On This Day

February 25, On this day Making an impression(ist) Born on February 25, 1841, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the artists who gave the entire movement of Impressionism its name — […]

February 24, On this day Art in the time of racial segregation Now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century, Alma Thomas achieved this success as an

On this day, February 23, 1945, Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press took the iconic photograph that shows the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima by six United States

The most famous voice of of Pop Art, Andy Warhol, died in Manhattan at 6:32 am on February 22, 1987. He was 58. While he had been recuperating well from

February 21, On This Day Instant imagery For the very first time on February 21, 1947, inventor Edwin Land demonstrated the Land Camera to a meeting of the Optical Society

February 20, On this day Met, set, go! One of the foremost museums in the world had its main, most iconic building opening up on February 20, 1872, with the

February 19, On this day   Constantin Brâncuși, often called the ‘patriarch of modern sculpture’, was born on February 19 close to Romania’s Carpathian Mountains, an area known for its

February 18, On This Day The day Michelangelo died Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni — known more popularly simply as Michelangelo — was born on March 6, 1475, and died