13 January 1940. First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-1 (I-26), WWII Soviet fighter aircraft, single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings.

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Lol currently thinking about Miya Atsumu (26), setter for Stade Poitevin Poitiers, Ligue A (France) https://t.co/u09IXsJdpy

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Herman Henstenburgh (1667–1726), Vanitas

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Baptized in 1761: American-born English based painter (1761-1831)

Portrait of (1743-1826), 1786

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Helen Allingham,(1848-1926), was an & She influenced & was the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Watercolour Society in 1890.

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He instituted a new idea in creating shapes & forms to paint unusual portraits of his friends - including his masterpiece- Figure 5. Roses (1926), Calla Lilies (1926), My Egypt (1927), I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (1928)

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Born in 1753: (1753-1810), Countess of Provence as spouse of the future daughter of of Sardinia

Portrait by (1745-1826), ca. 1785

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Born in 1753: (1753-1810), Countess of Provence as spouse of the future daughter of of Sardinia

Portrait by (1745-1826), ca. 1790


Hartwell House

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Elizabeth (c.1760–1826), Viscountess Bulkeley, as Hebe, George Romney, 1775

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Dressing them in a female uniform is just a joke

CANON CUROSITY:
Tanjirō's story takes place in the Taishō era (1912-1926), while Daiki's story takes place in the Shōwa era (1926-1989).

Daiki was born in 1921.

It's not for breaking dreams, but these 6 boys are already dead xD

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金城(1878~1926),字巩北,一字拱北,原名绍城,号北楼、又号藕湖,祖籍浙江吴兴。出身书香门第,自幼天性喜爱绘画,山水花鸟皆能,兼工篆隶镌刻,旁及古文辞
(金城 国画2 1/27)

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Matsukawa Issei (??26) King of the Underworld and Hanamaki Issei (??26), Deity of Spring. Courtesy of , inspired by the (HIGHLY recommended, gorgeous) webtoon Lore Olympus.


...gdi it looks like they're taking a selfie

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Water Lily Pond and Bridge
1905
Oscar Claude Monet (1840-1926), French

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Born in 1662: Elector of Bavaria (1662-1726), governor of the Spanish Netherlands

Portrait after (1657-1734), after 1710

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His style was fairly constant yet his charismatic portraits grab at the viewer & demand attention. Sergei Esenin as a Youth (c1923), The Model (c1926), Woman Reading (c1922) & Lev Shestov (1922)

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The first known early modern Scottish artist was, George Jameson (1589/90-1644), from Aberdeen. Walpole described him as ‘the Scottish Van Dyck’. Mary Erskine (1626), Portrait of a Lady (Attrb, nd) & Self-Portrait (nd)

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Neel returned to NY where her 1y old daughter died of diphtheria. This informed her treatment of motherhood, loss & anxiety. The birth of her 2nd child inspired the bleak ‘Well Baby Clinic’ (1928). Carlos (1926), After the Death of a Child (1927-8) & Nadja (1928)

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➡️Elisabeth Alexeïevna, 1814, par Vladimir Loukitch Borovikovski.
➡️Elisabeth Alexeievna, par Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, 1795.
Louise Augusta de Bade, puis Élisabeth Alexeïevna (1779-1826), princesse allemande puis impératrice de Russie. Épouse Alexandre Ier.

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