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September 26, 1934~ Passenger liner RMS Queen Mary is launched

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Mural of North Atlantic by Max Gill

1935 / First Class Dining Room, RMS Queen Mary

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Max Gill painting RMS Queen Mary map, 1935~ https://mistymisschristy.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/painting.png
The First Class Dining Room~ https://www.sterling.rmplc.co.uk/visions/retain4.html

Previous September 26 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 26

Winsor McCay: Born September 26, 1867?

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/26~

September 8, 1504~ Michelangelo’s David is Unveiled in Florence

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Michelangelo’s David~
https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/florence/accademia-gallery/michelangelo-s-david

Michelangelo’s Iconic ‘David’ Statue~
https://mymodernmet.com/michelangelo-david-facts/

The Life of Michelangelo~
http://www.museumsinflorence.com/foto/Accademia/Small/michelangelo.html

<<<  Raphael’s Study of Michelangelo’s David, c.1505-1508
(click image to enlarge) (click link for British Museum site)

 

Previous September 8 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 8

Ruby Bridges: Born September 8, 1954

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/8~

August 21, 1911~ “Mona Lisa” stolen from the Louvre by an employee

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Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo
by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

c.1503–19 / Oil on poplar panel / 30”x21” / Musée du Louvre, Paris

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The Theft That Made The ‘Mona Lisa’ A Masterpiece~
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece

Previous August 21 posts:

Self Portraits~August 21

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/21~

June 10, 1854~ The first class of the United States Naval Academy graduates

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Drawing of Chapel, U.S. Naval Academy, by Ernest Flagg c.1903

1904–1908 / Beaux Arts design; concrete frame; gray brick & terracotta exterior
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

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Previous June 10 posts:

Pride Month~ June 10

Maurice Sendak: Born June 10, 1928

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/10~

May 4, 2001~ Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion opens

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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~

March 6, 1475~ Michelangelo Buonarroti is born

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Madonna of Bruges by Michelangelo

1501-1504 / Marble / Height: 79” / Church of Our Lady, Bruges, Belgium

Previous March 6 posts:

March 6~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Sarah Caldwell: Born on March 6, 1924

Kiri Te Kanawa: Born on March 6, 1944

Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/6~

March 6, 1998: “The Big Lebowski” is released