Rulers: • Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910) • Edward VII, Emperor of India (1901-1910) Events: • Allegheny City, annexed by Pittsburgh. • National Museum Wales founded in Cardiff. • Picasso purchases Rousseau’s painting Portrait of a Woman for 5 francs. • Renoir moves…
Month: June 2012
Frida Kahlo
(1907–1954) Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón The artist’s works: Frida y Diego Rivera 1931 Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Mis abuelos, mis padres y yo 1936 Museum of Modern Art, New York Autorretrato dedicado a León Trotsky 1937 National Museum of…
1986
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) Events: • Musée d’Orsay established in Paris. Births: • Bergès-Frisbey, Àstrid (1986) • Flores, Alba (1986) • Jenner, Michelle (1986) • Lohan, Lindsay (1986) • Menéndez,…
Henry Moore
(1898–1986) Henry Spencer Moore The artist’s works: Girl 1931 Tate Britain, London Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Morning after the Blitz 1940 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Three Seated Figures 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Two Mothers Holding Children 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Three Seated…
1792
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Events: • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud closed in Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France. • Nationalmuseum founded in Stockholm as “Kungliga Museet” (Royal Museum). Births: • Rossini, Gioachino…
1723
Births: • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (1723-24) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25)
Joshua Reynolds
(1723–1792) Sir Joshua Reynolds, RA, FRS, FRSA The artist’s works: A Caricature Group c.1751 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Museo del Prado, Madrid David…
1788
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) Births: • Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) Deaths: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Music: • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No. 40 (1788) • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony…
1727
Births: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): La Dogana a Venezia (c.1724-30) • Canaletto (1697-1768): La Riva degli Schiavoni a Venezia (c.1724-30) • Canaletto (1697-1768): Ricevimento dell’Ambasciatore francese (1726-27)
Thomas Gainsborough
(1727–1788) The artist’s works: Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London View in Suffolk c.1755 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A…