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Born #onthisday in 1816: William James Blacklock, who drew this landscape of Henley-on-Thames http://t.co/yvaQ3stacL
Here’s an exquisite chalk drawing by Renoir, born #onthisday in 1841 http://t.co/sX9nMzKPAd
#HappyBirthday Winslow Homer born #OnThisDay 1836. "Right and Left" (1909) is culminating achievement of his career.
#OnThisDay in 1989, #DaleCooper entered Twin Peaks. #TwinPeaksDay starts with a #TwinPeaks #Marathon (Season 1)!
Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. Visit 'The Entombment' in room 8: http://t.co/rdmZU4gO0W
#OnThisDay in 1564, Galileo Galilei (physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, ...) was born in Pisa, Italy.
Dutch artist Jan van Huysum, who drew these beautiful flowers, died #onthisday in 1749 http://t.co/FwyzZWTGji
#OnThisDay in 1653, New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York).
#HappyBirthdayNY!
Polygraphiae (1518) by Johannes Trithemius. The first printed book on cryptography.
He was born #OnThisDay in 1462.
#OnThisDay 1813 in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was first published.
Born #onthisday in 1839: Paul Cézanne. Here’s one of his prints of bathers from the collection http://t.co/frwQ3lUr7x
Born #onthisday in 1628: Charles Perrault, writer of folk tales like #Cinderella (Cendrillon) http://t.co/amLKiP666J
Madame de Pompadour was born #OnThisDay in 1721. See Drouais' painting of her in Room E: http://t.co/ao0IfeLcza
#HappyBirthday to French artist Maurice Utrillo, who was born #OnThisDay in 1883. "Marizy-Sainte-Geneviève," c. 1910
#HappyBirthday to Paul-César Helleu, born #OnThisDay in 1859. His wife and infant daughter: http://t.co/oifEzPH8qO
Happy Birthday #Kandinsky! Born in Moscow, 148 years ago, today. "Composition VIII" (1923) @Guggenheim #bornonthisday
Happy Birthday #Kandinsky! Born in Moscow, 148 years ago, today. "Composition VIII" (1923) @Guggenheim #bornonthisday
#HappyBirthday to Norwegian artist Edvard Munch born #OnThisDay in 1863. "Two Women on the Shore," 1898
Italian painter Paolo Uccello died #OnThisDay in 1475. 'Saint George and the Dragon' is part of our collection.
#BornOnThisDay in 1598: leading sculptor of the Baroque age. Gian Lorenzo #Bernini. More here http://t.co/f5qFqtWXVA