Today is the 118th birthday of the photographer Brassaï. I learned about him while researching some of his contemporaries on their birthdays and became fixated on
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Happy 118th Birthday Alfred Hitchcock
Today is the 118th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock. My mother first introduced my sister and me to Alfred Hitchcock via the movies Psycho and Rear
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 130th Birthday Marc Chagall
Today is the 130th birthday of the French artist Marc Chagall. His work is imaginative and etherial, like he is painting one of his dreams
Happy 117th Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Today is the 117th birthday of the pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He wrote The Little Prince, a copy of which was given to
Happy 116th Birthday Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia
Today is the 116th birthday of Anastasia, the Russian duchess that was executed with her entire family, servants and dog by Bolsheviks led by Vladmir Lenin. Books and movies
Happy 107th Birthday Jacques Cousteau
Today is the 107th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was
Happy 173rd Birthday Mary Cassatt
NAME: Mary Cassatt OCCUPATION: Painter BIRTH DATE: May 22, 1844 DEATH DATE: June 14, 1926 EDUCATION: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts PLACE OF BIRTH: Allegheny,
Happy 76th Birthday Vivienne Westwood
Today is the 76th birthday of the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. She was punk before punk was punk. The world is a better place because
Happy 143rd Birthday W. Somerset Maugham
Today is the 143rd birthday of the writer W. Somerset Maugham. I was given a copy of “The Razor’s Edge” quite a while ago by a
Happy 161st Birthday John Singer Sargent
Today is the 161st birthday of the artist John Singer Sargent. The renewed interest in his works could be attributed to the huge popularity of Downton
Happy 137th Birthday Paul Klee
Today is the 137th birthday of the artist Paul Klee. His work is the type that I am organically drawn to. I still remember the
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