Today is the birthday of Johannes Vermeer (in Dutch, [vərˈmeːr]; in English, /vɜːrˈmɛər/ or /vɜːrˈmɪər/ vur-MEER, see... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 31, 2020
Today is the birthday of Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) a French painter and printmaker. She became an... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 31, 2020
Today is the birthday of Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 30, 2020
Today is the birthday of Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault (31 October 1843 – 19 January 1871) a French painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Regnault Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 30, 2020
Today is the birthday of Antoine Bourdelle (30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles,[1] an... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 30, 2020
Today is the birthday of Alfred Sisley (/ˈsɪsli/; French: [sislɛ]; 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) an Impressionist... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 30, 2020
Today is the birthday of Niki de Saint Phalle (born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle, 29 October 1930 – 21 May... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 29, 2020
Today is the birthday of Horst Antes (born 28 October 1936 Heppenheim, Germany) a German artist and sculptor. Posted by Mario A. Pita on Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Today is the birthday of Roy Fox Lichtenstein[1] (/ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) an American... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Today is the birthday of Lenore "Lee" Krasner (born Lena Krassner on October 27, 1908 – June 19, 1984) an American... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Today is the birthay of Walter Francis Kuhn (October 27, 1877 – July 13, 1949) an American painter and an organizer of... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Today is the birthday of Sigrid Hjertén (27 October 1885 – 24 March 1948), a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Today is the birthday of Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Вереща́гин, October 26, 1842 –... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 26, 2020
Today is the birthday of Aert de Gelder (Dutch: [ˈaːrt də ˈɣɛldər] (About this soundlisten) or Arent; October 26, 1645 – August 27, 1727) a Dutch painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aert_de_Gelder Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 26, 2020
Today is the birthday of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 25, 2020
Today is the birthday of Nils Dardel (full name Nils Elias Kristofer von Dardel, sometimes known as Nils de Dardel) a... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 25, 2020
Today is the birthday of Ismail Gulgee also known as simply Gulgee (25 October 1926 – 16 December 2007) a Pakistani painter artist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Gulgee Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 25, 2020
Today is the birthday of Anthony Christian, a British painter, photographer and draftsman who has exhibited his work... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Today is the birthday of Eugène Fromentin (October 24, 1820 – August 27, 1876) was a French painter and writer, now better remembered for his writings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Fromentin Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jan Lievens (24 October 1607 – 4 June 1674) a Dutch Golden Age painter who was associated with... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Today is the birthday of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (October 24, 1906 – June 10, 1996) an Austrian painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Louise_von_Motesiczky Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Today is the birthday of Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon (Russian: Константи́н Фёдорович Юо́н; October 24 [O.S.... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Editorial cartoons for Friday, October 23rd, 2020 This week I voted. I did not vote for the guy who said that fame... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 23, 2020
Today is the birthday Lawren Stewart Harris CC (October 23, 1885 – January 29, 1970) a Canadian painter. He was born in... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 23, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jean-Louis Forain (23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 23, 2020
Today is the birthday of Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) an American painter and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 22, 2020
Today is the birthday of Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) a Hungarian-American... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 22, 2020
Today is the birthday of Harry Morey Callahan (October 22, 1912 – March 15, 1999) was an American photographer and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 22, 2020
Today is the birthday of Nikos Egonopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Εγγονόπουλος; October 21, 1907 – October 31, 1985) a modern... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jan Altink (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑn ˈɑltɪnk]; 21 October 1885 – 6 December 1971) a Dutch expressionist painter and cofounder of De Ploeg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Altink Posted by Mario A. Pita on Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Today is the birthday of Domenico Zampieri (US: /ˌtsɑːmpiˈɛəri, ˌzɑːm-/, Italian: [doˈmeːniko ddzamˈpjɛːri]; October 21,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Today is the birthday of Andrea della Robbia (20 October 1435 – 4 August 1525) an Italian Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_della_Robbia Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Today is the birthday of Nicolas de Largillière (French: [nikɔla də laʁʒijiɛʁ]; 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) a French painter, born in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_de_Largilli%C3%A8re Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Today is the birthday of Umberto Boccioni (US: /boʊˈtʃoʊni, bɒˈ-, bɔːˈ-/, Italian: [umˈbɛrto botˈtʃoːni]; 19 October... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 19, 2020
Today is the birthday of Pierre Alechinsky (born 19 October 1927) a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 19, 2020
Today is the birthday of Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) a German-American artist known for... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 19, 2020
Today is the birthday of James D. Brooks (October 18, 1906 – March 9, 1992) an American muralist, abstract painter, and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 18, 2020
Today is the birthday of Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 18, 2020
Today is the birthday of Frederick Childe Hassam (/ˈtʃaɪld ˈhæsəm/; October 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935) an American... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 17, 2020
Fritz Ascher (17 October 1893 in Berlin, Germany – 26 March 1970 in Berlin, Germany) was a German artist, whose work is... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 17, 2020
Cristofano Allori (17 October 1577 – 1 April 1621) was an Italian painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 17, 2020
Today is the birthday of Bartolommeo (or Baccio) Bandinelli, actually Bartolommeo Brandini (12 November 1493 – shortly... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 17, 2020
Today is the birthday of Paul Strand Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) an American photographer and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 16, 2020
