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A melancholy portrait of Queen Charlotte... https://t.co/WU1AefkdEX #art #onthisday #royal
#ArtHistory 1898
British-American artist Clare Leighton was #bornonthisday in #London.
"It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree."
#art #artist #engraving #woodcut #printmaking #modernart #fineart #illustration #botd #quotes #artquotes #quoteoftheday
#OnThisDay 1782 Admiral Sir George Bridges Rodney in HMS FORMIDABLE with Rear Admiral Hood in HMS BARFLEUR and 36 @RoyalNavy ships inflicted a decisive defeat on the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the West Indies. The French suffered over 8000 lost & wounded & 5 ships
#ArtHistory 1923
Dody Weston Thompson was #bornonthisday in #NewOrleans.
"I like finding rather than accumulating... like an eternal treasure hunt of the eye."
#art #artist #artists #photography #bnwphotography #photoart #fineart #fineartphotography #contemporaryart #artquotes
#ArtHistory 1897
British painter Dorothy Coke was #bornonthisday in #Essex.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #britishart #englishart #illustration #painting #paintings #discoverher #botd #onthisday #otd
IK Brunel was born #onthisday 1806. Engineer for Great Western Railway, South Devon atmospheric railway SS Great Britain, Eastern and Western, Royal Albert Bridge and Clifton suspension bridge which was completed after his death.
Artist & activist Joe Jones #BornOnThisDay 1909 in St Louis, Missouri. Largely self-taught, he left school at 15 to work as a house painter. He lived for a while in a houseboat & painted several New Deal murals.Although a communist he was enlisted as a combat artist during WW2.
#OnThisDay 18 years ago, April 7, 2001: the episode "Countdown" aired on television.
Directed by Kyung Won Lim
Written by Rich Fogel & @Paul_Dini
#BatmanBeyond
#ArtHistory 1917
Leonora Carrington was #bornonthisday in #Chorley, #Lancashire.
“The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while the left eye peers into the microscope.”
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #surrealism #surrealart #painting #paintings #botd
Raphael died #onthisday in 1520. His “The Three Graces” (1517-18) @RCT; part of the excellent #RenaissanceNude show @royalacademy
Napoleon abdicated #onthisday in 1814. Thanks to Abba, we all know what happened to him! #gloriousGeorgians
Happy Birthday to the great Fauvist Maurice de Vlaminck, and as the spring weather has so far decided to remain rather grey we thought Vlaminck’s ‘Nature morte’ (sold by Dickinson to a private collector) might provide some much needed colour! #Vlaminck #spring #onthisday
"Portrait of Emily St. Clare as a Bacchante," by John Hoppner, who was born April 4, 1758 #onthisday. Known for more formal portraits, Hoppner conveys youthful exuberance in this through dynamic brushwork, flowing draperies, and an alluring smile. On view in #BlochGalleriesKC.
#ArtHistory 1647
Naturalist & #artist Maria Sibylla Merian was #bornonthisday in #Frankfurt.
"Art & #Nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another."
#art #artists #fineart #illustration #germanart #painting #paintings #artquotes
#discoverher #botd
The artist Archibald Rees Griffiths (1902-1971) who made an important contribution to the artistic response to the traumatic experience of #Welsh mining communities between the two world wars, died #onthisday 1971 https://t.co/3lsV7KCE6O #WelshHistory @NLWGraphic Image: @LLGCymru
Principal Sam's Calendar
April 1
It's April Fool's Day!
(I wonder what tricks the kids will play on me today.)
#PrincipalSamsCalendar
#PrincipalSam
#OnThisDay
Sir Benjamin Baker was born #onthisday 1840. #Forth Bridge, Aswan Dam and London Metropolitan Railway. He designed the boat which transported Cleopatra's needle.
"Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passersby see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way."
—Vincent van Gogh, born #OnThisDay
See 9 paintings by Van Gogh on view https://t.co/VnPRmb7d1w