Eric Arthur Blair, or George Orwell as we know him, was born today (June 25th) in 1903, in Bihar, British India. He is most famous for the novels '1984' and 'Animal Farm'.
We can thank him for phrases like 'Big Brother', 'Room 101', and 'thought police'.

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George Orwell the author of 'Animal Farm' was born on this day in 1903. His story is still relevant in 2021.

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Feliz cumpleaños al genio supremo que nació un 25 de junio de 1903. Aquí un retrato suyo que hice hace un par de años.

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'Hurstley Hounds' by Valentine Thomas Garland
British fl.1868 - 1903
Oil on canvas, 22 x 16 inches
Signed and dated 1894










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Después de un Gale, 1903 -
(After a Gale, 1903 )
William Trost Richards, pintor paisajista estadounidense.
-#HistoryofArt

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6月22日は【山本周五郎の誕生日】
1903年のこの日、小説家の山本周五郎が山梨県で生まれた。1926年に『須磨寺附近』で文壇デビュー、代表作に『樅ノ木は残った』『赤ひげ診療譚など』。1943年、『日本婦道記』が第17回の直木賞に推されたが、受賞を固辞した。1967年に63歳で死去。

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Reinhold Rossig (1903-1979). The Attempt at Stopping Time, (1949, graphite pencil on paper mounted on paper, 61.5 x 44 cm) & The Church Is Bribable! (Graphite pencil on paper, 42 x 31.9 cm). Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.

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1903年のこの日、小説家の山本周五郎が山梨県で生まれた。1926年に『須磨寺附近』で文壇デビュー、代表作に『樅ノ木は残った』『赤ひげ診療譚など』。1943年、『日本婦道記』が第17回の直木賞に推されたが、受賞を固辞した。1967年に63歳で死去🙄

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Today in Comics History: Al Hirschfeld, the Line King, was born on June 21, 1903.

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“stevenson memorial”
by abbott handerson thayer, 1903

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https://t.co/AyGjYlmKTg m1903 springfield (girls' frontline) mutsu (kancolle) by yuuzuki hijiri

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I digitized 1244 depth soundings from the 1903/04 survey of Loch Ness because I couldn’t find a publicly available version anywhere. Would anyone be interested in a copy of the shapefile?

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Reinhold Rossig (1903-1979). Dedicated Only to the Faithful and Disheartened (1960, watercolour and ink on card, 41.2 x 28.7 cm). Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.

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Reinhold Rossig (1903-1979). School and Church (ca. 1959, watercolor and ink on card, 36.9 x 22.4 cm) & Slave Owners (1954, watercolor and ink on card, 36.8 x 22.4 cm). Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.

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Reinhold Rossig (1903-1979). Church Power (1959, oil and tempera on canvas, 84 x 74.4 cm) & The Blessing (1962, oil and tempera on canvas, 120 x 100.5 cm). Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.

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John Singer Sargent, Saint Teresa of Avila, c. 1903 https://t.co/2XhBeVs6A8

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