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People Candles An anodyne for daily news that's full of awful happenings and horrid acts, with darkness that exerts a... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Friday, June 19, 2020

Today is the birthday of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Sunday, June 28, 2020

Today is the birthday of the French Astronomer Charles Messier (1730 – 1817) He published an astronomical catalog... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Friday, June 26, 2020

Today is the birthday of Antoni Gaudí (1852 – 1926), a Spanish architect whose works have a highly individualized,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 25, 2020

Today is the birthday of the American surrealist painter, Kay Sage (1898 – 1963), a member of the Golden Age and Post-War periods of surrealism. Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 25, 2020

Today is the birthday of the American painter Sam Francis. Samuel Lewis Francis (1923 – 1994). Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 25, 2020

A collection of yarn paintings by Huichol Indians in Mexico. Before I decided to study art, this is the first kind of art by which I recall being enthralled, being both beautiful and fun. Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Yulia Brodskaya, born in Russia and living in the UK, is an artist and illustrator who uses an old technique called... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Monday, June 8, 2020

Today is the birthday of the Australian painter, Margaret Hannah Olley (1923 – 2011). Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Today is the birthday of Rockwell Kent (1882 – 1971) an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer. Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Sunday, June 21, 2020

Today is the birthday of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), an American poet, novelist, and playwright. Born in Dayton,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Saturday, June 27, 2020

Today is the birthday of George Orwell. This Ted-ED animation excellently clarifies the meaning of the... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 25, 2020

Today is the birthday of Saint John of the Cross (Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; 1542[ – 1591). His studies on the... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Today is the birthday of the Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966). Lot's Wife And the just man trailed God's... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Today is the birthday of the Indian novelist and poet, Vikram Seth. This is a recording of his verse fable, The Frog and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Saturday, June 20, 2020

Today is the birthday of Rick Griffin (1944 – 1991), an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 18, 2020

Today is the birthday of M.C. Escher (1898-1972) a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Today is the birthday of James Weldon Johnson ( 1871-1938), an American civil rights activist and leader of the NAACP,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Today is the birthday of the Irish poet, William Bulter Yeats (1865-1939). The singer Loreena McKennitt rendered his... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Saturday, June 13, 2020

Today is the birthday of the English landscape painter John Constable (1776-1837). Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 11, 2020

Today is the birthday of the Abstract Expressionist painter William Baziotes (1912-1963). Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 11, 2020

Today is the birthday of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Sunday, June 7, 2020

Today is the birthday of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837). Here is an excellently read free audiobook of... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Saturday, June 6, 2020

Today is the birthday of Natalia Goncharova, 1881-1962, a Russian avant-garde artist, an inventor of Rayonist painting,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Thursday, June 4, 2020

Today is the birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000). THE BALLAD OF RUDOLPH REED Rudolph Reed was oaken. His wife... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Sunday, June 7, 2020

Today is the birthday of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Starting what I hope to be a year of celebrating the birthdays of poets with one of their poems. Today is the birthday... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Monday, June 1, 2020

Today is the birthday of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859 – 1937) an American artist and the first African-American painter to... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Sunday, June 21, 2020

Today is the birthday of Salvator Rosa (1615 – 1673), an Italian Baroque painter, poet,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Saturday, June 20, 2020

Today (June 17th) is the birthday of the Italian painter and architect Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765), primarily known as one... Posted by Mario A. Pita on  Wednesday, June 17, 2020