Tag Archives: Art History

October 15, 1939~ Dedication of NY Municipal Airport (later LaGuardia Airport)

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Flight (detail), a mural by James Brooks

1939-1942; sealed and painted over 1952; uncovered and restored late 1970s; rededicated September 18, 1980
Painting on curved canvas panels / 12’x237’ / Marine Air Terminal, Terminal A, LaGuardia Airport

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Autumn~ October 15

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October 13, 1399~ Coronation of England’s Henry IV at Westminster Abbey

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Bolingbroke Claims the Crown by the Virgil Master

c.1401-1405 / From “Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II” by Jean Creton
Colors and gold with ivy leaf border / 11”x4 1/5” / British Library, London, UK

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Autumn~ October 13

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/13~

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~

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~