Category: On This Day

“Boys and Pony, Coal Waste, Hopkins County” by Bill Burke

American photographer Bill Burke was born on this day April 8, 1943 in Derby, Connecticut.

“Sheaves of Wheat” by Vincent Van Gogh

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” -Vincent van Gogh Happy birthday to Van Gogh, born in Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853.

John Cale – “Paris 1919”

Here’s another John Cale song I love, the title track from his 1973 album Paris 1919.

“Deer” by Maud Lewis

Folk artist Maud Lewis was born on this day March 7, 1903 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Lewis spent most of her life in a small house in Nova Scotia, and the 2016 movie Maudie is based on her life.

Disney Legend Rolly Crump

Disney imagineer and animator Rolly Crump was born on February 27, 1930 in Alhambra, California. Inspired at the young age of three by the Disney Silly Symphony short, Three Little Pigs, Crump began drawing in 1933. He started working with Disney in 1952, doing “inbetweening” or “tweening” to provide the illusion of smooth movements between film frames. …

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“Resting Stag” by Elie Nadelman

Sculptor and folk art collector Elie Nadelman was born on this day February 20, 1882 in Warsaw, Poland.

“Wind And Clouds” by Gabriele Münter

German artist and founding member of the expressionist group Das Blaue Reiter, Gabriele Münter was born on this day February 19, 1877 in Berlin.

Dave Van Ronk – “Mack The Knife”

Happy birthday Bertolt Brecht. RIP Dave Van Ronk.

Ciao, Monica Vitti, Queen of Italian Cinema

1960s actor Monica Vitti, “Queen of Italian Cinema,” died at the age of 90 today. Vitti was best known for her work in the Michelangelo Antonioni films  L’Avventura (The Adventure, 1960),  La Notte (Night, 1961), and L’Eclisse (The Eclipse, 1962), and later The Mystery of Oberwald (1980). Today Walter Veltroni, a friend of the family, announced on Twitter …

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David Bowie – “Drive In Saturday”

Often referred to as “The Greatest” as an artist who constantly pushed musical and cultural barriers, happy birthday to Ziggy Stardust aka The Man Who Fell to Earth aka David Bowie, born on this day January 8, 1947 in London. David Bowie died of cancer two days after his 69th birthday on January 10, 2016 in …

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