Category Archives: On This Date

July 24, 1567~ Mary Queen of Scots forced to abdicate in favor of her infant son

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James VI and I, 1566-1625. King of Scotland 1567-1625.
King of England and Ireland 1603-1625 (As a boy)  by Arnold Bronckorst

c.1574 / Oil on panel / 18”x12” / National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

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Summer~ July 24

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/24~

July 23, 1886~ Steve Brodie allegedly survives jump from Brooklyn Bridge

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On the Bowery  by  Strobridge Lith. Co. of Cincinnati, OH & NY

c.1896 / Color lithograph / 29 1/2”x19 11/16”
Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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Link~ “Robert Neilson Stephens’s play “On the Bowery” with Steve Brodie”
Link~ “That daredevil Steve Brodie! Did the former newsboy really jump off the Brooklyn Bridge?”

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Summer~ July 23

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/23~

July 21, 1969~ Apollo 11 Lunar Module takes off from the moon

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Boy and Moon  by  Edward Hopper

1906–07 / Pen, brush + ink, and transparent + opaque watercolor on paper
Image: 16”x13” / Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY

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Summer~ July 21

Isaac Stern: Born July 21, 1920

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/21~

July 20, 1969~ Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon

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Ladder to the Moon by Georgia O’Keeffe

1958 / Oil on canvas / 40 3/16”x30 1/4” / Emily Fisher Landau Collection,
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY

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Summer~ July 20

July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/20~

July 19, 1937~ Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) Exhibition opens in Munich

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Die Heilige vom innern Licht
(The Saint of Inner Light)
by Paul Klee

1921 / Color lithograph on paper
Image: 12 1/4”x6 7/8”
Various collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago

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“Art in Nazi Germany~”
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/neue-sachlichkeit/a/art-in-nazi-germany

The “Degenerate Art” catalogue~
http://www.germanexpressionismleicester.org/leicesters-collection/books-and-other-publications/degenerate-art-exhibition-guide-star/

“Degenerate” Artists in the 1937 Munich show~ https://www.listal.com/list/degenerate-art

Short silent film: “Entartete Kunst” exhibition~ https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1000367

Previous July 19 posts:

Summer~ July 19

Max Fleischer: Born July 19, 1883

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/19~

July 18, 1610~ Italian painter Caravaggio dies in Tuscany

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Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

c.1594-5 / 26”x19 1/2” / Oil on canvas / The National Gallery, London
(a second version of this painting belongs to the Roberto Longhi Foundation’s collection in Florence)

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Summer~ July 18

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/18~

July 17, 1918~ The Romanovs and several retainers are executed

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Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Fjordorovna
with their daughters Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia (as a baby)
by Elena Petrovna Samokish-Sudkovskaya

[Note: Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was not born until 1904]

1902 / Watercolor on pencil heightened with white on cardboard / 7 1/10”x12 1/5” / Private collection

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Summer~ July 17

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/17~

July 16, 1956~ Last show under a “Big Top” for Ringling Bros. and Barnum + Bailey Circus

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Top of the Tent by Esther Bruton

1930 / Drypoint / 8”x6” / Various, including National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Summer~ July 16

“Redes” released on July 16, 1936 (Mexico City)

Charles Sheeler: Born July 16, 1883

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/16~