Looking Up by Hal Lasko
c.2013 / Microsoft Paint from Windows 95 file, output on 100% Rag Paper / https://thepixelpainter.com/art
Previous April 27 posts:
Spring~ April 27
Andrew John Henry Way: Born April 27, 1826
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/27~
Category Archives: On This Date
April 26, 1937~ Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War
Guernica (detail) by Pablo Picasso
1937 / Oil on canvas / 137 2/5”x305 1/2” / Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Previous April 26 posts:
Spring~ April 26
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/26~
April 25, 1953~ Francis Crick & James Watson publish their description of DNA’s double helix structure
Double Helix by Lee Krasner
1961 / Oil on canvas / 70 1/2”x62 1/4” / Private collection
Previous April 25 posts:
Spring~ April 25
Ella Fitzgerald: Born April 25, 1917~
“Turandot” premieres in Milan on April 25, 1926:
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/25~
April 24, 1184 B.C.~ Traditional date of the fall of Troy
Greeks entering Troy by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c.1760 / Oil on canvas / 16”x21 5/8” / Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Previous April 24 posts:
Spring~ April 24
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/24~
April 23, 1985~ Coca-Cola’s disastrous introduction of “New Coke”
Untitled (Coca-Cola and Grid) by Jasper Johns
1971 / 7-color lithograph with varnish on Arches paper / 38 7/8”x29 3/16”
Edition of 66 + 12 Artist’s Proofs / Various collections, including National Gallery of Art, D.C.
=> 5 Things You Might Not Know About “New Coke” <=
Previous April 23 posts:
Spring~ April 23
Lee Miller: Born April 23, 1907
Myron Waldman: Born on April 23, 1908
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/23~
April 22, 1970~ First annual Earth Day
Earth Day 1970 by Robert Rauschenberg
1970 / Lithograph and collage / 52 1/2”x37 1/2”
Edition of 50, based on his original design of an offset-printed poster
Previous April 22 posts:
Spring~ April 22
John Waters: Born April 22, 1946 (1)
John Waters: Born April 22, 1946 (2)
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/22~
April 21, 1964~ The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opens
The Unisphere by Gilmore Clarke
1964 / Stainless steel / 140’ tall; 120’ diameter / World’s Fair Grounds, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NYC
The Rocket Thrower by Donald De Lue
1964 / Bronze / 43’ tall / World’s Fair Grounds, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NYC
Previous April 21 posts:
Spring~ April 21
Queen Elizabeth II: Born April 21, 1926
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary: Born April 21, 1926
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/21~
April 20, 1535~ Two-hour atmospheric optical phenomenon observed over Stockholm
Vädersolstavlan (“The Sun Dog Painting”) by Jacob Elbfas,
based on original by Urban målare (Urban [the] painter)
1535, 1636 / Oil on panel / 64”x43 1/3” / Storkyrkan (The Great Church), Stockholm, Sweden
Previous April 20 posts:
Spring~ April 20
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/20~
April 19, 1963~ Johnny Cash version of “Ring of Fire” released
Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance from State of Tamil Nadu, India
12th-13th century (Chola period) / Bronze / 41” high / Royal Museums of Art & History, Brussels
Previous April 19 posts:
Spring~ April 19
Anton Pieck: Born April 19, 1895
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/19~
April 18, 1906~ Devastating earthquake followed by fires in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s Magnificent City Hall and Hall of Records,
Destroyed by Fire and Earthquake
Credited to R. E. Steele, Co-Operative View Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
1906-1920 (approx) / Stereograph / 3 1/2”x7 1/10” / Various collections, incl. NYPL Digital Collections
Previous April 18 posts:
Spring~ April 18
Leopold Stokowski: Born on April 18, 1882
April 18, 1956: The “Wedding of the Century”
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/18~
The Misty Miss Christy 