Today is the 109th birthday of the photographer Yousuf Karsh. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss
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Happy 138th Birthday Paul Klee
Today is the 138th birthday of the artist Paul Klee. His work is the type that I am organically drawn to. I still remember the
Happy 151st Birthday Wassily Kandinsky
Today is the 151st birthday of Wassily Kandinsky. I just love his work, I always have since my first exposure to it. I used to
Happy 131st Birthday Diego Rivera
Today is the 131st birthday of the artist Diego Rivera. His full name is a sentence: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la
Happy 127th Birthday Man Ray
Today is the 127th birthday of the photographer Man Ray. You recognize his images, they are iconic. I think what I most love about them
Happy 65th Birthday Joe Strummer
Today is the 65th birthday of the singer, songwriter, actor, activist, and humanitarians that is quoted as saying The future is unwritten: Joe Strummer. Picking
Happy 183rd Birthday Edgar Degas
Today marks the 183rd birthday of the artist Edgar Degas. We all recognize his work if not for the subject matter, then for the muted color
Happy 187th Birthday Camille Pissarro
Today is the 187th birthday of the artist Camille Pissarro. I learned about pointillism in 4th grade when our class would line up for various
Happy 175th Birthday Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Today is the 175th birthday of the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. I first remember seeing his art in the hallways of my elementary school. I didn’t know
Happy 127th Birthday Boris Pasternak
Today is the 127th birthday of the Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak. It is always with a tinge of embarrassment when you say
Happy 105th Birthday Jackson Pollock
Today is the 105th birthday of Jackson Pollock. Some of his art pushes some people’s definitions of art because they do not see it as a
Happy 176th Birthday Berthe Morisot
Today is the 176th birthday of the artist Berthe Morisot. There are so very few female French Impressionist painters that she deserves note. You recognize her
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