Artist Birthday: William Thornton (1759-1828 US)
William Thornton was once called “First Architect” because his design for the US Capitol building was accepted by America’s first president. He is one of the architects responsible f ...
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National Visit Your Relatives Day
What better way to observe this national day than by visiting family, such as these three adorable children (of ten) of the Lincoln family from New York state? Precious little is known about American ...
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National Bring Someone Flowers Day: Art by Joseph Blackburn (ca. 1730-ca. 1778 US)
Although the origins of this national day are obscure, National Bring Someone Flowers Day has been celebrated on 15 May to encourage the spur-of-the-moment gesture of giving flowers to someone dear. B ...
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Artist Birthday: Richard Estes (born 1932 US)
Like the American Scene works of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Richard Estes’ Photorealistic views of American cities and towns are virtually devoid of a human presence outside of the evidence of t ...
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Artist Birthday: Frank Stella (1936-2024 US)
The paintings, sculptures and installations of Frank Stella have defied a single stylistic designation throughout his career. He among the many artists who established their mature artistic vision in ...
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National Packaging Design Day: Art by Ruben Rausing
National Packaging Design Day was first observed in 2015. Design Packaging, a company known for crafting creative and functional packaging, established this day to honor the designers who bring produc ...
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Artist Birthday: Robert Kobayashi (1925-2015 US)
There were many Japanese-American artists who served in the US military during World War II (1939-1945) and afterwards became leaders in American modernism. Robert Kobayashi was a unique modernist who ...
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Gem of the Month: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938 US)
This month's "Gem" is also a 4 May Birthday! Whether Thomas Wilmer Dewing is labeled an Impressionist, Tonalist, or Aesthetics artist, his beautiful portraits, mostly of youngish women, ...
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International Workers' Day (May Day): Art by Diego Rivera (1886-1957 Mexico)
International Workers’ Day commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Riots in Chicago where workers were fired upon by police protesting for workers’ rights for an eight-hour work day after one prot ...
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Artist Birthday: William Bradford (1823-1892 US)
One of the most interesting developments in American art history was the evolution of an American “school” of landscape painting, as Americans grew to cherish their new country with wildly ...
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