December 26, 2019~ The day after Christmas (Boxing Day)

The Day after Christmas by Mark Lancelot Symons

c.1931 / Oil on canvas on board / 35 4/5”x26 3/4” / Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, Bury, UK

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The Day of the Wren: The Question of Boxing Day~
http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/boxing-day.html

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December 26~ Animals in Art

December 26~

December 24, 1951~ Gian-Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” premieres

The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch

c.1475 / Oil and gold on oak / 28”x22 1/4” / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

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“One November afternoon as I was walking rather gloomily through the rooms of the Metropolitan Museum, I chanced to stop in front of the Adoration of the Kings by Hieronymus Bosch, and as I was looking at it, suddenly I heard again, coming from the distant blue hills, the weird song of the Three Kings. I then realized they had come back to me and had brought me a gift.”
https://www.cpr.org/2013/12/19/the-500-year-old-painting-that-inspired-amahl-and-the-night-visitors/

How Amahl and the Night Visitors Established ‘Television Opera’~
http://www.playbill.com/article/how-amahl-and-the-night-visitors-established-television-opera
The original 1951 telecast~ https://youtu.be/xlg81twKXbY

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December 24: CHRISTMAS EVE

December 24~ Animals in Art

December 24~

December 23, 1888~ Vincent Van Gogh cuts off his own ear

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe by Vincent van Gogh

January 1889 / 19 3/4”x17 3/8” / Oil on canvas / Philippe Niarchos Collection,
on long-term loan to Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

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Frick Art Reference Library~ Portrait de l’artiste, à la pipe et à l’oreille coupée~

https://arcade.nyarc.org/record=b1120069~S7

Why Did Van Gogh Cut Off His Own Ear?~
https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/why-did-van-gogh-cut-off-his-own-ear/bQJymzRE5UViIw?hl=en

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK~
https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collection/impressionism-post-impressionism/van-gogh-self-portrait

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December 23~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/23~

December 22, 1889~ Natan Al’tman born

Ukrainian artist, stage designer, and book illustrator
Natan Al’tman was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on this day in 1889

Shabbat Meeting aka Portrait of a Jewish Man by Natan Isaevich Al’tman (Natan Al’tman)
c.1910 / Oil on canvas / 31”x23 1/4” / Private collection

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December 22~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/22~

December 19, 1907~ Hugo Simberg sends a postcard from the United States

Self-Portrait by Hugo Simberg

1907 / Oil on canvas / 17”x14” / Finnish National Gallery: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

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“Over the Ocean: Hugo Simberg in America”~
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/exhibitions/an-ecstasy-of-beauty/over-the-ocean-simberg-in-america#ve-anchor-intro_14488-js

“Amerikka” (24 photos)~
http://www.lahteilla.fi/simberg/?fbclid=IwAR1_ai8HAuMvGY1q60JtYvVBOf5Ak2tAvbTttEFUGfGXImk-PnwLUpWJbXw#en/line/826/keyword/Amerikka

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December 19~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/19~

December 18, 1271~ Kublai Khan issues imperial edict establishing the Yuan dynasty

Kublai Khan Hunting by Liu Guandao (or Liu Kuan-tao)

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1280 / Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk / 72”x41” / National Palace Museum, Taiwan

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December 18~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/18~

December 17, 1949~ Original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire closes

Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire) by Thomas Hart Benton

1948 / Tempera and oil on linen mounted on composition board / 36”x48” / Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

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December 17~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/17~