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
L' homme qui venait d'ailleurs MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by NicolasRoeg with David Bowie, 1976 David Bowie was born as David Robert Jones on January ...
On This Day: January 7: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston, African American Author and Folklorist, Beating the Hountar, or Mama Drum, 1937 Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, ...
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 ...
On This Day: January 1: Lorenzo de Medici
Lorenzo de Medici Today we celebrate the birth of Lorenzo de Medici, born on this day in 1449 in Florence, Italy. Lorenzo became the de facto ...