Tag Archives: Drawing

August 19, 1692~ 4 men & 1 woman executed for witchcraft in Salem

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Group of Witches (?) by Eugenio Lucas Velázquez

c.1850-1860 / Watercolour and pen and brushwork ink on paper / 4 2/5”x6 1/3”
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

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Previous August 19 posts:

Self Portraits~August 19

Gustave Caillebotte: Born August 19, 1848

August 12 or 19: Birthday of George Bellows

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/19~

May 29, 1970~ German-born American sculptor Eva Hesse dies

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Ennead by Eva Hesse

1966 / Acrylic, papier-mâché, plastic, plywood, string
Approximately 96”x39”x17” / Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

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Previous May 29 posts:

Love & War~ May 29

May 29, 1913: Premiere of “Le sacre du printemps”

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/29~

April 28, 1253~ Invocation of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo established by Buddhist priest Nichiren

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Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

c.1830–36 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 9 5/8”x14 9/16”
Various collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Previous April 28 posts:

Spring~ April 28

Nelle Harper Lee: April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/28~

April 16, 1947~ Bernard Baruch coins term “Cold War”

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Area of Agreement by Herblock

1954 / Washington Post; reprinted in Herblock’s Here and Now
The Opper Project, Department of History, Ohio State University

On this day in 1947, Bernard Baruch, the multimillionaire financier and adviser to presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Harry S. Truman, coined the term “Cold War” to describe the increasingly chilly relations between two World War II Allies: the United States and the Soviet Union.
https://www.politico.com/story/2010/04/bernard-baruch-coins-term-cold-war-april-16-1947-035862
A Visual Guide to the Cold War~ https://coldwar.unc.edu/

Previous April 16 posts:

Spring~ April 16

Dorothy P. Lathrop: Born April 16, 1891

Garth Williams: Born on April 16, 1912

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/16~

April 4, 1968~ Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN

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Martin Luther King, Jr. by John Woodrow Wilson

Pictured: 2002 / Etching and aquatint on chine collé / Image: 30 1/2″x27 3/4″ /
Various collections (edition of 50) incl. Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
1985 / Original (smaller) drawing: pastel on cream Japanese paper / Sheet: 21 15/16”x20 13/16” / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Previous April 4 posts:

Spring~ April 4

William Henry Jackson: Born on April 4, 1843

April 4~

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/4~