, London.
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: British painter #JamesNorthcote (1746-1831)
Portrait of Mrs. Allan Maconochie, 1789
#Northcote #BritishArt #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1781: #LouisJosephofFrance (1781-9), son of #LouisXVI & #MarieAntoinette
Portrait with sister #MarieThereseofFrance by Louise Élisabeth #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), 1784
#Bourbon #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1781: #LouisJosephofFrance (1781-9), son of #LouisXVI & #MarieAntoinette
Portrait by #AdolfUlrikWertmüller (1751-1811), 1784
#Bourbon #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1701: #MariaAmaliaofAustria (1701-56), Holy Roman Empress as spouse of Emperor #CharlesVII, daughter of Emperor #JosephI
Portrait as a girl by #DavidRichter the Elder (1661-1735), 1709
#Habsburg #Wittelsbach #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1689: #JohnV (1689-1750), King of Portugal
Portrait by #DomenicoDuprà (1689-1770), 1717
#JoãoV #Braganza
Nikos Engonopoulos, born #OnThisDay in 1907, was a #Greek #painter & poet. He was a major member of "Generation of the '30s" & of the Greek #Surrealist movement.
Photo courtesy of https://t.co/xT6GVja6jY, "Rien dans la vie n'est une énigme" by Nikos Engonopoulos, 1969.
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Domenico Zampieri aka Domenichino was born #OnThisDay in 1581. He was an #Italian #painter of the #Baroque movement, and a part of the Bolognese School of painters.
Photo courtesy of @Wikipedia, "The Archery Contest of Diana and Her Nymphs" by Domenichino, 1616.
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#OnThisDay in 1805, in one of the most decisve naval battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French & Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.