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

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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

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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

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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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Previous December 17 posts:

December 17~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/17~

December 16, 1913~ Charlie Chaplin begins his film career

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Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. From “Easy Street” (1917) to “Modern Times” (1936), he made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time. He was best known for his character, the naive and lovable Little Tramp.
~https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/charlie-chaplin-about-the-actor/77/

Charlot Cubiste by Fernand Léger

1924 / Painted wooden elements, nailed on plywood / 29”x13”x2 2/5”
Pompidou Centre, National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

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Link~ Le Ballet Mécanique: The Historic Cinematic Collaboration Between Fernand Legér and George Antheil
NYPL~ https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/07/ballet-mecanique-interwar-avant-garde-cinema

Previous December 16 posts:

December 16~ Animals in Art

Edward Ruscha: Born December 16, 1937

How Kandinsky helped create abstract art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/16~

December 12, 1408~ Order of the Dragon founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg

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Portrait of Sigismund of Luxembourg, formerly attributed to Pisanello

1433 / Parchment on wood / 23”x16 1/2” / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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December 12~ Animals in Art

Frank Sinatra: Born December 12, 1915

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/12~

December 10, 1884~ Russian painter Zinaida Serebriakova is born

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Self-portrait in a Scarf by Zinaida Serebriakova

1911 / Tempera on paper / 14 1/2”x11 5/8” / Museum of Private Collections,
Dept of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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December 10~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/10~