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May 19, On This Day If one is aware of the extraordinarily captivating and earthy art of Warli painting, one must know the name Jivya Soma Mashe, who was reportedly born on May 19, 1934 in the state of Maharashtra, and popularised the beautiful tribal art form. Mashe was born in Dhamangaon village in […]
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May 19, On This Day From 1976 to 1983 — the short but blazingly talented life of the unusually named child prodigy, Edmund Thomas Clint, shone like a star. The lone son of the Late MT Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph, he was named after the veteran Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood, for his
In less than 7 years in this life, this child prodigy made over 25,000 paintings Read More »
May 19, On This Day Titian’s elevation to mastery Over 5 centuries ago on this day — May 19, 1518 — Italian Renaissance artist Titian’s masterpiece, the Assumption of the Virgin or Frari Assumptio, was unveiled as a large altarpiece panel at the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari or Frari church in Venice.
Renaissance art: When the largest altarpiece in Venice was unveiled Read More »