Quote from Anne On on April 1, 2025, 6:53 am

RIP OTD in 1976 husband of Dorothea Tanning, painter, sculptor, poet Max Ernst died at the age of 84 in Paris. Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/01/day-in-history-1-april-marvin-gaye/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 2, 2025, 1:41 pm

RIP OTD in 2012 sculptor, graphic artist known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th century, and the female experience, Elizabeth Catlett died in her sleep at her studio home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, aged 96. Cremation https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/02/day-in-history-2-april-harvey-penick/…

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 6, 2025, 1:06 pm

RIP OTD in 1520, painter and architect of the High Renaissance, Raphael died in Rome, perhaps on his 37th birthday. Pantheon in Rome https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/06/day-in-history-6-april-raphael/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 7, 2025, 6:48 am

RIP OTD in 1614, painter, sculptor, architect of the Spanish Renaissance, El Greco died in Toledo, Spain aged 72. Grave location not known, either in the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo or the Church of San Torcuato which no longer exists https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/07/day-in-history-7-april-henry-ford/

 

Quote from Anne On on April 7, 2025, 6:49 am

RIP OTD in 1938, painter and artists’ model (Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec), Suzanne Valadon died of a stroke at age 72 in Paris. Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, Paris (self portrait) https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/07/day-in-history-7-april-henry-ford/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 8, 2025, 6:44 am

RIP OTD in 1973, painter, draughtsman, and sculptor, Pablo Picasso died at his home in Mougins, France at the age of 91. His home, Chateau of Vauvenargues near Aix-en-Provence https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/08/day-in-history-8-april-picasso/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 9, 2025, 6:46 am

RIP OTD in 1882, poet, illustrator, painter, translator Dante Gabriel Rossetti died on Easter Sunday at the country house of a friend in Birchington-on-Sea, England, of Brights Disease, aged 53. Churchyard of All Saints in Birchington-on-Sea https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/09/day-in-history-9-april-willie-stargell/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 9, 2025, 6:47 am

RIP OTD in 1959, architect and interior designer Frank Lloyd Wright died in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91. Cremated remains interred in the memorial garden at Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/09/day-in-history-9-april-willie-stargell/

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 13, 2025, 1:43 pm

RIP OTD in 2024 painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, intersectionalactivist, perhaps best known for her narrative quilts, Faith Ringgold died at her home in Englewood, New Jersey aged 93. Cremated https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/13/day-in-history-13-april-harry-kalas/…

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 14, 2025, 6:46 am

RIP OTD in 1925 American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation", John Singer Sargent died at his Chelsea home of heart disease, aged 69. Brookwood Cemetery near Woking, Surrey, England https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/14/day-in-history-14-april-simone-de-beauvoir/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 16, 2025, 7:11 am

RIP OTD in 1828 painter (Black Paintings) and printmaker, the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns, Francisco Goya died of a stroke at the age of 82 in Bordeaux, France. Real Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/16/day-in-history-16-april-edna-ferber/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 16, 2025, 7:12 am

RIP OTD in 1850 artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London, Marie Tussaud died in her sleep in London, aged 88. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Cadogan Street, London https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/16/day-in-history-16-april-edna-ferber/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 18, 2025, 1:32 pm

RIP OTD in 1898 Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau died of stomach cancer in Paris at the age of 72. Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/18/day-in-history-18-april-albert-einstein/…

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 18, 2025, 1:33 pm

RIP OTD in 1942 sculptor, art patron and collector, founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney died from a heart condition in Manhattan aged 67. Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx. Portrait by Robert Henri https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/18/day-in-history-18-april-albert-einstein/…

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 22, 2025, 1:37 pm

RIP OTD in 1984, photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams died from cardiovascular disease at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California, at age 82. Cremains scattered on Mount Ansel Adams, Yosemite National Park https://thefinalfootprint.com/?p=2059

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 27, 2025, 7:19 am

RIP OTD in 2002 inventor of the Barbie doll, co-founder of Mattel, the company's first president (1945-1975) Ruth Handler died from complications during surgery for colon cancer in Century City, Los Angeles aged 85. Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City CA https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/27/day-in-history-27-april-maud-gonne/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 28, 2025, 6:05 am

RIP OTD in 1992, artist who strove to render "the brutality of fact", Francis Bacon died of a heart attack in Madrid at the age of 82. Cremation https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/28/day-in-history-28-april-ken-curtis/

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 30, 2025, 6:08 am

RIP OTD in 1883, painter Édouard Manet died from complications of syphilis in Paris at the age of 51. Passy Cemetery in the 16th arrondissement of Paris https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/30/day-in-history-30-april-sergio-leone/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 2, 2025, 1:49 pm

RIP OTD in 1519, polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, writer; Renaissance Man, Leonardo da Vinci died at the manor house Clos Lucé in Amboise, Touraine, France, aged 67. Presumably Chapel of Saint-Hubert, Château d’Amboise, France https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/02/day-in-history-2-may-leonardo-da-vinci/…