Édouard Manet 1832 witnessed the end of the Franco-Prussian War, known as the Siege of Paris.

This print places us at the aftermath of barricaded street violence, a large-scale depiction of something and nothing: bodies, rubble and dust.

On show in ‘Bearing Witness’

1 9

Happy 42nd Birthday, I hope is enjoying all that life, the universe and everything has to offer with her best friends, or her favourite vampires, or perhaps with a Boston-born slayer.

6 27

What day is it? asked Winnie the Pooh. "It’s today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh.

A. A. Milne English author, 🎂 born

1 1

"Books are not missiles, you don’t aim them at anybody."

🎨 Remembering British children's book author and illustrator, 18 January 1935.

1 3

🎨  Flemish landscape painter, was 17 January 1657.

0 0

🎨  Flemish landscape painter, was 16 January 1626.

1 0

“Naturalmente il cielo proibisce certi piaceri, ma uno trova la via del compromesso.”

1622


Molière,
commediografo.

9 22

🎨  Dutch landscape painter, was 13 January 1596.

0 1

🎨  French Belle Époque painter, was 12 January 1849.

0 0

🎨 Spanish painter and printmaker, nicknamed Lo Spagnoletto, was 12 January 1591.

1 1

🎨  German fresco painter, was 10 January 1702.

0 0

The Artwork of David Bowie ⚡️
In addition to being one of the world’s most iconic musicians, David Bowie was also a very talented painter as well.
https://t.co/jOfNmqpbpv

3 11

Syd Barrett, co-founding member of Pink Floyd, was born this day in 1946.He left the group in 1968 due to Mental Illness.

0 4

Fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking - Carl Sandberg botd 1878

0 0