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in 1832, the ballet La Sylphide first premiered at .

Filippo Taglioni designed it to showcase his daughter, Marie, the first woman to dance en pointe. Fanny Elssler and Emma Livry also took up the role.

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2021-03-12

Happy Birthday to Dr. Ernst van de Wetering, Dutch Art Historian and Chairman of the Rembrandt Research Project.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-03-10

For : in 1952 Anne Redpath was the first woman painter to be elected academician of the ; five years later, she painted "Tulips in a White Jug", now part of 🎨#arthistory

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2021-03-09

Happy birthday born 6 March 1475 here is The Creation of Adam reinterpreted in after original in the Sistine Chapel.

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2021-03-06

Happy Birthday to Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor of Art History at the University of Oxford and one of the world's leading experts on Leonardo da Vinci.
By Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-03-06

❝It's just so important that time that parents spend with their children just reading a book. Magic.❞

Here is our post on Helen Oxenbury. https://t.co/QsiNwUpKBj

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2021-03-05

Influence of Cubism, Art Movements. One of the most talked-about artistic movements of the 20th century is Cubism.

https://t.co/c9WWOTJ3mg

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2021-03-04

Over a fifty-year career, Elton Clay Fax was a dedicated teacher; he wrote and illustrated books (including “Dr. George Washington Carver, Scientist”—seen here); and he was a U.S. ambassador.

Here is our post on Fax.

https://t.co/8jGqnj6wja

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2021-02-28

BROTHERS, Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934

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