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
Previous November 5 posts:
November 5~ Artists at their Easels
Born November 5, 1783~ Caroline Tischbein
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/5~
1934 / Pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper / 18”x20 1/5” / Created under the Public Works of Art Project
Published as part of “Boulder Dam in Color: A Portfolio of Watercolors” in the May 1934 issue of Fortune magazine
Previous October 9 posts:
Autumn~ October 9
John Lennon: Born October 9, 1940
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/9~
1840 / Watercolor and chalk on paper / 19 3/5”x15” / Down House, Kent, UK
Previous September 22 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 22
Esphyr Slobodkina: Born September 22, 1908
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/22~
2002 / Watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on paper / 60 3/4”x119 1/2” / Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC
Previous September 1 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 1
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/1~
c.1850-1860 / Watercolour and pen and brushwork ink on paper / 4 2/5”x6 1/3”
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Previous August 19 posts:
Self Portraits~August 19
Gustave Caillebotte: Born August 19, 1848
August 12 or 19: Birthday of George Bellows
Coco Chanel: Born August 19, 1883
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/19~
English artist and governor of the “Lost Colony”
1585-1593 / Watercolor over graphite, touched with white / 9 3/4”x6” / British Museum, London
Previous August 18 posts:
Self Portraits~August 18
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/18~
1920 / Sheet: 10”x7” / Watercolor on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Previous July 31 posts:
Summer~ July 31
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/31~
[Note: Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was not born until 1904]
1902 / Watercolor on pencil heightened with white on cardboard / 7 1/10”x12 1/5” / Private collection
Previous July 17 posts:
Summer~ July 17
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/17~
1987 / Collage, color dyes, and watercolor on board / 36”x24” / Private collection?
Previous June 28 posts:
Pride Month~ June 28
June 28 & 29, 1969~ the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/28~
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
