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December 22, 1889~ Natan Al’tman born

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Ukrainian artist, stage designer, and book illustrator
Natan Al’tman was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on this day in 1889

Shabbat Meeting aka Portrait of a Jewish Man by Natan Isaevich Al’tman (Natan Al’tman)
c.1910 / Oil on canvas / 31”x23 1/4” / Private collection

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December 22~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/22~

December 19, 1907~ Hugo Simberg sends a postcard from the United States

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Self-Portrait by Hugo Simberg

1907 / Oil on canvas / 17”x14” / Finnish National Gallery: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

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“Over the Ocean: Hugo Simberg in America”~
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/exhibitions/an-ecstasy-of-beauty/over-the-ocean-simberg-in-america#ve-anchor-intro_14488-js

“Amerikka” (24 photos)~
http://www.lahteilla.fi/simberg/?fbclid=IwAR1_ai8HAuMvGY1q60JtYvVBOf5Ak2tAvbTttEFUGfGXImk-PnwLUpWJbXw#en/line/826/keyword/Amerikka

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December 19~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/19~

December 18, 1271~ Kublai Khan issues imperial edict establishing the Yuan dynasty

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Kublai Khan Hunting by Liu Guandao (or Liu Kuan-tao)

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1280 / Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk / 72”x41” / National Palace Museum, Taiwan

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December 18~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/18~

December 17, 1949~ Original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire closes

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Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire) by Thomas Hart Benton

1948 / Tempera and oil on linen mounted on composition board / 36”x48” / Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

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December 17~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/17~

December 15, 1905~ Pushkin House (Institute of Russian Literature in St. Petersburg) is established

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Title: Pushkin on a Horse by Konstantin Yuon

1949 / Watercolor on paper / 19”x14” / Pushkin State Museum of Fine Art, Moscow

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Portraits of Alexander Pushkin from the State A.S. Pushkin Museum~
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/portraits-of-alexander-pushkin%C2%A0/ARSRXI4U

 

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December 15~ Animals in Art

Ray Eames: Born December 15, 1912

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/15~

 

December 12, 1408~ Order of the Dragon founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg

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Portrait of Sigismund of Luxembourg, formerly attributed to Pisanello

1433 / Parchment on wood / 23”x16 1/2” / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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December 12~ Animals in Art

Frank Sinatra: Born December 12, 1915

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/12~