(1840–1916) née Marie Anne Caroline Quivoron The artist’s works: Portrait de Mlle Quivoron 1860–1914 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Le goûter c.1880 Petit Palais, Paris Sur la terrasse à Sèvres 1880 Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Portrait du critique Gustave Geffroy c.1890…
(1844–1926) Mary Stevenson Cassatt The artist’s works: A Balcony in Seville 1873 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Après la corrida 1873 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter 1873 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873…
Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Albert Camus (1913-1960): Nobel Prize in Literature. • Forest Lawn Museum established in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. • Hungarian National Gallery opened in Budapest.…
Rulers: • Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States (1885-1889) • Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) Events: • Musée Condé founded in Chantilly. Births: • Arp, Jean (1886-1966) • Carroll, Leo G. (1886-1972)…
(1886–1957) Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez The artist’s works: Autorretrato con chambergo 1907 Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City El Picador 1909 Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City Montserrat 1911 National Gallery…
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…
(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…
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,…
(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…
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…