(1864–1901) Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa The artist’s works: Touc, assis sur une table c.1879–1881 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles La Gousse 1880 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais 1880 Petit Palais, Paris La Calèche c.1881 Philadelphia…
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) •…