Tag Archives: Visual Arts

November 11, 1918~ Germany signs Armistice with the Allies, ending WWI

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The Armistice by Eugene Savage

1926 / Watercolor on Artist’s Paper / 29”x52” / Preparatory Work for Elks National Memorial Mural, Chicago, IL

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Previous November 11 posts:

November 11~ Artists at their Easels

Marie Anna Zacharias~ born November 11, 1828

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/11~

November 10, 2005~ Harlem Renaissance painter Ernest Crichlow dies

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Woman in a Blue Coat by Ernest Crichlow

c.1948 / Oil on canvas / 20”x16” / Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC

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Previous November 10 posts:

November 10~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/10~

November 6, 1917~ Bolsheviks launch October Revolution [Oct. 24, Old Style]

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Architectonic Painting by Lyubov Popova

1917 / Oil on canvas / 29 13/16”x21” / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

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Previous November 6 posts:

November 6~ Artists at their Easels

Alois Senefelder: Born November 6, 1771

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/6~

November 5, 1864~ Artist Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh is born

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Embroidered panels by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

c.1902-1904 / Embroidered linen; silk braid, ribbon, silk appliqué, buttons, beads; faces painted in watercolor on white kid stretched over card / 69 3/4”x16 1/4” / © Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

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Previous November 5 posts:

November 5~ Artists at their Easels

Born November 5, 1783~ Caroline Tischbein

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/5~

November 4, 1979~ Islamist students overrun U.S. embassy in Tehran

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The Shah with Demons by Unknown Artist

c.1970s-1980s / Poster of manipulated image / 18 3/4”x13 1/4” / Middle Eastern Posters Collection, Box 3, Poster 164, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

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Previous November 4 posts:

November 4~ Artists at their Easels

Robert Mapplethorpe: American Photographer (1946-1989)

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/4~