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This Day in History 11 March, 1895: Boston Public Library

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Karl Cole

On this date, the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library was opened to the public. Called by the city the “palace of the people”, the library was the first public building in the Beau ...

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Artist Birthday: Le Corbusier

Monday, October 6, 2025 | Karl Cole

If any one architect’s body of work sums up the development of the International Style, it would be that of Le Corbusier. Le Corbusier filled the world with elegant, geometric and organic, l ...

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Artist Birthday: Marianne Brandt

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Karl Cole

Between 1919 and 1933, Germany was the site of one of the first art schools that emphasized contemporary modernist style in fine arts being applied to industrial arts. Marianne Brandt was a pioneer in ...

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Bauhaus Pioneer: Herbert Bayer

Monday, December 6, 2010 | Karl Cole

I’ve come across this gorgeous work by an artist who should be one of the major features in any textbook concerning not only the history of art, but also of design. Herbert Bayer was a true pion ...

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