Category Archives: On This Date

November 6, 1917~ Bolsheviks launch October Revolution [Oct. 24, Old Style]

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Architectonic Painting by Lyubov Popova

1917 / Oil on canvas / 29 13/16”x21” / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

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Previous November 6 posts:

November 6~ Artists at their Easels

Alois Senefelder: Born November 6, 1771

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/6~

November 5, 1864~ Artist Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh is born

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Embroidered panels by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

c.1902-1904 / Embroidered linen; silk braid, ribbon, silk appliqué, buttons, beads; faces painted in watercolor on white kid stretched over card / 69 3/4”x16 1/4” / © Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

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Previous November 5 posts:

November 5~ Artists at their Easels

Born November 5, 1783~ Caroline Tischbein

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/5~

November 4, 1979~ Islamist students overrun U.S. embassy in Tehran

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The Shah with Demons by Unknown Artist

c.1970s-1980s / Poster of manipulated image / 18 3/4”x13 1/4” / Middle Eastern Posters Collection, Box 3, Poster 164, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

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Previous November 4 posts:

November 4~ Artists at their Easels

Robert Mapplethorpe: American Photographer (1946-1989)

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/4~

November 3, 1846~ British painter Elizabeth Thompson is born

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Stand Fast Craigellachie by Lady Elizabeth Butler Thompson

1902 / Oil on canvas / 39 1/2”x33 3/5” / National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

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Previous November 3 posts:

November 3~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/3~

October 31, 1896~ American singer and actress Ethel Waters born

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Portrait of Ethel Waters by Luigi Lucioni

1939 / Oil on canvas / 32”x25” / Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama

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Luigi Lucioni and his painting of Ethel Waters

Previous October 31 posts:

Autumn~ October 31

Katsushika Hokusai: Born October 31(?), 1760

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/31~

October 30, 1831~ Slave insurrection leader Nat Turner discovered and captured

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One Night at Cabin Pond by Stephen Towns

“In this quilt, Baltimore artist Stephen Towns shows us the hours before the uprising began”
2016 / Natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread,
crystal glass beads, resin and metal buttons / 35”x28 1/2”
Image belongs to the artist, photograph by Joseph Hyde

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Previous October 30 posts:

Autumn~ October 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/30~

October 28, 1897~ American costume designer Edith Head is born

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Brown Evening Dress Design for “To Catch a Thief”  by Edith Head

1954 / Watercolor and gouache over graphite sketch on paper / 12 1/2”x16 1/2”
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison

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Wisconsin Historical Society~
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records?&terms=Edith%2cHead&facets=CREATOR_NAME%3a%22Head%2c+Edith%22
30 Fantastic Movie Costumes by the Legendary Edith Head~
https://www.thecut.com/2013/10/30-fantastic-movie-costumes-by-edith-head.html

Previous October 28 posts:

Autumn~ October 28

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/28~