Quote from Anne On on May 10, 2025, 1:13 pm

OTD 1962. The 1st of the Incredible Hulk series by Marvel Comics was released in USA. It featured Dr. Bruce Banner who transforms into the Hulk when his heart rate rises above 200 beats. These transformations are preceded by Banner warning people not to make him angry.

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 12, 2025, 6:07 am

RIP OTD in 1985 painter and sculptor of the Ecole de Paris, founder of the art movement art brut, Jean Debuffet died from emphysema in Paris aged 83. Cimetière de Tubersent, France https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 12, 2025, 6:08 am

RIP OTD in 2008 painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement (Combines, Canyon, Monogram), Robert Rauschenberg died of heart failure on Captiva Island, Florida, aged 82 https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 12, 2025, 6:09 am

RIP OTD in 2014, artist (album covers; Danzig III: How the Gods Kill, Deborah Harry’s KooKoo), film special effects designer (Alien), H. R. Giger died in Zürich from injuries from a fall, aged 74. Cimetière Gruyeres, Gruyeres, Switzerland https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 15, 2025, 6:21 am

RIP OTD in 1967, realist painter Edward Hopper died in his studio near Washington Square, Manhattan at the age of 84. Hopper family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack, New York https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/15/day-in-history-15-may-emily-dickinson/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 19, 2025, 6:10 am

RIP OTD in 1962 expressionist painter who studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky, a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter, Gabriele Münter died at home in Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany aged 85 (self portrait) https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 23, 2025, 6:47 am

RIP OTD in 2021 author, designer and illustrator of children's books (The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Grouchy Ladybug; Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me) Eric Carle died at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, from kidney failure, aged 91 https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 25, 2025, 7:18 am

RIP OTD in 1899 artist (Le marché aux chevaux, Labourage nivernais) Rosa Bonheur died at Thomery (By), France, aged 77. With Nathalie Micas her lifelong companion, at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/25/day-in-history-25-may-rosa-ponselle/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 25, 2025, 7:19 am

RIP OTD in 1954 war photographer, photojournalist, co-founder of Magum Photos, Robert Capa died after stepping on a landmine during the First Indochina War in Thái Bình Province, Vietnam aged 40. Amawalk Hill Cemetery Amawalk, New York https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/25/day-in-history-25-may-rosa-ponselle/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 30, 2025, 6:47 am

RIP OTD in 1640, Flemish Baroque painter, Pieter Paul Rubens died in Antwerp at the age of 62 from heart failure, which was a result of his chronic gout on 30 May 1640. Saint Jacob’s church, Antwerp https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/30/on-this-day-30-may-2/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on May 31, 2025, 6:48 am

RIP OTD 1594 the innovative Venetian renaissance artist Tintoretto (Jacobo Robustiintoretto), died (aged 75). His contemporaries admired the speed and boldness of his brushwork which earned him the nickname. Il Furioso (”The Furious”).

 

 

Self-Portrait circa 1588

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintoretto

Quote from Anne On on June 8, 2025, 6:38 am

RIP OTD in 1956 painter and printmaker, important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or, Marie Laurencin died in Paris, aged 72. Père Lachaise Cimetière, Paris https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/08/day-in-history-8-june-andrew-jackson/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 14, 2025, 7:20 am

RIP OTD in 1926 painter, printmaker, one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism, Mary Cassatt died at Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, aged 82. The family vault at Le Mesnil-Théribus, France https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/14/day-in-history-14-june-henry-mancini/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 17, 2025, 6:47 am

RIP OTD in 2019 artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, socialite Gloria Vanderbilt died at her home in Manhattan of stomach cancer, aged 95. Cooper plot in the Vanderbilt Family Cemetery on Staten Island, New York https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/17/day-in-history-17-june-kate-smith/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 18, 2025, 5:42 am

RIP OTD in 1982, artist, illustrator, journalist, writer (Ladies Almanack, Ryder, Nightwood) Djuna Barnes died in her apartment at Patchin Place, Greenwich Village, aged 90. Cremation. Cremated remains scattered in Greewich Village https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 20, 2025, 6:37 am

RIP OTD in 2012 artist LeRoy Neiman died in New York City at the age of 91. Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 20, 2025, 6:37 am

RIP OTD in 2015 painter, sculptor, printmaker, a pioneer of feminist art, a leader of the Pattern and Decoration art movement, Miriam Shapiro died in Hampton Bays, New York, aged 91. Green River Cemetery, East Hampton, New York https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 23, 2025, 5:36 am

RIP OTD in 1976 photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes, member of the California-based Group f/64, Imogen Cunningham died in San Francisco aged 93 https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/

 

 

Quote from Anne On on June 24, 2025, 5:53 am

RIP OTD in 1519 noblewoman of the House of Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Governor of Spoleto, Lucrezia Borgia died in Ferrara, Italy aged 39. Convent of Corpus Domini, Ferrara (possible portrait by Bartolomeo Veneto) https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/06/