Possible Self Portrait by Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron
17th century / Oil on canvas / 17.5”x15.7” / Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
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Previous October 3 posts:
Autumn~ October 3
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/3~
Tag Archives: Artist
September 26, 1934~ Passenger liner RMS Queen Mary is launched
Mural of North Atlantic by Max Gill
1935 / First Class Dining Room, RMS Queen Mary
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Max Gill painting RMS Queen Mary map, 1935~ https://mistymisschristy.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/painting.png
The First Class Dining Room~ https://www.sterling.rmplc.co.uk/visions/retain4.html
Previous September 26 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 26
Winsor McCay: Born September 26, 1867?
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/26~
August 21, 1911~ “Mona Lisa” stolen from the Louvre by an employee
Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo
by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
c.1503–19 / Oil on poplar panel / 30”x21” / Musée du Louvre, Paris
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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~
August 18, 1590~ Roanoke Colony Governor returns from England to find everyone has vanished
Indian Conjuror by John White
English artist and governor of the “Lost Colony”
1585-1593 / Watercolor over graphite, touched with white / 9 3/4”x6” / British Museum, London
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Previous August 18 posts:
Self Portraits~August 18
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/18~
July 31, 1860~ Mary Vaux Walcott—American artist, photographer, & naturalist—is born
American Waterlily (Castalia odorata) by Mary Vaux Walcott
1920 / Sheet: 10”x7” / Watercolor on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Previous July 31 posts:
Summer~ July 31
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/31~
July 16, 1956~ Last show under a “Big Top” for Ringling Bros. and Barnum + Bailey Circus
Top of the Tent by Esther Bruton
1930 / Drypoint / 8”x6” / Various, including National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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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~
July 14, 1853~ Opening of the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in NYC
Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations Medal
Johannes Adam Simon Oertel (designer) / Charles Cushing Wright (manufacturer)
1853 / Metal: Bronze, Silver, or Copper / 2 1/4” diameter / Private & public collections, incl. Museum of the City of New York
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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~
March 23, 1887~ Czech artist Josef Čapek is born
Mr. Myself by Josef Čapek
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~
Hispanic Artists~Day 27
Archaeological Find #22: The Aftermath by Raphael Montañez Ortiz
1962 / Destroyed sofa (wood, cotton, vegetable fiber, wire, and glue) on wood backing
El Museo del Barrio, New York
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La Ascensión (The Ascension) by Graciela Iturbide
1984 / Gelatin silver photograph / 12”x8” / Various, incl. Brooklyn Museum
Pride Month~ June 19
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″
The Misty Miss Christy 