Woman in an Armchair (Femme au fauteil) by Pablo Picasso
1947 / 6-color lithograph, Edition of 50 / Image: 19 7/16”x12 9/16” / Various collections, including MoMA, NYC
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February 15, 399 BC~ Socrates Sentenced to Death
The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David
1787 / Oil on canvas / 51”x77 1/4” / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
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February 15~ African-American visual artists
February 15~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/15~
February 14, 2019~ Happy Valentine’s Day!
Saint Valentine Baptizing Saint Lucilla by Jacopo Bassano
1575 / Oil on canvas / 72 1/4”x51” / Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa
Valentine’s Day~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day
Be My Valentine~ https://www.si.edu/spotlight/valentines
The Heart in Art~ http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-heart-in-art/
Valentine’s day: Love and Street Art~
https://streetart360.net/2017/02/14/valentines-day-love-and-street-art/
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February 14~ African-American visual artists
Renée Fleming: Born February 14, 1959
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/14~
February 10, 1840~ Queen Victoria weds Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
The Marriage of Queen Victoria by Sir George Hayter
1840-42 / Oil on canvas / 77”x107 5/8” / Royal Collection Trust, UK
Queen Victoria in her wedding veil by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
1847 / Oil on canvas | 21”x17” / Royal Collection Trust, UK
Commissioned by Queen Victoria and given to Prince Albert as a present on their wedding anniversary, 1847
Previous February 10 posts:
February 10~ African-American visual artists
Leontyne Price: born on February 10, 1927
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/10~
February 9, 1941~ Unexploded shell hits Genoa’s Cathedral of San Lorenzo
Martyrdom of San Lorenzo by Lazzaro Tavarone
1622 / Ceiling fresco / Dimensions? / Duomo di Genova, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Italy
Previous February 9 posts:
February 9~ African-American visual artists
February 9, 1964: Beatles’ first live appearance on American television
February 8, 1828~ Author Jules Verne is born
Illustration by N.C. Wyeth for Jules Verne’s book “The Mysterious Island”
Originally published 1874; N.C. Wyeth version first published 1918
1918 / Oil on canvas / 38 5/8”x28 3/16” / Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
Previous February 8 posts:
February 8~ African-American visual artists
February 8~ First Opera in North America
February 8~ Chinese New Year 2016
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/8~
February 7, 1813~ Fight of the Aréthuse and the Amelia
HMS Amelia and the French Frigate Arethuse in Action, 1813
by John Christian Schetky
1852 / Oil on canvas / 23 9/10”x35 9/10” / Norfolk Museums Collections, UK
Previous February 7 posts:
February 7~ African-American visual artists
February 7, 1904: The Great Baltimore Fire Begins
February 7, 1964: The Beatles Land In America
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/7~
February 6, 1756~ Aaron Burr is born
Aaron Burr by John Vanderlyn
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c.1802–3 / Oil on canvas / 28 9/16”x22” / Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Previous February 6 posts:
February 6~ African-American visual artists
Babe Ruth, February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948
February 6~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/6~
February 5, 1852~ Opening of the Imperial Museum of the New Hermitage
View of the New Hermitage from Millionnaya Street by Luigi Premazzi
1861 / Watercolor / 12 3/5”x17 1/4” / The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Previous February 5 posts:
February 5~ African-American visual artists
Dada~ Born February 5, 1916
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/5~
February 4, 960~ The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song
Seated Portrait of Song Taizu / Anonymous, Song dynasty (960-1279)
No date / Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk / 75 1/5”x66 1/2” / National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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February 4~ African-American visual artists
