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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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2018-07-11

in 1936, the or Tasmanian Tiger was named a protected animal, only 59 days before the last known specimen died in captivity

by H.C. Richter for John 'Mammals of v.1 (1863)

Images via

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2018-07-10

Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi was born in 1593. This symbolic portrait depicts the source of her artistic brilliance – her hand https://t.co/0Flge0Q98z

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2018-07-08

Happy Frida(y)! was born in 1907. I’ll be sharing Frida related content all day 🧡

Art by Rita Dmitrijenko

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2018-07-07

Remembering French paleontologist Marcellin Boule His study of Neanderthals in the early 1900s is often pointed to as the source for the creatures' brutish image https://t.co/tNohDfb21W

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2018-07-04

Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer and dancer, known for her stage appearances, particularly with Noel Coward, born in 1898

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2018-07-04

Anglo-American painter John Singleton Copley was born in 1738 - Singleton Coply is perhaps most famous for his portrait paintings, one of which is depiction of Richard Heber from 1782, part of the Paul Mellon art collection at https://t.co/YyEYqDkXtA

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2018-07-03

Mir Miran, here with his father Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal (r. 1757-60 & 1763-65), was struck dead by lightning as he lay in his tent, 3 July 1760
https://t.co/KZ7YGSMpRp
This took place almost exactly 3 years after Mir Miran had ordered the killing of Siraj-ud-Daula

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2018-07-03

John Singleton Copley, artist, was born in 1738.

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2018-07-03

It was Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution were read to https://t.co/a7SvWofrz5

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2018-07-02