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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to in in 1862.
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2020-07-14

14 July 1862. Leading artist Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, Austrian Empire. He is noted for his paintings, murals, and sketches, primarily of the female body.

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2020-07-14

"Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.” 🎨 Austrian artist was born 1862.

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2020-07-14

“El rescate” es una pintura prerrafaelita de John Everett Millais realizada entre 1860-1862. Una escena casi teatral en la que destaca la calidad técnica del artista.

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2020-07-10

Ovid Among The Scythians by Eugène Delacroix, oil on panel 1862.

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2020-07-04

Foote was promoted to Commodore, and received the Thanks of Congress twice for leading his flotilla in the Battles of Fort Henry, and Island Number Ten. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in late 1862.

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2020-06-26

For 'The Old Chartist'. Illus. for George Meredith’s poem by his friend Frederick Sandys in Once a Week, 8 February, 1862. The poem is spoken by the Old Chartist, returned to England after being transported to Australia for his activism.

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2020-05-18

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Mario plays some music to celebrate it because why not?

Fun fact: This holiday is not Mexican independence day. It's a celebration of the military victory from the French forces of Napoleon III in 1862.

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2020-05-06

Born on Bornholm, to a middle class family, he was one of 9 kids. He attended Sorø Academy where he learnt painting aged 17, graduating in 1862. From 1863-8 he studied art in Copenhagen. Elisabeth Zahrtmann (1866) & Vilhemine Erichsen (1867)

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2020-05-01

2/2 Writer Boris Pasternak by the Baltic at Merekule, 1910. Painted by his father Leonid Pasternak, born this day 1862.

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2020-04-03

Max Lieberman opening an exhibition at the Berlin Academy in 1930, by Leonid Pasternak who was born OTD in 1862.

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2020-04-03

Happy Birthday to May Morris, born a day after her father William's 28th birthday, in 1862. A talented designer and artist in many media, she also managed the Morris & Co. embroidery dept. for many years and worked tirelessly to preserve her father’s legacy after his death.

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2020-03-26

Gustave Doré's illustrations to Charles Perrault's fairy tales appeared in 1862. The seemingly innocent tale translated as 'Little Tom Thumb' contains one of the most unsettling images in fairy tale history, the ogre's slaying of his seven sleeping daughters

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2020-03-10

Thinking today about poet & painter Elizabeth Siddal who died 1862. Grateful for these images (made by her husband Rossetti) of Siddal at work.
Esp thankful to scholars who have helped us see beyond the myths inc

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2020-02-12

Object of the month: Trellis wallpaper, designed by William Morris in 1862.

Inspired by medieval gardens, Trellis was Morris's first design for wallpaper and features birds drawn by his friend and colleague Philip Webb.

Read more about the design here: https://t.co/N9zBLDTc0s

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2020-02-01

"Гибель корабля в море. 1862."

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2020-01-30

【半導体指数SOX】+0.27% (+5.07) 1862.20

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2019-12-25

Clara Siewert was born in 1862. Much of her art was destroyed by a bombing raid during WWII and she has remained mostly forgotten ever since.

The Apotheosis of a Witch
Death and the Maiden
Spring Fantasy
Fashion Goddess

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2019-12-10

French Realist Gustave Courbet was 1819. His scandalous Le Somneil 1866 bears an intriguing resemblance to Rossetti's illustration for Goblin Market 1862. Possible 'Sleep' model Joanna Hiffernan was also painted by Courbet in 1855-6 predating Rossetti's Lady Lilith

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2019-06-10

"The origin of the harp", by Robert Graves after David Maclise, 1862.

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2019-05-07