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Winslow Homer was #BornOnThisDay in Boston in the year 1836. The artist is regarded as one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century.
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Pictured: Winslow Homer, "Adirondack Lake," 1889, watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 14” x 20”, @mfaboston
'The Matriarch' ~ Seán Keating.
This crayon on paper picture was presented by the Thomas Haverty Trust, 1955. Born in Limerick in 1889, Keating attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art from 1911. There, he numbered among the students who were taught by sir William Orpen.
On Febuary 7th, 1889, Jonathan Joestar passed away on that fateful day.
Rest well, JoJo... ⭐️🕯️
#EfeméridesAnime | Un 7 de febrero, pero de 1889, perdía la vida el primer Jojo y noble caballero Jonathan Joestar.
The Russian painter Maria Yakunchikova (1870-1902) experimented with a variety of artistic media. After moving to Paris in 1889, she studied and mastered the complex and novel technique of colour etching. In 1894 she exhibited her etchings at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in Paris.
Matilda Johnson
(Born 1889, Died 1915)
- The strict and hotheaded leader of her squad.
- Disguised as a man and fought in World War 1. She prides herself in having died in battle, defending her fellow soldiers.
- She died out of battle from an infection.
En 1889, a Nietzsche le diagnostican una «parálisis progresiva». Empieza el viaje a la «noche eterna» del filósofo y su madre y se inicia también una correspondencia conmovedora entre esta y Franz Overbeck, el mejor amigo de su hijo. https://t.co/SaH5oVeAPr .@_filco .@dfirmiano
Birds of the park: Foreign finches in captivity, by AG Butler, illustrated by FW Frohawk, 1889, BHL/Uni California..........https://t.co/7mrTYaOhvG #birdillustration
Jane Addams led reform movements for women’s votes, peace & the support of immigrants. She founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889, and became a leader in the National American Woman Suffrage Association & helped found the NAACP. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc
Natural history and the park: The Swan and her crew, or, The adventures of three young naturalists and sportsmen on the broads and rivers of Norfolk, by GC Davies, 1889, BHL/Uni California, https://t.co/WJhyZBZIN8 #naturalhistory
@marialves53 @CristianeGLima @martinis2018 @claudioborlotto @yianniseinstein @angela3nipoti1 @1alert1 @albertopetro2 @cmont4560 @DavLucia @MariangelaSant8 @agustin_gut @bmarczewska @Rebeka80721106 @BaroneZaza70 @gori_magnani @Giorgio51589046 @migliaccio31 @ValerioLivia @Make_u2_happy @neblaruz @arteeblog @CaterinaCategio @MOCarballeira @Dominiquepucini @MaurilioVitto @Papryka5 @LunaLeso @ritamay1 @AndreWisniewsk2 @MarisaPetrina @scastaldi9 @marmelyr @redne2013 @licprospero @SalaLettura Woman Brushing Her Hair, 1889, Edgar Degas
An Out-of-Doors Study, by John Singer Sargent (American), 1889, @brooklynmuseum #paintingoftheday
We charge forth into the weekend!
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Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905), Costume design for Ortlinde, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Figurinen, Berlin: Berliner Kunstdruck- und Verlags-Anstalt, 1889, Chromolithograph. Gift of Hester Diamond, 2012. The Morgan Library & Museum.
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This #MillaisMonday we herald the artist's haunting and meticulously vivid 'Ophelia' (1851-2, Tate), arguably his most famous work, accompanied by 3 other Ophelias (1889, 1894 & 1910) by John William Waterhouse who died #OTD in 1917
Opening on this day in 1889, The Middleman at The Shaftesbury, making a success of actor, E S Willard in this dramatic role. It ran for 182 performances and Willard took it the New York, the following year. Interested in 19th Century Theatre - join @IrvingSoc