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Paul Cézanne born #onthisday
#PaulCezanne - The Boy in the Red Vest, 1888-1890
Died #OnThisDay in 1636: Netherlandish painter active in England Marcus #Gheeraerts the Younger (ca. 1561/2-1636)
Portrait of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (d. 1633), 1603
#Gerards #Geerards #Elizabethan
Died #OnThisDay in 1636: Netherlandish painter active in England Marcus #Gheeraerts the Younger (ca. 1561/2-1636)
Portrait of Mary Rogers, Lady Harington (1565-ca.1634), 1592
#Gerards #Geerards #Elizabethan
Born #OnThisDay in 1839: French Post-Impressionist painter Paul #Cézanne (1839-1906)
Self-portrait, 1881-2
#FrenchArt #PostImpressionism
He influenced so many & laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new & radically different world of art in the 20th century
The french painter & master Paul Cezanne was born on this day in 1839
#paulcezanne #BornOnThisDay
#ArtHistory 1882
Franco-Russian #painter and theatre #designer Aleksandra Ekster was #bornonthisday in what is now #Białystok #Poland.
#art #artist #artists #modernart #fineart #painting #paintings #frenchart #russianart #cubism #futurism #stilllife #BOTD #onthisday #discoverher
Born #OnThisDay 18Jan1752 English architect John Nash who created the Royal Pavilion. Shown Royal Pavilion and the music room and long gallery in it. #royalpavilion #johnnash #architecture
Born #OnThisDay in 1795: #AnnaPavlovnaofRussia (1795-1865), Queen of the Netherlands as spouse of King #WillemII, daughter of Emperor #PavelI
Portrait by Jan Baptist van der Hulst (1790-1862), 1841
#Romanov #OrangeNassau
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #StanisławAugustPoniatowski, King of Poland as #StanisławIIAugustus (1732-98), lover of Empress #CatherineTheGreat
Portrait by Marcello #Bacciarelli (1731-1818), 1793
#Poniatowski
Born #OnThisDay in 1706: American Founding Father #BenjaminFranklin (1706-90)
Portrait by Joseph #Duplessis (1725-1802), ca. 1785
#FoundingFathers #FrenchArt
#Words #Images
“Everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. Today everything exists to end in a photograph.”
#BornOnThisDay Susan Sontag
📷Andrew Whyte🇬🇧
@lomazzi_r @BrindusaB1 @AlessandraCicc6 @dadagioia @gherbitz @GiuseppeTurrisi @CleliaMussari @emanuelaneri14
#OnThisDay 16Jan1749 The Bottle Conjuror was supposed to appear on stage at the New Theater in Haymarket and when he didn't a riot ensued. Learn more: https://t.co/0Oe5q5AYpK #georgian #18thc #18thcentury
#Onthisday 1809 the Battle of Corunna was fought by Sir John Moore's Army.
After gruelling marches through inhospitable terrain & snow, they were almost ready to embark. Outside the town they turned back against the French. Among the casualties was Sir John Moore himself.
#OnThisDay 21 years ago, January 16, 1999: the episode "Mad Love"
aired on television
Direct by Butch Lukic
Written by @Paul_Dini
Story by Bruce Timm & Paul Dini
#OnThisDay 1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to @RoyalNavy ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls.
#OnThisDay 1766 the marquess of Rockingham urged the king to offer Pitt the Elder a place in #government:
"the events of yesterday in the House of Commons have shown the amazing powers & influence which Mr. Pitt has whenever he takes part in debate"
#HistParl #Parliament
Happy Birthday Berthe Morisot!
https://t.co/FKszq2rH3a
Berthe Morisot - Julie Manet and her Greyhound Laerte, 1893
#art #arthistory #ArtLovers #DonneInArte #painting #museum #culture #ArteYArt #ScrivoArte #DonneAmiche #Artwit #ontheblog #OnThisDay #OTD #impressionism
Born #onthisday1913 Eugène Brands Dutch childlike #painter & early member of the COBRA #avantgarde art movement Participated in the 1946 group exhibition "Young Painters" in Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum filling a room with his work In 1949 he showcased his art in …