Portrait of Schrevelius by Frans Hals
1617 / Oil on copper / 6 1/5”x4 3/4” / Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
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Love & War~ May 14
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/14~
Tag Archives: Visual Arts
Happy Mother’s Day!
From Happy Mother’s Day, May 13, 2018
The artist’s mother, comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec, at breakfast, Malromé Chateau
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
c.1881-1883 / Oil on canvas / 36.8”x31.8” / Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, France
Portrait of the Artist’s Mother / Vincent van Gogh
1888 / Oil on canvas / 16”x12-3/4” / Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
The Artist’s Mother / Paul Gauguin
Between 1890 & 1893 / Oil on canvas / 16.1”x12.9” / Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
The Artist’s Mother / Pablo Picasso
1896 / Pastel on paper / 19.6”x15.3” / Museu Picasso, Barcelona
Portrait of the Artist’s Mother / Henry Ossawa Tanner
1897 / Oil on canvas / 29 1/4”x39 1/2” / Philadelphia Museum of Art
Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt, the Artist’s Mother / Mary Cassatt
c.1889 / Oil On Canvas / 38”x27” / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Woman with Plants / Grant Wood
1929 / Oil on upsom board / 20 1/2”x17 7/8” / Museum of Art Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Painter’s Mother IV / Lucian Freud
1973 / Oil on canvas / 10 3/4”x 7 1/3” / Tate, London
Julia Warhola / Andy Warhol
1974 / Silkscreen ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 40”x40” / The Andy Warhol Museum
Mum / David Hockney
1988 / Oil on canvas / 16 1/2”x10 1/2” / The David Hockney Foundation
(Learn more by clicking on embedded hyperlinks)
May 11, 1928~ Israeli optical/kinetic sculptor Yaacov Agam is born
Relief Rhythm by Yaacov Agam
1966 / Painted wood / 16 5/8”x19 1/4”x3 3/4” / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
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Love & War~ May 11
Irving Berlin~ Born May 11, 1888
William Grant Still~ Born May 11, 1895
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/11~
May 10, 1908~ First “official” U.S. Mother’s Day observance (Anna Jarvis)
Mother and Child by Norah Neilson Gray
1920s / Oil on canvas / 30 5/16”x22 7/16” / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 10
Fred Astaire: Born May 10, 1899
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/10~
May 9, 1874~ Howard Carter, British archaeologist, historian, and artist is born
Under the Protection of the Gods by Howard Carter
1908 / Watercolor / 24 7/16”x18 1/8” / Private collection?
The man most famous for his discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb was also an artist.
An album of Howard Carter’s watercolours of birds and animals~
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/Carter_birds_gallery.html
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Love & War~ May 9
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/9~
May 8, 1958~ Eisenhower orders federalized National Guard removed from Little Rock
The Little Rock Nine by Platon, 2010
From left: Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Elizabeth Eckford,
Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Melba Patillo Beals and Ernest Green
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 8
Bob Clampett: Born May 8, 1913
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/8~
May 7, 558~ The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople collapses
The Virgin and Child / Mosaic in apse of the Hagia Sophia
9th century / Glass, limestone, marble cubes, pearls, and stone / Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/7~
May 6, 1935~ FDR establishes the Works Progress Administration
Noah’s Ark Mural by Helen Forbes and Dorothy Puccinelli
1938 / Egg Tempera / 1,200’ expanse / San Francisco Zoo Mother’s Building
Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935)~
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/works-progress-administration-wpa-1935/
The Mothers Building Improvement Project News~
https://sfrecpark.org/hope-for-historic-mothers-building/
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 6
Nora Clench~ May 6, 1867-May 17, 1938
Rudolph Valentino: Born May 6, 1895
Kentucky Derby: May 6, 2017
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/6~
May 5, 1821~ Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile
The Death of Napoleon in St. Helena by Carl de Steuben
1828 / Oil on canvas / 35”x46 4/5” / Napoleon Museum, Arenenberg Castle, Switzerland
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Love & War~ May 5
Viktor Hartmann: Born May 5, 1834
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/5~
May 4, 2001~ Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion opens
Burke Brise Soleil, Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava
2001 / 72 steel fins / 217-foot wingspan / Milwaukee Art Museum
Santiago Calatrava’s artwork~
https://calatrava.com/art.html?all=yes
Link to 360 panoramic views of Milwaukee Art Museum~
http://rackphoto.com/pp/2011/02/16/mam-milwaukee-art-museum/
Previous May 4 posts:
Love & War~ May 4
“May 4, 1904: U.S. Dives Into Panama Canal”
Keith Haring: May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990
May 4, 1970~ Tragedy at Kent State
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/4~
