Ice Skaters, 1641, by Jan Van Goyen Jan van Goyen was born as Jan Josephszoon van Goyen - also spelled Goijen - on January 13, 1596 in Leiden, ...
On This Day: January 12: John Singer Sargent
Two White Dresses, John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent was an American artist who was born on January 12, 1856, in Florence, Italy. He is ...
On This Day: January 10: Dame Barbara Hepworth
Portrait of Dame Barbara Hepworth by Peter Kinnear Bridgeman Images Dame Barbara Hepworth was born as Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth on January 10, 1903 ...
If You Happen To Be At The Graduate Hotel In Nashville
I love the combinations of travel and art, hotels and art, cafes and art. Local San Francisco artist Margaret Timbrell just had her "gigantic 15 foot ...
On this Day: January 9: Simone de Beauvoir
Simone De Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir was born as Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir on January 9, 1908 in the 6th arrondissement of ...
On This Day: January 8: David Robert Jones
David Bowie was born as David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947, in Brixton, London, United Kingdom. There were many musicians who defined music and ...
On This Day: January 7: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. Her work focused on racial struggles in the early-20th-century ...
On This Day: January 6: Jeanne d’Arc
Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Joan of Arc was born on January 6, 1412 in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, ...
On This Day: January 5: Yves Tanguy
Jours de Lenteur by Yves Tanguy Tanguy's paintings have a unique, immediately recognizable style of nonrepresentational surrealism. They show vast, ...
On This Day: January 4: Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley was born on January 4, 1877 in Lewiston, Maine. Marsden Hartley was known for using vivid, contrasting colors, and abstract ...
On This Day: January 3: J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Tolkien is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works ...
On This Day: January 2: Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov didn't know when he was born in Petrovichi, Russia, but he celebrated his birthday on January 2, 1920 While Asimov ...
