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August 31, 1919~ John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago

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Strike Breakers (Company Violence)  by Morris Topchevsky

1937 / Oil on canvas / 35 5/8”x29 9/16” / Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

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“Picturing a Communist Revolution in the US”~
https://hyperallergic.com/174971/picturing-a-communist-revolution-in-the-us/

Previous August 31 posts:

Self Portraits~August 31

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/31~

August 30, 1907~ Artist, designer, & author Leonor Fini is born in Buenos Aires

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Opération I  by Leonor Fini

1939 / Oil on canvas / 36 1/4”x25 1/2” / Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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Previous August 30 posts:

Self Portraits~August 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/30~

August 29, 1966~ The Beatles’ final live concert

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The Beatles, Exiting Plane  by  Jim Marshall

1966, San Francisco Airport / Silver Gelatin Photograph / Various collections

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Audio: Candlestick Park, San Francisco: The Beatles’ final concert~
https://www.beatlesbible.com/1966/08/29/candlestick-park-san-francisco-final-concert/

Previous August 29 posts:

Self Portraits~August 29

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/29~

August 28, 1917~ 10 Suffragists Arrested While Picketing at the White House

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Votes for Women  by Bertha Margaret Boyé*

1911 / Lithographic poster / 23”x15 1/2” / Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute

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Picketing for Suffrage~ https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-28/

* I found very little biographical information on Bertha Margaret Boyé on the web. I did find this pdf file, where a bio appears [Look for p.16 of the pdf , which is p.330 of the book the file was made from]. File does not download automatically; you can read it in your browser.
https://www.tfaoi.org/cm/10cm/10cm99.pdf

Previous August 28 posts:

Self Portraits~August 28

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/28~

August 27, 1776~ The Battle of Long Island begins

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George Washington by Charles Willson Peale

1776 / Oil on canvas / 44”x38 5/16” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC

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The Battle of Long Island~ https://revolutionarywar.us/year-1776/battle-long-island/

Previous August 27 posts:

Self Portraits~August 27

Man Ray: Born August 27, 1890

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/27~

August 24, 1926~ Feminist artist & activist Nancy Spero is born

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The Goddess Nut II by Nancy Spero

1990 / Paint and printed collage on five panels of paper / 84”x110”
© Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts/VAGA at ARS, New York

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Previous August 24 posts:

Self Portraits~August 24

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/24~

August 23, 1995~ Photographer and photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt dies

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Big Fish, Sarasota, Florida by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Photographed in 1959 / Gelatin silver print / Image: 13 1/16”x10 1/16” / Various collections

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Previous August 23 posts:

Self Portraits~August 23

Alexander Milne Calder: Born August 23(?), 1846

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/23~

August 22, 1906~ Victor Talking Machine Co.’s first “Victrolas” manufactured

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His Master’s Voice  by Francis Barraud

c.1898-1899 / Oil on canvas / 28”x36” / EMI Archive Trust, perhaps?

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“HIS MASTER’S VOICE” by Robb Fritz~
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/his-masters-voice

The Birth and Evolution of Victor Victrola Antique Phonographs~
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-victor-victrola-antique-phonograph-collector-paul-edie/

Previous August 22 posts:

Self Portraits~August 22

Claude Debussy: Born August 22, 1862

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Born August 22, 1908

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/22~