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October 10, 1935~ Porgy and Bess opens at the Alvin Theatre in NYC

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Porgy and Bess, Embracing (detail)  by Kara Walker

2013 / Lithograph on Somerset paper / 15”x18” / Various, incl. Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC / Published by The Arion Press, San Francisco, as part of an additional suite of 4 lithographs to accompany the book “Porgy & Bess, The Libretto” by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin with 16 lithographs by Kara Walker

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Autumn~ October 10

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/10~

October 5, 1869~ Finnish painter Ellen Thesleff is born

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Self-Portrait by Ellen Thesleff

1894–95 / Pencil and sepia ink on paper / 12 1/5”x9 1/4”
Finnish National Gallery: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

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Autumn~ October 5

Maya Lin: Born October 5, 1959

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/5~

October 3, 1648~ French poet, musician, academic, & artist Élisabeth Sophie Chéron is born

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Possible Self Portrait by Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron

17th century / Oil on canvas / 17.5”x15.7” / Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

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Autumn~ October 3

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/3~

September 23, 1865~ French painter Suzanne Valadon is born

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Portrait de Famille by Suzanne Valadon

André Utter, Suzanne Valadon, Maurice Utrillo, and Madeleine Valadon

1912 / Oil on canvas / 38”x28 3/4” / Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

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Hispanic Artists~September 23

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/23~

September 17, 1907~ American sculptor Edmonia Lewis dies

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Hagar by Edmonia Lewis

1875 / Carved marble / 52 5/8”x15 1/4”x17 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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Hispanic Artists~September 17

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/17~

September 15, 1963~ Church bombing kills 4 young girls in Birmingham, Alabama

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Birmingham Totem by Charles W. White

1964 / Ink and charcoal on paper / 71 7/16”x40 1/16” / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing~ https://www.nps.gov/articles/16thstreetbaptist.htm

Previous September 15 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 15

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 to Oct. 15

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/15~

September 10, 1860~ Expressionist painter Marianne von Werefkin is born

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Police post in Vilnius by Marianne von Werefkin

1914 / Tempera on cardboard / 38 3/5”x32 1/4” / Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona, Switzerland

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Previous September 10 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 10

Henry Purcell: Born September 10, 1659

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/10~