1869
Anne Brigman was in
"I’ve done some hokus pokus that would make the shadow of Daguerre haunt me for a heretic."

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1897
Germaine Krull was in what is now
"With just one click, the lens captures the exterior world at the same time it captures the inner world."

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Happy Birthday to William Blake in 1757! 'The Ancient of Days', from our collection, was first painted by Blake in 1794. He repeatedly returned to it, redrawing & repainting it for the rest of his life. This one was coloured by Blake just before his death in 1827.

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Dem Unersättlichen in jeglichem Genuss wird selbst das Glück zum Überdruss.

Ludwig Bechstein

* 24.11.1801

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1890
Jeanne Mammen was in
“I have always wanted to be just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others.”

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We're celebrating the Birthday of artist William Hogarth, who was in 1697! Read & learn how artist David Hockney related to Hogarth's work, The Rake’s Progress, from our 2013 exhibition, Hockney to Hogarth. https://t.co/OcYbsBPkzm

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1883
Marie Laurencin was in Paris.
“Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.”

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1930
Niki de Saint Phalle was in
"Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy."

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Happy birthday to N. C. Wyeth, in 1882. The first in the famous Wyeth family to achieve acclaim, N. C. is the patriarch to one of the greatest artistic legacies in American history. https://t.co/uc7Xl9ZLaq

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Born on this day in 1901, the painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Read about him here: https://t.co/bZ3vhu4Kvq

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1927
Kenojuak Ashevak was in what is now
"There is no word for [in Inuktitut]. We say it is to transfer something from the real to the unreal."

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