Art
24 November 1864. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of the most acclaimed and best known artists of the Post-Impressionist period, was born in Albi, France. In 2005 at Christieβs auction house, La Blanchisseuse, his painting of a young laundress, sold for 22.4 million US dollars. pic.twitter.com/a2wod7dp6T
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 24, 2022
Diego Rivera died on this day in 1957
Diego Rivera - Sunflowers pic.twitter.com/BGq1rgemIW
— Silk Dharma (@SilkDharmaArt) November 23, 2022
2 December 1891. Otto Dix was born in Gera, Germany. He was one of the leading modern artists of the Weimar years, but his paintings were depicted as βDegenerate Artβ during the Nazi era, and were withdrawn from display in art galleries. pic.twitter.com/knM5WjVD2P
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 2, 2022
Haruki Nakamura brings his artwork to life through the time-honored tradition of paper crafting. Using paper engineering, he constructs whimsical creatures and dolls that move in surprising ways
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 2, 2022
5 December 1926. Claude Monet died (aged 86). He helped found the French Impressionist school of painting, and was a consistent and prolific practitioner of the movementβs philosophy of expressing personal perceptions of nature, especially as applied to landscape painting. pic.twitter.com/TlOG4op0BN
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 5, 2022
Ed Fairburn repurposes old maps, transforming them into beautiful, highly-detailed portraits, merging landscape and humanity, reminding us that we are a product of our environment & vice versa
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Called the pioneer of the Perceptual Art movement, artist and sculptor Michael Murphy works with anamorphosis. This is one of his most famous works, "The Immigrant" https://t.co/ZAQsq32JM2 pic.twitter.com/wGPTtWk8bx
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 7, 2022
8 December 1922. Acclaimed artist, Lucian Freud, was born in Berlin, Germany. He was one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists, and was the grandson of the noted Psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud. His Jewish family moved to England in 1933 when Hitler came to power. pic.twitter.com/NjKWh2mSun
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 8, 2022
9 December 1641. Belgian portrait artist, Anthony van Dyck, died (aged 42). Heβs most famous for his many portraits of Charles I. Itβs estimated he painted up to 40 portraits of him. pic.twitter.com/cPSGAGnzND
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 9, 2022
12 December 1863. Leading artist, Edvard Munch, was born in Γ dalsbruk, Norway. His best known artistic work, The Scream, has become one of the most iconic images of world art. pic.twitter.com/nwa3Myh2kq
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 12, 2022
There canβt be many artworks that have been copied more often than βThe Girl with a Pearl Earringβ. The creator of the original, Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, died #OnThisDay in 1675 in Delft in the Netherlands. πΌοΈπ¨ pic.twitter.com/0TQI9jmkAy
— DW Culture (@dw_culture) December 15, 2022
One of the expressive styles of artist David Popa is creating portraits on small ice floats using only charcoal and water
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 15, 2022
#OTD in 1851 the painter Joseph Turner died in Chelsea. Margate became important to him when he was sent there as a boy. The Turner Contemporary stands on the site of the boarding house owned by his long-term mistress, Sophia Booth. https://t.co/qFG5722S4h @turnergalleries pic.twitter.com/wjYNt0raSQ
— British Guild of Tourist Guides (@BBGuides) December 19, 2019
19 December 1851 - The renowned artist, Joseph Turner, died. He was one of the greatest masters of British landscape painting. pic.twitter.com/hDSfZQGPjs
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The library of Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm, Germany captivates with its unique ceiling fresco & decorated figures. It is considered a masterpiece of rococo style and one of the most world's beautiful libraries
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 21, 2022
This glimpse into Paris in the 1830s is an example of peepshow or tunnel book, a kind of virtual reality of the time capable of giving the illusion of depth and perspective.
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Artist Kenichi Kanazawa might be well defined as a 'sound sculptor' as in this clip he gives a visual demonstration of the power of sound to put order into chaos
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31 December 1869. Henri Matisse, was born in Le Cateau-CambrΓ©sis in the Nord Department in France. Heβs commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts during the early 20th century. pic.twitter.com/coG9IkrS7d
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 31, 2022
#RIP #OTD in 1877 painter Gustave Courbet died in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, of liver disease aggravated by heavy drinking at the age of 58. Cemetery of Ornans, France https://t.co/5xPqUFRYOE pic.twitter.com/2T222V0Gce
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) December 31, 2022
Flow Wall Desk by Rober van Embricqs acknowledges the potential how to combine functionality with art: a piece of functional art that builds on the design track record of transformations in space
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 1, 2023