Category Archives: On This Date

September 19, 1947~ Jackie Robinson is first winner of MLB’s Rookie of the Year Award

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Jackie Robinson Rookie Card  by Leaf Gum Co, Chicago, IL

1948-1949 / Commercial chromolithograph / 2 7/8”x2 3/8” / Various collections, incl. The Met

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Artist turns baseball cards into mosaics depicting baseball cards~ https://www.timcarrollart.com/

Baseball Cards in Art~ https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2022/09/27/baseball-cards-in-art/

 

Previous September 19 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 19

Arthur Rackham: Born September 19, 1867

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/19~

September 17, 1907~ American sculptor Edmonia Lewis dies

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Hagar by Edmonia Lewis

1875 / Carved marble / 52 5/8”x15 1/4”x17 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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Previous September 17 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 17

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/17~

September 16~ Le Seize Septembre (16th of September) by René Magritte

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The Sixteenth of September  by  René Magritte

1956 / Oil on canvas / 45 1/4”x34 5/8” / KMSKA (Royal Museum of Fine Arts), Antwerp, Belgium

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There are at least five versions of this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_September_(painting)

 

Previous September 16 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 16

H. A. Rey: Born September 16, 1898

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/16~

September 15, 1963~ Church bombing kills 4 young girls in Birmingham, Alabama

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Birmingham Totem by Charles W. White

1964 / Ink and charcoal on paper / 71 7/16”x40 1/16” / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing~ https://www.nps.gov/articles/16thstreetbaptist.htm

Previous September 15 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 15

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 to Oct. 15

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/15~

September 13, 1922~ The Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City

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Self-portrait with Straw Hat by Róbert Berény

1906 / Oil on canvas / 23”x17 1/3” / Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

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THE STRAW HAT RIOT OF 1922~ https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/straw-hat-riot/

Previous September 13 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 13

Arnold Schönberg: Born September 13, 1874

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/13~