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"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
#RobertZemeckis' WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) w/ #BobHoskins and #KathleenTurner was released 31 years ago today. #OnThisDay.
We're still waiting for a sequel. 🤔 #RogerRabbit
Welsh artist Gwen John was born in Haverfordwest #OnThisDay in 1876.
She loved to paint cats, which is perfect for #Caturday!
Her brother Augustus John predicted that: "In 50 years' time I will be known as the brother of Gwen John" - he could be right.
#Art: Tate.
#OTD #Wales
James Short was born in Edinburgh #OnThisDay in 1710.
During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker in both #Edinburgh and #London, he produced about 1360 instruments that were sold all over the world. https://t.co/33tw9BdIsx
#ArtHistory 1864
Anna Huntington Stanley was #bornonthisday in #Ohio.
#art #artist #artists #painter #painting #paintings #fineart #modernart #impressionism #americanart #landscapes #portrait #discoverher #botd #otd
“Gardens are not pieces of ground kept solely for the delight of gardeners.”
Happy birthday to our #garden designer #BeatrixFarrand: pioneering voice in landscape #design, first female member of the @NationalASLA, commissioned to work on 200 landscapes, born #OnThisDay in 1872.
#DYK that the War of 1812, declared #onthisday in 1812, was one of the main factors influencing the building of the #RideauCanal?
John Rennie's Waterloo Bridge opened #onthisday 1817. We were given one of the stones from the bridge when it was dismantled to make way for the modern bridge in the 1930s/40s.
#OnThisDay in 1928, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen disappeared with 5 crew while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. Their bodies were never found. 17 yrs earlier he became the 1st to reach the S. Pole. See photos from that expedition here: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
A musical interlude:
The Duet
Henry Holiday
born #OnThisDay London, 17 June 1839
#Art #PreRaphaelite
Maurits Cornelis Escher was born #OnThisDay in #Leeuwarden in 1898
Horseman, 1946
#art
Maurits Cornelis Escher was born #OnThisDay in #Leeuwarden in 1898
Two birds, 1938
#OnThisDay in 1989, Ghostbusters II released in theatres! Happy 30th anniversary!
#OnThisDay 1927 #Walsall's 'Three Men in a Boat' author Jerome K Jerome died #wsl @WalsallLHCentre
#ArtHistory 1866
Aurélia de Sousa was #bornonthisday in #Valparaíso.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painter #painting #painting #chile #portugueseart #portrait #botd #onthisday #otd #discoverher
#ArtHistory 1760
Maria Cosway was #bornonthisday in #Florence.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #italianart #englishart #painter #painting #paintings #portrait #portraits #discoverher
Innovative photographer Julia Margaret Cameron was #BornOnThisDay in 1815
Many of her atmospheric photographs reveal a strong Pre-Raphaelite influence in theme, mood and inspiration
Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Courbet! He was #BornOnThisDay 200 years ago and man, did he have a great beard. Here are two of my favourite paintings, La Rencontre (1854) @museefabre and Un enterrement à Ornans (1549-50) @MuseeOrsay #gustavecourbet #monsieurcourbet
Writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak was born #OnThisDay in 1928. His books captivated the imaginations of young readers with their sometimes dark, fantastical stories. Many critics and censors marked his work as "inappropriate" or "too dark" for young children.
#bannedbooks
French Realist Gustave Courbet was #BornOnThisDay 1819. His scandalous Le Somneil 1866 bears an intriguing resemblance to Rossetti's illustration for Goblin Market 1862. Possible 'Sleep' model Joanna Hiffernan was also painted by Courbet in 1855-6 predating Rossetti's Lady Lilith