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Born #onthisday1782 Georggius van Os 19th-century #stilllife #painter best known for painting flowers Won first prize Society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam for still life work 1822 moved to Paris for the Sevres porcelain factory 1812 made Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leewin
#OnThisDay in 1863 Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. The Battle of #Gettysburg resulted in between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies as casualties in the three-day battle, the most costly in US #history. #Lincoln #USA #CivilWar #art #painting #otd
Theobald Wolfe Tone, the founding father of Irish Republicanism died #OnThisDay in 1798
#OnThisDay 203. lata temu został założony @UniWarszawski❗️Wszystkiego najlepszego dla członków naszej społeczności akademickiej.🎂🥳 Na ilustracjach pierwsze mundury noszone przez rektora i profesorów uczelni.
#arthistory
Karimeh Abbud (1893–1940), #photographer of pre-War #Palestine, was #bornonthisday in Bethlehem.
#art #artist #artists #photography #landscapephotography #cityscape #fineartphotography #geography #photoart #portraitphotography #discoverher
Died #onthisday1594 Nicholas Poussin pioneered #landscape #painting & leading classical French #Baroque style #painter influenced generation #artists inc. Paul Cezanne Dispassionate cerebral intellect & carefully considered art theories earned nickname "the philosopher painter"
#OnThisDay in 326 CE, the old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was consecrated. Building had started under emperor Constantine I, and it was built on the site of the old Neronian Circus. Some of the 'Solomonic' columns Constantine donated can still be seen 1/2
#OnThisDay in 1858 Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish industrialist and social reformer, pioneer of the New Lanark community, died #GoIndustrial
Today in #history: Emperor Valentinian I dies. (375 CE) #OnThisDay
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Born #onthisday1503 Bronzino Florentine #mannerist and court #painter to Cosimo I de’ Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany Bronzino was predominantly a #portraitist but also #painted elegant stylish religious & allegorical subjects inc. his renowned Venus Cupid Folly & Time (c. 1544–45)
American artist Georgia O'Keeffe was born #onthisday in 1887. Her distinct flowers, dramatic cityscapes, glowing landscapes, and images of bones against the stark desert sky are iconic and original contributions to American Modernism. Happy birthday, Geo… https://t.co/m0dTMxoeR2
On November 15, 1910 (109 years ago!) we approved designs by Hoppin & Koen for fire engine houses citywide. #OnThisDay #PublicDesign #FlashbackFriday #FDNY #PDCArchive
Died #OnThisDay 1723 "drowned in drink" Lord Carr Hervey, older brother of 'Lord Hervey' & MP for Bury St Edmunds
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#HistParl #twitterstorians
Σαν σήμερα το 1940 κάνει πρεμιέρα η «Fantasia» της Disney. Πατήστε το play για μια καληνύχτα https://t.co/Qpf8sXa3wE #Fantasia #Flixgr #OnThisDayInFilmHistory
#OTD b. Robert Louis Stevenson (Scotland, 1850–1894). Teller of thumping good yarns. “Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences.” #TreasureIsland #Kidnapped #DrJekyll #OnThisDay
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh #OnThisDay in 1850, and through his wonderful imagination brought us the likes of 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', 'Treasure Island', and 'Kidnapped'.
#RLSDay
#OnThisDay 27 years ago, November 13, 1992: the episode
"Christmas with the Joker"
aired on television.
Directed by Kent Butterworth
Written by Eddie Gorodetsky
Story edited by Sean Catherine Derek & @Paul_Dini #BTAS
Today in History
November 12th
DIED #OnThisDay
1981 - William Holden
On 12 November 1981, he was alone and intoxicated in his apartment in Santa Monica, California, when he slipped on a throw rug and severely cut his head on a teak bedside table and bled to death.
#ArtHistory 1919
Prunella Clough was #bornonthisday in London.
"Each #painting is an exploration in unknown country."
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #englishart #britishartist #britishart #painter #paintings #abstractart #botd #discoverher #artquotes
Swedish poet and novelist, Rut Hillarp died #OnThisDay in 2003 #ReadMoreWomen