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[projazznet]

April 29: Duke Ellington & Jazz Icons

One of the greatest birthdays in jazz history.

[harvardfineartslib]

Happy Birthday to Eva Hesse who was born on this day in 1936.

“If a material is liquid … I can control it but I don’t really want to change it. I don’t want to add color or make it thicker or thinner… I don’t want to keep any rules; I want to sometimes change the rules. But in that sense, process, the materials, become important and I do so little with them, which is I guess the absurdity.” – Eva Hesse in conversation with Cindy Nemser, 1970.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) was a highly experimental artist who continually challenged the conventions of her time. For Hesse, drawing played a unique role, providing the nexus between her works in all media. "Eva Hesse Drawing" is the first book to explore her drawing process, following her work from drawing to painting and sculpture, and always back to drawing. An accomplished draftswoman, Hesse began to develop her wandering, tentative line while studying at Yale University in the late 1950s. (summarized from the publisher’s note)

Front cover image: top, Hesse at work in her studio in Kettwing and der Ruhr, Germany, c. 1964-65; bottom, no title, 1965, Ink and colored ink on paper.

Photograph of Eva Hesse: c. 1969 by Stephen Korbert.

Eva Hesse drawing Edited by Catherine de Zegher. Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970. New York : The Drawing Center ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006. HOLLIS number: 990101665110203941

[abwwia]

Georgia O'Keeffe

She was the 1st woman to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York She was also a daughter of a dairy farmers. . . Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (Nov 15, 1887 – Mar 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mo

She was the 1st woman to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York She was also a daughter of a dairy farmers. . . Georgia Totto O’Keeffe (Nov 15, 1887 – Mar 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. O’Keeffe has been called the “Mother of American modernism”. via Wiki Georgia O’Keeffe, 1953 by Laura Gilpin Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)Horn and Feather, painted in 1937.Oil…

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[alejandromogollo]

Remembering the wonderful Sharon Tate on her birthday. She would’ve turned 80 today. Here as Jennifer in camp classic Valley of the Dolls💊 #sharontate #valleyofthedolls #Dolls #jacquelinesusann #bornonthisday #alejandromogolloart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzfGtRoxts/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[goodblacknews]

Celebrating #RonaldMcNair who was #bornonthisday in 1950 and one of the first Black U.S. Astronauts - read more of his story & legacy in GBN’s newly-published 2022 #pageadaycalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/CVTkU6ThYX7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy 76th Birthday to Liza Minelli born on this day in 1946 - Day 71 Drawing (of year EIGHT) *All art available for purchase $35 unless otherwise noted - commissions are temporarily closed* #adrawingaday #dailydrawing #quicksketch #sketch_daily #sketch #sketchbook #journal #art #artistsharing #artist #artoftheday #artistsofinstagram #instaart #lizaminnelli #bornonthisday https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBMMTKJlDN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History . 15 June 1519 . Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond & Somerset was born . ◼ Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount, a lady-in-waiting to Katharine of Aragon. . ◼ Henry was given the surname ‘FitzRoy’ to make sure that all knew he was son of the King (FitzRoy is an Anglo-Norman name originally meaning “son of the king”.) . ◼ The child was officially acknowledged by the King after the early deaths of the three sons born to the Queen. . ◼ Following his divorce from Katharine of Aragon & his subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s attachment to Henry Fitzroy assumed a greater significance, particularly when his second wife also failed to produce a male heir. . ◼ Appointed Knight of the Garter in 1525 & made Duke of Richmond & Somerset in the same year, Henry Fitzroy was given several important positions, including that of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. . ◼ His education was entrusted to the distinguished classical scholar Richard Croke, who had taught Greek to Henry VIII, & was extended by attendance at the court of Francis I in France for eleven months in 1532. . ◼ ◼ At the of age 14, on 28 November 1533 the Duke married Lady Mary Howard, the only daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was an uncle of two of the wives of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard, . ◼ It appears that Henry VIII contemplated making Henry Fitzroy his heir, but whatever the King’s intentions may have been, the plan was spoilt by Henry Fitzroy’s premature death of tuberculosis at the age of 17 in 1536. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1519 #d15jun #HenryFitzroy #DukeofSomerset #DukeofRichmond #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #otd #OnThisDay #bornonthisday #Tudor #Tudors #henryviii #kinghenryviii #monarchy #onthisday #historyinpictures #TudorHistory #thetudors #England #Britishhistory #EnglishHistory #Englishroyalty . 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJenpVDeWy/?utm_medium=tumblr