Both President Wilson, in 1916, & President Coolidge, in 1927, issued proclamations asking for June 14 to be observed as the National . But it wasn’t until August 3, 1949, that Congress approved the national observance, and President Harry Truman signed it into law. 🇺🇸

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Nina Payne in costume for “Confetti”, ca. 1916
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Königstein Railroad Station in the Taunus (Bahnhof Königstein im Taunus), (1916) https://t.co/P1pE9YjixJ

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The Fairy on a bat by Ida Rentoul 1916.

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Oskar Kokoschka, Job, Anima and the Contortionist (Hiob, Anima und der Kautschukmann) (plate, page 27) from Hiob (Job), 1916–17, published 1917 https://t.co/BJvZHoMRLe

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Waterhouse followed the dictum of art for art’s sake & his ability & mood setting make one yearn for him to have approached subject matter that was authentic (like Klimt or Schiele, for instance). A Tale from the Decameron (1916), Miranda (1916) & Tristan & Isolde (1916)

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Initially he painted in the Neoclassical style. He exhibited at the RA from 1874-1916. His aesthetically pleasing work & romantic approach met with great success. After the Dance (1876), Sick Child (1877) & Remorse of Nero (1878)

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Capture the glories of summer with Mackintosh.

"Petunias". Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1916.

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When you see a frog-drawn carriage, you know you’re in the land of fairy tale 📚✨

(🎨 Dulac, c. 1916, for ‘The Blue Bird’ a fairy tale by Madame d’Aulnoy, c. 1697)

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Julia Reading, William James Glackens, 1915–1916.

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in 1916, the Arab Revolt began.

T.E. Lawrence advised attached British officers:

“Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them.”

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From 1911-12 he evolved a new more austere style termed his Gothic period. From 1914-19 he was called up for WWI. 1916 saw him illustrate Breton’s Mont de Piete. Martigues (1913), Man with Newspaper (1914), La Verre Noir (1913) & Portrait (1914)

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Capture the glories of summer with Mackintosh.

"Petunias". Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1916.

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Master Jan Hus Preaching at the Bethlehem Chapel: Truth Prevails (1916)

Alfons Maria Mucha's works -> https://t.co/d2byXi3YzV

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1916 Ice Reflections, Spring

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Nude with a [Yellow?] Cat (1910) Franz Marc(1880-1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism.

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