Photographed in 1959 / Gelatin silver print / Image: 13 1/16”x10 1/16” / Various collections
Previous August 23 posts:
Self Portraits~August 23
Alexander Milne Calder: Born August 23(?), 1846
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/23~
c.1898-1899 / Oil on canvas / 28”x36” / EMI Archive Trust, perhaps?
“HIS MASTER’S VOICE” by Robb Fritz~
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/his-masters-voice
The Birth and Evolution of Victor Victrola Antique Phonographs~
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-victor-victrola-antique-phonograph-collector-paul-edie/
Previous August 22 posts:
Self Portraits~August 22
Claude Debussy: Born August 22, 1862
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Born August 22, 1908
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/22~
c.1503–19 / Oil on poplar panel / 30”x21” / Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Theft That Made The ‘Mona Lisa’ A Masterpiece~
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece
Previous August 21 posts:
Self Portraits~August 21
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/21~
1826 / Oil on canvas / 50 1/4”x64” / Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
c.1850-1860 / Watercolour and pen and brushwork ink on paper / 4 2/5”x6 1/3”
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Previous August 19 posts:
Self Portraits~August 19
Gustave Caillebotte: Born August 19, 1848
August 12 or 19: Birthday of George Bellows
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/19~
English artist and governor of the “Lost Colony”
1585-1593 / Watercolor over graphite, touched with white / 9 3/4”x6” / British Museum, London
Previous August 18 posts:
Self Portraits~August 18
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/18~
c.1630 / Oil on Slate / 9 1/24”x7 4/5” / Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy
Previous August 17 posts:
Self Portraits~August 17
August 17~ Black Cat Appreciation Day 2018
August 17~ Black Cat Appreciation Day 2017
The World’s First Cartoon: Fantasmagorie (1908)
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/17~
The Birds of America: From Original Drawings by John James Audubon
“Drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.” “Engraved, printed & coloured by R. Havell, 1834”
1834 / Hand-colored engraving and aquatint on paper / 39 3/4”x26 15/16” / Various collections
The Migratory Bird Treaty~
https://www.ducks.org/conservation/public-policy/the-migratory-bird-treaty-centennial
Previous August 16 posts:
Self Portraits~August 16
Babe Ruth, February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/16~
1969 / Original offset lithograph, 10,000 qty. / Approx. 14”x22” / Various collections
Previous August 15 posts:
Self Portraits~August 15
August 15, 1969: The Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/15~
c.1530 / Oil on oak panel / 32”x25 1/4” / Private collection
Previous August 14 posts:
Self Portraits~August 14
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/14~
The Misty Miss Christy 