The Virgin and Child / Mosaic in apse of the Hagia Sophia
9th century / Glass, limestone, marble cubes, pearls, and stone / Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/7~
Category Archives: On This Date
May 6, 1935~ FDR establishes the Works Progress Administration
Noah’s Ark Mural by Helen Forbes and Dorothy Puccinelli
1938 / Egg Tempera / 1,200’ expanse / San Francisco Zoo Mother’s Building
Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935)~
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/works-progress-administration-wpa-1935/
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 6
Nora Clench~ May 6, 1867-May 17, 1938
Rudolph Valentino: Born May 6, 1895
Kentucky Derby: May 6, 2017
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/6~
May 5, 1821~ Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile
The Death of Napoleon in St. Helena by Carl de Steuben
1828 / Oil on canvas / 35”x46 4/5” / Napoleon Museum, Arenenberg Castle, Switzerland
Previous May 5 posts:
Love & War~ May 5
Viktor Hartmann: Born May 5, 1834
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/5~
May 4, 2001~ Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion opens
Burke Brise Soleil, Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava
2001 / 72 steel fins / 217-foot wingspan / Milwaukee Art Museum
Santiago Calatrava’s artwork~
https://calatrava.com/art.html?all=yes
Link to 360 panoramic views of Milwaukee Art Museum~
http://rackphoto.com/pp/2011/02/16/mam-milwaukee-art-museum/
Previous May 4 posts:
Love & War~ May 4
“May 4, 1904: U.S. Dives Into Panama Canal”
Keith Haring: May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990
May 4, 1970~ Tragedy at Kent State
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/4~
May 3, 1808~ Hundreds of prisoners executed in Madrid for rebelling against Napoleon’s forces
The Third of May, 1808 in Madrid by Francisco Goya
1814 / Oil on canvas / 106”x137” / Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Previous May 3 posts:
Love & War~ May 3
Richard D’Oyly Carte: Born May 3, 1844
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/3~
May 2, 1869~ The Folies-Bergère first opens its doors (as the Folies Trévise)
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
1881-1882 / Oil on canvas / 37 3/4”x51” / The Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London
Previous May 2 posts:
Love & War~ May 2
Leonardo da Vinci: Died May 2, 1519
Manfred von Richthofen: Born on May 2, 1892
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/2~
May 1, 1851~ Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition
The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851
by Henry Courtney Selous
1851-1852 / Oil on canvas / 66 3/4”x95 1/4” / Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Previous May 1 posts:
Love & War~ May 1
Theo van Gogh: Born May 1, 1857
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/1~
April 30, 1975~ Fall of Saigon
Persistence of Memory #14 by Dinh Q. Lê
2000-01 / C-print and linen tape, 2000-01 / 45”x63” / Collection: Larry Warsh, New York
Previous April 30 posts:
Spring~ April 30
Unlocking The World of Tomorrow N.Y. World’s Fair 1939
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/30~
April 29, 1429~ Joan of Arc arrives with troops to relieve the besieged city of Orléans
Jeanne d’Arc te Paard (Joan of Arc on Horse)
by Arnoud Schaepkens, after Theodoor Schaepkens
1831-1904 / Etching on paper / 5 2/5”x4 3/10” / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hundred Years’ War: Siege of Orléans~ https://www.thoughtco.com/hundred-years-war-siege-of-orleans-2360758
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Joan_of_Arc
Previous April 29 posts:
Spring~ April 29
April 29, 1945: U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau
April 29~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/29~
April 28, 1253~ Invocation of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo established by Buddhist priest Nichiren
Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
c.1830–36 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 9 5/8”x14 9/16”
Various collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Previous April 28 posts:
The Misty Miss Christy 