Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/22~

What German-Swiss painter helped to create the Schillerschule, Frankfurt’s first school for girls, in 1908?

What photographer, to make a living during the Depression, published postcards, worked on a series of slides on archaeological subjects, and even operated a turkey farm?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/22/april-22/

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

FenwayApril 20, 1912
The Boston Red Sox play the first game in Fenway Park, defeating the New York Highlanders 7-6.

 

April 20, 1912
The Detroit Tigers play the first game at Navin Field, defeating the Cleveland Naps 6-5. 
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April 20, 1916
The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (later renamed Wrigley Field) defeating the Cincinnatti Reds 7-6.
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/19~

This artist’s most successful prints were produced during 1930 to 1938, with over forty colour linocuts as well as a collaboration on a series of posters for the London Passenger Transport Board.

This photographer/filmmaker/performance artist died, or disappeared, in 1975 at the age of 33 attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a 13 foot sailboat.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/19/april-19/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/12~

This Belgian sculptor and painter was one of the principal social-realist artists of the late 19th century in Europe.

In 1932 this photographer became one of the co-founders of the Group f/64, which aimed to “define photography as an art form by a simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods”.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/12/april-12/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/26~

Which artist’s best-known work is his “Bible in Pictures”, a collection of 240 engravings of scenes from the Bible?

Which photographer notably chronicled Paris during the years he lived in a Left Bank guesthouse now remembered as “the Beat Hotel”?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/03/26/march-26/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/9~

Throughout his career, this artist employed an interdisciplinary approach, working in mediums ranging from sculpture and installation to video and photography.

This artist describes his childhood as a mix of “alcoholism and a country club culture,” themes that continually appear in his work.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/03/09/march-9/