Today is the birthday of Rembrandt Bugatti (16 October 1884 – 8 January 1916) an Italian sculptor, known primarily for... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 16, 2020
Today is the birthday of Primo Conti (16 October 1900 – 12 November 1988) an Italian futurist artist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primo_Conti Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 16, 2020
Today is the birthday of Pierre Puget (16 October 1620 – 2 December 1694) a French Baroque painter, sculptor, architect... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 16, 2020
Today is the birthday of Ralph Albert Blakelock (October 15, 1847 – August 9, 1919), a romanticist American painter... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 15, 2020
Today is the birthday of Dirk Filarski (1885 - 1964), a Dutch Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1885. Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 15, 2020
Today is the birthday of acques Joseph Tissot (French: [tiso]; 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 15, 2020
Today is the birthday of Mariotto di Bindo di Biagio Albertinelli (13 October 1474 – 5 November 1515) an Italian... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Today is the birthday of Allan Ramsay (13 October 1713 – 10 August 1784), a prominent Scottish portrait-painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ramsay_(artist) Posted by Mario A. Pita on Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Today is the birthday of Al Held (October 12, 1928 – July 27, 2005) an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 12, 2020
Today is the birthday of Guido Molinari, OC (October 12, 1933 – February 21, 2004) a Canadian artist, known for his abstract paintings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Molinari Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 12, 2020
Today is the birthday of George Copeland Ault (October 11, 1891 – December 30, 1948) an American painter. He was loosely... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 11, 2020
Today is the birthday of James Barry RA (11 October 1741 – 22 February 1806) an Irish painter, best remembered for his... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 11, 2020
Today is the birthday of Ousmane Sow (10 October 1935 – 1 December 2016) a Senegalese sculptor of larger-than-life statues of people and groups of people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Sow Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Today is the birthday of Benjamin West PRA (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) an American-born artist, who painted... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: /ˈwɒtoʊ/, US: /wɒˈtoʊ/, French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised October... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Today is the birthday of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (10 October 1700 – 12 May 1759) a French sculptor born in 1700 in Nancy.... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Today is the birthday of Dick Ket (October 10, 1902 – September 15, 1940) a Dutch magic realist painter noted for his still lifes and self-portraits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Ket Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Today is the birthday of Alberto Giacometti (UK: /ˌdʒækəˈmɛti/,[1] US: /ˌdʒɑːk-/,[2][3][4] Italian: [alˈbɛrto... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Today is the birthday of Nicholas Roerich (/ˈrɛrɪk/; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947) – known also as Nikolai... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 9, 2020
Simeon Solomon (9 October 1840 – 14 August 1905) was an English painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who was... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 9, 2020
Today is the birthday of Frank Duveneck (né Decker) (October 9, 1848 – January 3, 1919) an American figure and portrait painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Duveneck Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 9, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jean-Baptiste Regnault (9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) a French painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Regnault Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 9, 2020
Today is the birthday of Max Slevogt (8 October 1868 – 20 September 1932) a German Impressionist painter and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today is the birthday of Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City) an American painter, writer,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today is the birthday of Ozias Leduc RCA (October 8, 1864 - June 16, 1955) one of Quebec's early painters. He was born... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today is the birthday of Orovida Pissarro (8 October 1893 – 8 August 1968), known for most of her life as Orovida, a... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today is the birthday of Sir Hans Heysen OBE (8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968) a German-born Australian artist. He became a... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today is the birthday of Cornelis Troost (8 October 1696 – 7 March 1750) an 18th-century actor and painter from Amsterdam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Troost Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jean-Paul Riopelle, CC GOQ RCA (7 October 1923 – 12 March 2002) a painter and sculptor from... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Today is the birthday of Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈgwardi]; 5 October 1712 – 1... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Monday, October 5, 2020
Today is the birthday of Pietro Consagra (6 October 1920 – 16 July 2005) an Italian sculptor. In 1947 he was among the... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today is the birthday of Jean-François Millet (French: [milɛ]; October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) a French artist and... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today is the birthday of Lucas Cranach the Younger (Lucas Cranach der Jüngere [jʏˈŋɛʁə]; October 4, 1515 – January 25,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today is the birthday of Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today is the birthday of Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) an American painter,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today is the birthday of Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today is the birthday of Alexander Young Jackson CC CMG RCA (October 3, 1882 – April 5, 1974) a Canadian painter and a... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Today is the birthday of Pierre Bonnard (French: [bɔnaʁ]; 3 October 1867 – 23 January 1947) a French painter,... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Today is the birthday of Henry Lerolle (3 October 1848 – 22 April 1929) a French painter, art collector and patron, born... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Today is the birthday of Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (/ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949), an American portrait... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Friday, October 2, 2020
Today is the birthday of Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, c. 31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849), known simply as Hokusai, a... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 1, 2020
Today is the birthday of Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) a highly esteemed and prolific... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Thursday, October 1, 2020
I set out to write a song about Arlington, MA and wrote a little book instead, illustrated with photographs taken over... Posted by Mario A. Pita on Wednesday, September 30, 2020