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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the leading Impressionists known for his vibrant, feathery works, was born #onthisday in 1841
George Washington was born #onthisday in 1732. Here is an image of him crossing the Delaware from our collections.
#onthisday 1789 an argument in a #Newcastle pub had tragic consequences (Sykes Local Records) #Northeast #Tyneside
One from the archive happy 50th Kurt Cobain #bornonthisday #KURTCOBAIN50 #illustration #art #design
#ArtonThisDay feat. the opening of the Armory Show which occurred #OTD in 1913. To discover more see: https://t.co/JUGZDIZLPq
#BornThisDay Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) https://t.co/PXKf36b6Pv #Art #Illustration #Fantasy
Study of Dawn: Purple Clouds. Art critic, social commentator, draughtsman & watercolourist John Ruskin was born #onthisday in 1819
#German #painter Franz Marc was born #OnThisDay in 1880. #Founder of #DerBlaueReiter important member of the German #Expressionist #movement
#OnThisDay in 1970 Humanist philosopher Bertrand Russell died. His grandfather Earl Russell was PM in 1865.
Cartoon by Ronald Searle, 1957.
Attractive programme for a #Methodist Church bazaar, which opened #onthisday 1909 in #SouthShields #tyneside
The Bell Rock lighthouse was first lit #onthisday 1811, engineers Robert Stevenson and John Rennie @ICEScotland @trinityhouse_uk
Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins #OnThisDay in 1606.
*The Cow Pock* Gillray's infamous cartoon satirising *Edward Jenner* (died #OnThisDay 1823) & vaccination. https://t.co/DVqgYGturQ
#OnThisDay in 1915, Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco (First transcontinental telephone call).
#Russian #Realist #history #painter Vasily Surikov was born #OnThisDay in 1848.
Born on this day in 1938 - Georg Baselitz https://t.co/deah0D3k4w #collectprints #bornonthisday #printmaking #artprints #baselitz
#ArtonThisDay featuring French artist Édouard #Manet who was born on this day in 1832. To discover more see: https://t.co/unELGpBEEJ
Detail from an unfinished watercolour 'Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe' by Édouard Manet, born #onthisday in 1832
Born #OnThisDay, the master of the macabre has captivated the generations of readers with his spine-chilling novels: https://t.co/IBgmQjHunL