Rulers: • William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (1897-1901) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) Events: • Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-1898) murdered in Genève, Switzerland. • Worcester Art Museum established in Worcester. Births: • Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) • García Lorca, Federico…
1967
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1963-1969) Births: • Dahan, Olivier (1967) • Kidman, Nicole (1967) • Lamata, Miguel Ángel (1967) • Laxton, Richard (1967) • Roberts, Julia (1967) • Ruffalo,…
René Magritte
(1898–1967) René François Ghislain Magritte The artist’s works: La Mort des Fantômes 1928 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York La Voix des airs 1928 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Le Dormeur téméraire 1928 Tate Britain, London Le masque vide 1928 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…
1966
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1963-1969) Births: • Bonham Carter, Helena (1966) • Brochet, Anne (1966) • Cassel, Vincent (1966) • Denicourt, Marianne (1966) • Diego, Gabino (1966) • Doody, Alison…
Gino Severini
(1883–1966) The artist’s works: Autoritratto 1909 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Il gatto nero 1910–1911 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa La Modiste 1910–1911 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Souvenirs de Voyage 1911 Private collection Le Nord-Sud 1912 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Metropolitana di…
Umberto Boccioni
(1882–1916) Boccioni’s tombstone in the Monumental Cemetery of Verona. The artist’s works: Autoritratto 1905 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mia madre che lavora 1907 National Gallery of Art, Washington Autoritratto 1908 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Autoritratto, verso 1908? Pinacoteca di…
Lisboa (Portugal)
Museums: • Museu Calouste Gulbenkian: Av. de Berna 45A, 1067-001 Lisboa Births: • Camões, Luís de (c.1524-1580) • Lamont, Duncan (1918-1978) Deaths: • Camões, Luís de (c.1524-1580) • Duarte, Filipe (1973-2020) • Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) • Juana la Beltraneja (1462-1530) See…
Friedrich Nietzsche: Quotations
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Twilight of the Idols “A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.” The…
Röcken (Germany)
Weimar (Germany)
Deaths: • Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) • Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900) • Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805) See also: • Cities | Germany