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Ever wondered about #Icelandic art? Check out Einar Hákonarson, born #OTD in 1945. He's one of Iceland's best known figurative #artists
Johnny Cash - 'Cocaine Blues'
Live at Folsom State Prison, Jan 13, 1968 #OTD
https://t.co/oduw17gmK0
THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN starring Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff was released #OTD in 1939. #UniversalMonsters
John Singer Sargent was born #OTD in 1856. His archive is at @mfaboston https://t.co/EurWCT2HSl and here he is in a sketch by Henry Tonks.
#Picture #otd: #Sargent's 1879 copy of Apollo from #Velasquez's 'The Forge of Vulcan', in the lovely collection at @russborough house
#OTD January 10 1806 - Dutch surrender Cape Town to British forces for the second and last time.
#OTD 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace was born. We love this hand coloured drawing of a Tree Frog from Sarawak by Wallace
French Philosopher Albert Camus born 7th November 1913 died #OTD 4th January 1960 #existentialism #existentialist #absurdism #frenchphili...
J.R.R. Tolkien born #OTD 1892- besides being a master storyteller Tolkien was also a wonderful illustrator-here are some of The Hobbit 1937
Italian painter Francesco Zuccarelli died #OTD 1788. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts @royalacademy #Art #ArtHistory
A Study in Scarlet w/ Francis Ford as #SherlockHolmes opened #OTD 1914. #LostSilentFilm
Russian artist Léon Bakst died #OTD 1924. Pictured below are from his “Sleeping Beauty” series which are located at @WaddesdonManor #Art
Sir Richard Arkwright inventor & a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution was born #otd 1723.
#OTD 1772 Jane Austen born: "Pride and Prejudice" Chiswick Press Edition (1894) RUSKIN COLLECTION @MuseumSheffield https://t.co/5Xg8To0yZ0
George Romney *15.12.1734 † 15.11.1802 english painter "Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante" #art #OTD @Cassini_jon @law1900_bowman @sergey_silkin