c.1503–19 / Oil on poplar panel / 30”x21” / Musée du Louvre, Paris
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~
English artist and governor of the “Lost Colony”
1585-1593 / Watercolor over graphite, touched with white / 9 3/4”x6” / British Museum, London
Previous August 18 posts:
Self Portraits~August 18
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/18~
1920 / Sheet: 10”x7” / Watercolor on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Previous July 31 posts:
Summer~ July 31
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/31~
1930 / Drypoint / 8”x6” / Various, including National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Previous July 16 posts:
Summer~ July 16
“Redes” released on July 16, 1936 (Mexico City)
Charles Sheeler: Born July 16, 1883
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/16~
1853 / Metal: Bronze, Silver, or Copper / 2 1/4” diameter / Private & public collections, incl. Museum of the City of New York
New York Crystal Palace 1853~ http://crystalpalace.visualizingnyc.org/
Previous July 14 posts:
Summer~ July 14
July 14, 1916~ The Dada Manifesto
100th anniversary of the Dada Manifesto~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/14~
1920 / Oil on canvas / 27”x40” / Private collection
The Origin of the word “Robot” by Voyen Koreis~ http://www.capekbrothers.vkoreis.com/word_robot.htm
Previous March 23 posts:
March 23~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
March 23: National Puppy Day
Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/22~
1962 / Destroyed sofa (wood, cotton, vegetable fiber, wire, and glue) on wood backing
El Museo del Barrio, New York
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1984 / Gelatin silver photograph / 12”x8” / Various, incl. Brooklyn Museum
Cy Twombly (1928-2011) Iconic large-scale marks scribbled and smeared on raw canvas or linen
http://www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/en/cy_twombly/biography
Untitled [Gaeta] / 2007 / Acrylic, wax crayon, lead pencil on wooden panel / 99 1/4”x217 3/8”
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Artist, director and producer explored popular culture in his work
http://warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html
Flowers / 1964 / Offset lithograph / sheet: 22 13/16”x23 1/16″
Judy Chicago (Born 1939)
American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for large collaborative art installations
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/chicago-judy
Carrie Mae Weems (Born 1953)
African-American photographer, performance artist, activist, filmmaker, and videographer
http://carriemaeweems.net/bio.html
Untitled (Kitchen Table Series) / 1990 / Gelatin silver print / 27 1/4”x27”
Lee Miller (1907-1977)
American Fashion and fine art photographer, photojournalist, Surrealist artist, writer, and model
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/lee-miller
Women in fire masks, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London / 1941 / American Vogue magazine
Dora Maar (1907-1997)
French Surrealist artist and photographer, painter, and poet
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dora-Maar
