Died (alas!) on this day in 1505, in Florence, Filippino Lippi. Son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, & destined to follow in his father's artistic footsteps. Here by himself as a young man, 1485.
William Bustard 🏴🇦🇺 (b. 18.4.1894)
'Gum tree on creek crossing near Bathurst'
Watercolour on paper
29.5 x 39 cm
'Evening (Mt Coot-Tha)' (1924)
Oil on canvas
Museum of Brisbane collection
('Landscape') (1926)
Oil on canvas on board
21.5 x 31.5 cm
#ArtFrom100YearsAgo
Claire Zeisler (April 18, 1903 – September 30, 1991) was an American fiber artist who expanded the expressive qualities of knotted and braided threads, pioneering large-scale freestanding sculptures in this medium. ~Wikipedia
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Hermina "Mina" Arndt (April 18, 1885-December 22, 1926) was a New Zealand painter.
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Josephine Paddock (April 18, 1885-1964) was an American painter born in New York City. She earned a B.A. degree at Barnard College and studied at the Art Students League with Robert Henri, Kenyon Cox, William Merritt Chase, and John Alexander. ~Wikipedia
A gold framed painting of a white woman with longish curled brown hair, richly dressed in a red gown with gold trim, wearing a bead (pearl?) necklace close against her throat. Her body is turned toward the left edge of the painting but she turns her head toward her left shoulder so that she gazes directly (and a little archly) at the viewer. Her right elbow is bent and she holds one end of her gauzy gold scarf in the thumb and first two fingers of her right hand; her ring finger and pinky stick straight up in the air.
Self-portrait (after Gerard van Honthorst), c. 1650-55, by #LouiseHollandine, Princess of the Palatine (German, 1622-1709), who was born #otd, Apr 18. Private collection; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Se...
#womenartists #artherstory
Clara Elsene Peck (April 18, 1883-February 1968), early 20th century American illustrator and painter.
Shake-speares Sweetheart by Sara Hawks Sterling / Illustrated by Clara Elsene Peck
1905 / Hard Cover / 282pp / Published by George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia
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The conductor sits at a desk
Remembering Leopold Stokowski on his birthday 🎂
📷 W. Eugene Smith, 1951
"I would like to have been present, if I could have my choice of all moments in music history, when Stokowski suddenly became conscious of his beautiful hands. That must have been a moment."
- Oscar Levant
On This Day: April 18, 1906~ Devastating earthquake followed by fires in San Francisco
"San Francisco’s Magnificent City Hall and Hall of Records,
Destroyed by Fire and Earthquake"
c.1906-1920 / Various collections
Co-Operative View Company, St. Paul, MN
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Spring at Cadenabbia by John Collier
A Song of Springtime by John William Waterhouse
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National Poetry Month~ April 18
Ezra Pound by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2009 / Oil and acrylic paints on canvas / 24″x18″ / Private collection
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Ezra Pound~ www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ezra-p...
#nationalpoetrymonth
Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 18
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ~ A Night In Tunisia
1961 / Blue Note BLP 4049 / Vinyl LP
Cover Design by Reid Miles
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#jazzappreciationmonth
A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Artist and educator Susan Stewart Medicine Horse (born 1953)
Self-Portrait of the Artist Posing as an Object of Curiosity, 1994 / Mixed media / Collection of the artist
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Oh, so do I!
A bust length portrait against a greenish-brown backdrop of a young brown-haired white woman with large pale eyes, standing facing to the left edge of the painting, turning her head to her left to gaze at the viewer. Her dress is somber - she wears a dark dress and sleeves with discreet white trim, and no jewelry. Her left upper arm is visible, and her left hand (the elbow and forearm are cut off by the bottom edge of the artwork). In that hand she holds a small book open with her thumb; on the righthand page is her signature and the year (1554).
Self-portrait, 1554, by #SofonisbaAnguissola (Italian, c. 1532–1625). On view in Room 6 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, www.khm.at/en/artworks/... #artherstory #womenartists
Apr. 17, 1998: Linda McCartney died at 56.
📸 Before Wings, she was a trailblazing rock photographer — shooting The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan — and becoming the first woman to land a Rolling Stone cover.
Her 29-year marriage with Paul McCartney was built on music, family, and purpose.
George Keyt, MBE (April 17, 1901-July 31, 1993) was a Sri Lankan artist and poet best known for his richly colored, Cubist-like figure paintings.
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Born on April 17 in Missouri, Helen Peabody Grant (1861-1910) was a painter who settled in Virginia. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and in Paris. In 1905, she exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Grant died in France at age 49.
Sophia Rosamund Praeger, MBE, HRHA, MA (April 17, 1867-April 16, 1954) was an Irish artist, sculptor, poet, and writer. ~Wikipedia
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Barbara Jones-Hogu (April 17, 1938-November 14, 2017) was a painter, printmaker, filmmaker, and educator from Chicago. She was a member of OBAC and co-founded the artists’ collective AfriCOBRA.
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On This Day: April 17~ Bat Appreciation Day
Bat in Moon by Biho Takashi or Takahashi (Yoshikuni)
c.1905 / Color woodblock print on paper / 9 1/4”x9 9/16” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC
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Spring Promenade by Maurice Prendergast
c.1910/1911 / Watercolor and pencil on paper / 21 5/8”x14 7/8” / Williams College of Art
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Spring Sun (Lentezon): Castle Ruin: Brederode by Piet Mondrian, c. late 1909/early 1910 / Oil on Masonite / 25”x28 1/2” / Dallas Museum of Art
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National Poetry Month~ April 17
William Carlos Williams by Hugo Gellert, c.1930 / Crayon, ink, and pencil on paper / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC
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William Carlos Williams~ www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/willia...
#nationalpoetrymonth
Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 17
Art Taylor ~ AT’s Delight
1960 / Blue Note BLP 4047 / Vinyl LP
Cover Design by Reid Miles / Photography by Francis Wolff
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#jazzappreciationmonth
3. Portrait of Myself, 1923 / Oil on canvas laid on board / Avery Library, Columbia University, NYC
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2. Self-Portrait with Palette (Painter and Faun), ND / Oil on canvas / Avery Library, Columbia University, NYC
A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Painter, poet, and designer Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944)
1. Self-Portrait with Paradise Birds, ND / Oil on canvas / Avery Library, Columbia University, NYC
Charlotte Solomon - a young woman sitting in the grass. In front of her a canvas for painting a picture and a chair. Her head is turned slightly to the right. A blurred tree and building is visible in the background.
A painting by Charlotte Salomon . Groups of people are gather is a square surrounded by tall buidlings.
A painting by Charlotte Salomon. Three women are painting, floating in the air. A large sun-flower is visible at the bottom - a lot of chairs are floating in the painting.
16 April 1917 | Charlotte Salomon was born. The German Jewish artist from Berlin was murdered in #Auschwitz on 10 October 1943. She was 5 months pregnant.
She created an autobiographical series "Life? or Theater?: A Song-play" made of 769 paintings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Salomon
Gertrude Fiske 🇺🇸 (b. 16.4.1879)
'Saunterers—The Causeway' (1912)
Oil on canvas
52.1 x 68.6 cm
'Strollers' (1926)
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 101.6 cm
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