Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…
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Mary Cassatt
Henri Rousseau
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844–1900) Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Works: • Also sprach Zarathustra (German) ◊ Thus Spoke Zarathustra (English) ◊ Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra (French) ◊ The Antichrist (English) ◊ The Case of Wagner (English) • Die Geburt der Tragödie (German) • Ecce Homo (German) • Götzen-Dämmerung (German) ◊ Homer…
Alice Hoschedé Monet
1844
Rulers: • Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844) • John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-1845) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) Events: • National Museum of Serbia established in Belgrade. • Wadsworth Atheneum established in Hartford. Births: •…