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One of the great masters of 18th century painting, Thomas Gainsborough, died August 2 1788. Both of our Gainsborough portraits are currently on display in ‘Artist as a Thief’. Admire the exhibition before it closes on 19 August. https://t.co/iX7Vu8Rgca

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"Art does not lie down on the bed that is made for it; it runs away as soon as one says its name."

—Jean Dubuffet, born in 1901

See seven works by Jean Dubuffet now on view in the Modern Wing.

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2018-08-01

Léon-Augusti Lhermitte was born in 1844! Vincent van Gogh regularly asked his brother Theo to send him reproductions of Lhermitte’s paintings for his collection. Haymaking, Lhermitte (1887)

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Author and illustrator Natalie Babbitt was born in 1932

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2018-07-28

1815 Bonaparte arrived in in HMS BELLEROPHON after surrendering to its Captain in Rochefort. He proved quite the tourist attraction and would later be transferred to for transport to exile in https://t.co/KwkKZZANP2

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2018-07-26

Page from the remarkable Model Book of Calligraphy, the result of a collaboration across many decades between a master scribe, the Croatian-born Georg Bocskay, and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel, who died in 1601. More here: https://t.co/mHEGK9J0tx

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2018-07-24

in 1737 after gathering support from the wealthy and influential (including 25 dukes, 31 earls and 38 knights) Thomas Coram gave his petition for a Foundling Hospital to be built to the King’s Council.

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2018-07-21

1588 the Spanish Armada was spotted off The English Fleet under Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake, sailed from and engaged the Armada the next day starting an epic chase/battle that led to a decisive victory for the English Navy.

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2018-07-20

We’d like to wish a happy birthday to Edgar Born in 1834 in Paris, more than half of Degas’s works depict dancers. https://t.co/SlESLf8Z37

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2018-07-19

Happy birthday to Edgar Degas. The great French artist was born in 1834.

Barber favourite, 'Jockeys before the race', is said to be inspired by the famous motion photography by Eadweard Muybridge, particularly 'Sallie Gardner at a Gallop'.

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2018-07-19

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio my all time favourite artist ever died in 1610. He was returning to Rome, recalled from exile by a Papal pardon when he died at Port Ercole at the age of 39. The Martyrdom of St Ursula is thought to be his last painting

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2018-07-19

Meet the Windsors! in 1917 the British Royal Family issued a proclamation renouncing their German titles and adopting the name 'Windsor' https://t.co/Zeq0iAja4o

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2018-07-18

British portrait painter Joshua Reynolds was born in 1723 - here is his portrait of Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyl, circa 1760, from the Paul Mellon art collection held at https://t.co/1rdHNFmvjB

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2018-07-16

in 1862 was born, take a look at the best places to see his work via
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2018-07-14


II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 2008)

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2018-07-11

Born in 1830—Camille Pissarro's interest in painting was driven in part by his egalitarian political beliefs. His paintings of peasants working in fields reflected his belief in the essential dignity of the laboring class.

See eight paintings by Pissarro

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