Child in a Red Apron by Berthe Morisot
1886 / Oil on canvas / 23 5/8”x19 5/8” / Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
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March 2~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
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February 28, 1820~ Sir John Tenniel born
Self Portrait by Sir John Tenniel
1882 / Oil on canvas / 13 3/5”x11 3/4” / Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Scotland
See also: Sir John Tenniel: Born February 28, 1820
Previous February 28 posts:
February 28~ African-American visual artists
February 28~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/28~
Previous February 29 posts:
February 29~
February 29, 1940: Hattie McDaniel wins an Oscar
February 26, 1919~ Grand Canyon National Park is established
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran
1872 / Oil on canvas mounted on aluminum / 84”x144 1/4” / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Thomas “Yellowstone” Moran: Influencing Change with Art~
https://www.npca.org/articles/376-thomas-yellowstone-moran-influencing-change-with-art
The Nature of Art: Communicating Park Science, Nature and Culture through Art~
https://www.nps.gov/articles/aps-v10-i2-c10.htm
FEBRUARY 26 — FOUR NATIONAL PARKS ESTABLISHED (1917-1929)
http://todayinconservation.com/2018/02/february-26-four-national-parks-established-1917-1929/
Previous February 26 posts:
February 26~ African-American visual artists
Elihu Vedder: Born February 26, 1836
Johnny Cash: Born February 26, 1932
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/26~
February 23, 1540~ Coronado’s expedition sets off in search of Cibola
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Sets Out to the North by Frederic Remington
From a 10-month series of paintings for Collier’s titled “The Great Explorers”/issue dated Dec. 9, 1905
1905 / Lithographic reproduction of an oil painting / Image: 8 3/5”x12 1/4” /
Various collections, including Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
Previous February 23 posts:
February 23~ African-American visual artists
Men in Wigs
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/23~
February 20, 1816~ Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” premieres
Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini by Francesco Hayez, after a photograph by Étienne Carjat
1870 / Oil on canvas / 42 9/10”x34 1/5” / Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
The premiere of Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa The Barber of Seville on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome was a verifiable disaster! …
http://www.interlude.hk/front/rossini-barber-sevillepremiered-today-1816/
Previous February 20 posts:
February 20~ African-American visual artists
February 20, 1872: The Met opens its doors to the public
Nancy Wilson: Born February 20, 1937
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/20~
February 18, 1564~ Michelangelo dies in Rome, Italy
Tomb of Michelangelo / Designed by Giorgio Vasari
The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Basilica became popular with Florentines as a place of worship and patronage and it became customary for greatly honoured Florentines to be buried or commemorated there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce,_Florence#Funerary_monumentsHe is surrounded by three allegorical statues representing…Painting (by Giovan Battista Lorenzi), Sculpture (by Valerio Cioli) and Architecture (by Giovan Battista Lorenzi) all of three which are shown in mourning.
https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-churches/santa-croce.htmlMichelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer~ https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/michelangelo/exhibition-object-highlights
The Sonnets of Michelangelo~ https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-sonnets-of-michelangelo-1904-edition/
See also: https://www.santacroceopera.it/en/catalogue-of-works/michelangelo-buonarroti-monumental-tomb-vasari/
Previous February 18 posts:
February 18~ African-American visual artists
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Born February 18, 1848
Yoko Ono: Born February 18, 1933
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/18~
February 16, 1947~ Picasso Lithograph, Woman in an Armchair
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
Previous February 16 posts:
February 16~ African-American visual artists
Armand Guillaumin: Born February 16, 1841
Illustrator Pamela Colman Smith: Born February 16, 1878
Esther Bubley: Born February 16, 1921
February 16, 1964: The Beatles’ second Ed Sullivan Show
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/16~
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
Previous February 15 posts:
February 15~ African-American visual artists
February 15~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/15~
February 14~ 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/
Previous February 14 posts:
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~
The Misty Miss Christy 