(1890–1982) Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE Filmography as Actor: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison Born…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1886–1894 Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, 17 x 21.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York According to Luke, an angel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear the Son of God.…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Moi-même, Portrait-paysage (Myself, Portrait-Landscape) 1890 Oil on canvas, 146 x 113 cm National Gallery, Prague His today greatly renowned Myself: Portrait – Landscape of 1890 depicts the then new way of the artist’s perception and reflects the artistic confidence…
Opened: 1890 Location: 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JD Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery Collection: • Raffaello (1483-1520): Studio per la ‘Madonna del Pesce’ (c.1512-14) See also: • Edinburgh (Scotland) | Museums | National Galleries of Scotland
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’église d’Auvers-sur-Oise, vue du chevet (The church of Auvers-sur-Oise, seen from the apse) 1890 Oil on canvas, 93 x 74.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris (F0789-JH2006) After staying in the south of France, in Arles, and then at the…
(1890–1976) Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, née Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Works: • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) • The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie in Film: Agatha 1979 Director: Michael Apted Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,…
(1890–1969) 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
(1833–1901) 23rd President of the United States (1889–1893) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
(1857–1890) Léonie Pauline Jeanne Samary Jeanne Samary in Art: Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Portrait de Jeanne Samary c.1879 Musée Carnavalet, Paris Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La balançoire 1876 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêverie 1877 Pushkin Museum, Moscow …
Rulers: • Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) Events: • Scottish National Portrait Gallery opened in Edinburgh. Births: • Christie, Agatha (1890-1976) • Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) • Everest, Barbara (1890-1968) • Holloway, Stanley (1890-1982) • Lang,…