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Happy Birthday to Elisabetta Sirani, born #OnThisDay 380 years ago. Aside from painting, she was also a printmaker! #WomenPrintmakers (Etching © @britishmuseum, 1657)
David Bowie in art
beautiful paintings
by Gayna Middleditch (gaynamiddleditch63 on instagram)
#BowieForever
#bowie #art #ziggystardust #davidbowie #OTD #onthisday
David Bowie (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016)
#bowie #davidbowie #happybirthday #bornonthisday #glam #rockstar #idol #music #history
https://t.co/UaiFsp0QA0 August Macke – “Promenade” #art #arthistory #ArtLovers #DonneInArte #painting #museum #augustmacke #OnThisDay #NatiOggi
Happy 2123rd Birthday to Marcus Tullius Cicero, born in Arpinum #OnThisDay in 106BC!
French master Henri Matisse was born #onthisday in 1869. Matisse is ever a leading figure in modern art. See his work at the NGA today, International galleries, Level 2. Image: Henri MATISSE 'L'Enlevement d'Europe' 1929 https://t.co/wavOpn5zXN
"Aha!" said Thomas Becket #OnThisDay 1170, "Now we see the violence inherent in the system."
#OnThisDay
28 December 1860 - Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn NY, on her last mission to free slaves
Picture via @HistoryTime_
#History #women #Activism #HumanRights
“… many men both saw and heard a great number of huntsmen hunting....” #OnThisDay #WinterSolstice or #midwinter night marks the longest night of the year and one of the traditional dates when the Wild Hunt is abroad. Read more on https://t.co/G7kOEsuDa8
#OnThisDay 174 years ago A Christmas Carol was first published. Check out our amazing new rendition of this classic https://t.co/tTjxBMNgWW
In honour of his becoming PM #onthisday in 1783, here are the two posts I wrote about Pitt the Younger for @EhfaBlog: Part 1 (https://t.co/WUjDL0vmoK) and Part 2 (https://t.co/giIXbr7GLs). #twitterstorians #history #otd
Happy birthday Scrooge, Marley, one and all! "A Christmas Carol" - the Christmas tale that has captured imaginations ever since - was first published #onthisday 1843, two years after its author, #CharlesDickens, joined @TheLondonLib as a founder member. Here's our 1845 edition:
Antonio Stradivari, #violin maker, died #onthisday in 1737. #twitterstorians
“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.”
—Paul Klee, born #OnThisDay in 1879
See six works #NowOnView in Modern Art: https://t.co/MwJquOVizs
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Joseph Grimaldi, clown and comedian, was born #onthisday in 1778. #twitterstorians #theatre
Scan of yesterdays #bornonthisday breakfast #sketch of @MillaJovovich
Remedios Varo (1908-1963) ... El Flautista (the Flutist), oil and mother of pearl on masonite , 1955 #RemediosVaro #art #artontwitter #bornonthisday #SURREALISM
Jane Austen was born #OnThisDay 16 December 1775. Discover the connection between Jane and 'An Infamous Mistress' in our guest post for @SueWilkesauthor.
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#otd Happy Birthday Ludwig Van Beethoven! #beethoven #illustration #rosiebrooks #christmasshopping #onthisday #ludwigvanbeethoven