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December 6, 1856~ German-Swiss artist Louise Catherine Breslau is born

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Self Portrait Holding a Dog by Marie Louise Catherine Breslau

1891 / Oil on mahogany panel / 18”x15 1/3” / Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France

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Previous December 6 posts:

December 6~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/6~

December 4, 1942~ FDR orders the “prompt liquidation” of the WPA

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Reforestation, center panel American Soil triptych by Helen West Heller

1935 / Woodcut on paper / Image: 11”x9 5/8” / Various collections incl. National Gallery of Art, DC

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Previous December 4 posts:

December 4~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/4~

December 1, 1840~ French Impressionist artist Marie Bracquemond is born

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Young Woman in Front of her Easel by Marie Bracquemond

Before 1916 / Etching / 18”x13 2/5” / Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris

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Previous December 1 posts:

December 1~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/1~

November 30, 1953~ French artist Francis Picabia dies

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Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turn Quickly) by Francis Picabia

1916-1918 / Brush and ink with watercolor and shell gold over a 19th-century French lithographic illustration; laid down on canvas / 19 1/2”x12 7/8” / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Previous November 30 posts:

November 30~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/30~

November 27, 1910~ Pennsylvania Station opens in New York City

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Penn Station at War Time by Joseph Delaney

1943 / Oil on canvas / 34”x48 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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Previous November 27 posts:

November 27~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/27~

November 25, 1874~ American boxer Joe Gans is born

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Both Members of This Club by George Bellows

1909 / Oil on canvas / 45 1/4”x63 3/16” / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

“While the name of the white boxer is unknown, the African-American boxer
is Joe Gans, who would be the champion for eight years.”  ~theartstory

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Previous November 25 posts:

November 25~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/25~

November 23, 1986~ Abstract work of Hilma af Klint exhibited for first time

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Portrait of Hilma af Klint at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm

c.1885 / Photograph: Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

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The abstract work of Hilma af Klint was shown for the first time at the exhibition “The Spiritual in Art, Abstract Painting 1890–1985” organized by Maurice Tuchman in Los Angeles in 1986. This exhibition was the starting point of her international recognition. ~Wikipedia

ARTWORK:
Hilma af Klint on artnet~ http://www.artnet.com/artists/hilma-af-klint/
“Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future” at the Guggenheim~
https://www.artsy.net/show/guggenheim-museum-hilma-af-klint-paintings-for-the-future

Previous November 23 posts:

November 23~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/23~