Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La Femme aux chrysanthèmes (A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, Madame Paul Valpinçon?) 1865 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The juxtaposition of the prominent bouquet and the off-center figure,…
(1821–1881) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Works: • Crime and Punishment (1866) • Notes from the Underground (1864) • Poor Folk (1846) ◊ Arme Leute (German) • Short Stories (English) • The Brothers Karamazov (1880) ◊ The Grand Inquisitor (English) ◊ Der Großinquisitor (German)…
Rulers: • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) • Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-45) Events: • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened in Kansas City. Births: • Aiello, Danny (1933-2019) • Barry, John (1933-2011) • Belmondo, Jean-Paul (1933-2021) • Boorman, John…
Rulers: • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) Events: • Joslyn Art Museum opened in Omaha. Births: • Arnoul, Françoise (1931-2021) • Asti, Adriana (1931-2025) • Bancroft, Anne (1931-2005) • Bloom, Claire (1931) • Boyd, Stephen (1931-1977) • Carrière, Jean-Claude (1931-2021) • Duvall, Robert (1931-2026) • Ekberg, Anita (1931-2015)…
Rulers: • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) Events: • Groeningemuseum opened in Bruges. • Southampton City Art Gallery built in Southampton. Births: • Blakely, Colin (1930-1987) • Bosco, Philip (1930-2018) • Chabrol, Claude (1930-2010) • Coco, James (1930-1987) • Connery, Sean (1930-2020) • Dillman, Bradford (1930-2018) • Gazzara, Ben (1930-2012)…
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) Events: • Museum of Modern Art established in New York. • Thomas Mann (1875-1955): Nobel Prize in Literature. Births: • Ashby, Hal (1929-1988) • Brel, Jacques (1929-1978) • Deray, Jacques (1929-2003) • Dysart,…
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • Kenwood House, Iveagh Bequest (London) opens to the public. • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai opened in Tournai. • Museo Civico Ala Ponzone opened in Cremona. • Utrillo (1883-1955) is made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Births: • Blake, Katharine…
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • Detroit Institute of Arts opened in Detroit. • Georg von Trapp marries Maria on November 26 in Salzburg. • Musée de l’Orangerie opened in Paris. • National Museum Wales opened in Cardiff. Births: • Daniels, William (1927)…
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950): Nobel Prize in Literature. Births: • Beck, Julian (1925-1985) • Blackman, Honor (1925-2020) • Bouquet, Michel (1925-2022) • Burton, Richard (1925-1984) • Cole, George (1925-2015) • Curtis, Tony (1925-2010) • Delerue, Georges (1925-1992) •…
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • Legion of Honor established in San Francisco. Births: • Bacall, Lauren (1924-2014) • Barty, Billy (1924-2000) • Berti, Marina (1924-2002) • Brando, Marlon (1924-2004) • Bush, George H. W. (1924-2018) • Capote, Truman (1924-1984)…