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25 April 1903 German & Camilla Horn
Made movies Hollywood but back Germany had lay low after crit Nazis & altercation Gestapo. Some movies Italy then farming
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2020-04-25

April 5 1922 &
Gale Storm. Famous recordings inc Teenage Prayer & Memories are Made of This, made Abandoned & Underworld Story. It Happened on Fifth Avenue most famous
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2020-04-05

1853 Rémy de Gourmont “The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.”

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2020-04-04

25 March 1903 & Binnie Barnes Underated & underused,always strong screen presence wonderful wardrobe. Known for Holiday, There's Always Tomorrow,Adventures of Marco Polo, Wife Husband Friend & Small Town Girl 1/4

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2020-03-25

March 19 1936 & Ursula Andress . Famous for her role movie
with the diving knife on hip & bikini, other roles included 'She' , Once Before I die The Blue Max Up to His Ears & another Bond movie Casino Royale. 1/5

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2020-03-19

Tallulah Bankhead in THE CHEAT (1931):

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2020-02-01

Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, English logician, photographer, clergyman and author in 1832
Golden age illustrations by John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell and A.E. Jackson

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2020-01-27

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Enlightenment scientist, and inventor of everything from the lighting rod to bifocals but his life hasn't been turned into a hip hop musical... yet 👓 Here's a bust of him in the collections https://t.co/nynacX42qd

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2020-01-17

BORN THIS DAY
William Turnbull (1922-2012)
Scottish sculptor & painter. After serving as an RAF pilot during WWII, he studied at the Slade alongside Paolozzi. He then moved to Paris, meeting artists such as Brancusi & Giacometti. ‘Mask’, 1955-56.

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2020-01-11

BORN THIS DAY
John Piper (1906-1992)
British painter, printmaker & designer. An official WWII war artist, his depictions of bomb-damaged churches and landmarks, most notably Coventry Cathedral, made him a household name. Pistyll Maes-Glasau, 1940.

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2019-12-13

BORN THIS DAY
Leon Kossoff (1926-2019)

British painter best known for his Expressionist portraits and views of London. He was influenced by Auerbach to use the heavy impasto that made his work immediately identifiable. ‘Booking Hall No.6’ 1975

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2019-12-07

William Herschel (1738–1822) astronomer who worked alongside his sister Caroline 🌟 The pair were on the shortlist for the new £50 note and are part of our Notables display https://t.co/Bo8b2EMTr7 🌟 Here's a telescope in the collections: https://t.co/8bFx2PKeAp 🌟

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2019-11-15

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995) ✨ He made important contributions to general relativity and stellar evolution and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1983 ✨ The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him ✨

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2019-10-19

BORN THIS DAY…
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
British artist, and one of the most important of the 20th century, best known for monumental semi-abstract bronze sculptures. Two works (including ‘Three Women and A Child’, 1944) are currently on display.

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2019-07-31

Juano Hernandez in INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949):

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2019-07-20

BORN THIS DAY
Eileen Cooper OBE RA (b.1953)
British figurative painter, known for allegorical depictions of life & womanhood. ‘Play Dead II’ was acquired by the Swindon Collection with support of the Friends of Swindon MAG & the V&A Purchase Fund.

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2019-06-10

A mysterious, atmospheric portrait of the actress and dancer Margo who went by just the one name, like Cher or Madonna. Wonderful in LOST HORIZON and THE LEOPARD MAN. One of the most beautiful voices. Like a cello.

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2019-05-11

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (1746–1818) inventor of descriptive geometry (the mathematical basis of technical drawing), and the father of differential geometry 🔵⬛️♦️📐 https://t.co/1mTjW8Tzml

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2019-05-09

BORN THIS DAY – Stephen Tomlin (1901-1937)
A student of Frank Dobson and portrait sculptor, Tomlin was closely associated with the Bloomsbury Set. A bronze bust of Virginia Woolf (1931, cast in 1973) is in our collection.

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2019-03-02

Henri Fuseli - 1721 Most recognised for “The Nightmare” This though a particular, and moving, favourite - The Apotheosis of Penelope Boothby- Painted to commemorate her tragic death (Aged 5) Commissioned by her heart broken father Sir Brooke Boothby

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2019-02-07