1787 / Oil on canvas / 64 1/2”x81” / Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
“Having a bad day? Always remember: someone painted a life-sized portrait of Goethe with two left feet.”
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April 9, 1933 / Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan, as drawn by Hal Foster
Image from http://www.erbzine.com/mag8/0810.html
Also debuting in newspapers on January 7, 1929~ Buck Rogers, drawn by Richard ‘Dick’ Calkins
Image from https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/01/06/first-and-last-buck-rogers-comic-strip/
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Winter~ January 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/7~
1916-1918 / Brush and ink with watercolor and shell gold over a 19th-century French lithographic illustration; laid down on canvas / 19 1/2”x12 7/8” / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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November 30~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/30~
1943 / Oil on canvas / 34”x48 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
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November 27~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/27~
1884 / Oil on canvas / 76”x69 5/8” / Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Previous November 24 posts:
November 24~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/24~
1953 / Gelatin silver print; printed later / Image: 13 1/4”x13 7/16” / © The Allen Ginsberg LLC.
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Autumn~ October 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/7~
1960 / Wool tapestry / 85 4/5”x139 3/4” / Sydney Opera House, Australia
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Autumn~ October 6
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/6~
1972 / Offset lithograph / 21 5/8”x27 3/8” / Various collections
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Hispanic Artists~September 9
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/9~
Cartoon published in the Baltimore Afro-American, June 20, 1936
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center, Baltimore
Previous August 13 posts:
Self Portraits~August 13
George Luks: Born August 13, 1867
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/13~
c.1840 / 4 4/5”x7” / Steel plate engraving by S. Fisher for
“American Scenery, Vol. II” (of 2) by Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Summer~ July 30
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/30~
