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July 2, 1816~ French naval frigate Méduse runs aground off Mauritania

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The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

1819 / Oil on canvas / 193”x282” / Louvre Museum, Paris

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Why Géricault’s Raft of the Medusa Captured the Minds of Frank Stella, Jeff Koons, Max Ernst, and So Many More~
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-why-has-this-painting-inspired-so-many-contemporary-artists

Previous July 2 posts:

Summer~ July 2

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/2~

July 1, 1725~ English aristocrat and painter Rhoda Delaval is born

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Rhoda Delaval and Her Brother as “Painting and Poetry” (after Bernardino Luini)
by Rhoda Delaval

1745-1757 / Oil on canvas / 59”x53” / National Trust, Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland

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Previous July 1 posts:

The Four Seasons: Summer

Summer~ July 1

July 1~ Willie Dixon & James Cotton

Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/1~

June 30, 1905~ Battleship Potemkin leaves Odessa, sails towards Black Sea Fleet

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Poster for Eisenstein’s movie Potemkin by Dolly Rudeman

1926 / Color lithograph / 42 1/2”x25 1/2” / International Advertising & Design DataBase

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“Postering Potemkin”~ https://www.tiff.net/the-review/postering-potemkin
“Battleship Potemkin: What happened to the ship after the movie was over?”~
https://www.rbth.com/history/326276-what-happened-to-battleship-potemkin

Previous June 30 posts:

Pride Month~ June 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/30~

June 29, 1956~ Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 signed into law, creating Interstate Highway System

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Highway by George Tooker

1953 / Egg tempera on gesso hardboard / 22 7/8”x17 7/8” / Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL

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Previous June 29 posts:

Pride Month~ June 29

Lowell George (April 13, 1945-June 29, 1979)

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/29~

June 28, 1846~ Adolphe Sax files 14 patents for the saxophone

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All The Things You Are by Romare Bearden

1987 / Collage, color dyes, and watercolor on board / 36”x24” / Private collection?

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Previous June 28 posts:

Pride Month~ June 28

June 28 & 29, 1969~ the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/28~

June 26, 1909~ Opening of the present Victoria & Albert Museum

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Tippoo’s Tyger, Mechanical Organ from Mysore (Mysuru), India

c.1793 / Painted wood with metal fixtures / Overall dimensions: 28”x 68” / Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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Tippoo’s Tiger, a poem by Marianne Moore, 1967~
https://seriealfa.com/tigre/tigre5/moore.htm#Tippoos%20Tiger

Previous June 26 posts:

Pride Month~ June 26

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/26~