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365 Days of Art: September 5 – Monet Paints Wife on Deathbed, Oldenburg...
Claude Monet, Camille on her Deathbed, 1879 September 5, 1879 Monet’s wife Camille dies of cancer at age 32, and he paints a portrait of her on her deathbed. While Monet’s portrait and correspondence...
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365 Days of Art: September 7 – Apollinaire is Arrested for Theft of Mona Lisa
Guillaume Apollinaire in his friend Picasso’s studio, 1910. September 7, 1911 Seventeen days after the Mona Lisa is stolen without anyone noticing, police arrest the poet Guillaume Apollinaire. As a...
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365 Days of Art: September 13 – Michelangelo Begins Carving, Childe Hassam...
David by Michelangelo, in the Accademia Gallery September 13, 1501 About a month after signing the contract for his first commission, Michelangelo picks up his tools early in the morning and begins...
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365 Days of Art: September 14 – Hitler Issues Orders to Commandeer the...
Vatican Museum September 14, 1943 SS General Karl Wolff, Supreme Leader of All SS Troops and Police in Italy, receives the following instructions from Hitler: As soon as possible I want you and your...
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365 Days of Art: September 15 – Gorky Marries; David Struck by Hammer
Arshile Gorky, Mechanics of Flying September 15, 1941 Driving back home to New York from an exhibition in San Francisco, Arshile Gorky and Mougouch (Agnes Magruder) are married in Nevada. David by...
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365 Days of Art: September 22 – Leonardo Studies Birds, Michelangelo Seeks...
Leonardo da Vinci, Studies of Bird Flight, 1507 September 22, 1507 Leonardo makes studies of birds in flight. Michelangelo, The Downfall of Adam and Eve, from the Sistine ceiling September 22, 1510...
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365 Days of Art: September 24 – Barnes Foundation Announces Plans to Move
The original Barnes Foundation with its eclectic hanging and groupings of works. September 24, 2002 The Barnes Foundation, possibly the best collection of Post-Impressionist works in the world,...
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365 Days of Art: September 27 – Munch Museum Celebrates Return of Damaged...
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1883 September 27, 2006 Munch’s The Scream and Madonna go on view in a special five-day exhibition to celebrate their return to the Munch Museum–damages and all–after being...
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365 Days of Art: September 30 – Nazis Set Fire to Villa, Destroying...
Reconstructed Villa Montesano as it appears today. September 30, 1943 Nazi soldiers set fire to a villa outside of Naples, which temporarily houses the contents of the Filangieri Museum and State...
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365 Days of Art: October 1 – Nazi Radio Vilifies Monuments Men
Map of Pisa’s monuments, created at the Frick Library in NYC in collaboration with the Monuments Men October 1, 1943 Nazi radio announces: The US President of the European Monuments and Art Treasures...
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365 Days of Art: October 5 – Jury Acquits Arts Center of Obscenity Charges
Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait with Skull, 1988 October 5, 1990 A Cincinnati jury acquits the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and its director of misdemeanor obscenity charges, for displaying...
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365 Days of Art: October 6 – Archers Destroy Leonardo’s Clay Model, Velázquez...
Leonardo, Studies of a Horse, c. 1482-1499 October 6, 1499 Louis XII of France invades Milan, and allows his archers to shoot target practice at Leonardo’s 25 foot clay model for an equestrian statue....
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365 Days of Art: October 7 – Lover’s Death Inspires Hartley Portrait, Rothko...
Marsden Hartley, Portrait of a German Officer, 1914 October 7, 1914 Marsden Hartley’s lover, Karl von Freyburg, dies in World War I; his death inspires Hartley to paint Portrait of a German Officer....
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365 Days of Art: October 8 – Serial Art Vandal Arrested After Attacking...
Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, 1656 October 8, 1977 Serial art vandal Hans Bohlmann is arrested, after vandalizing four paintings, including two Rembrandts, the day before....
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365 Days of Art: October 29 – Tortured Witness Testifies Against Artemesia,...
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1611-1612 October 29, 1612 The manuscript from the trial of Artemisia Gentileschi’s rapist shows that Artemisia’s studio assistant gives testimony...
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365 Days of Art: November 10 – Frida and Diego Arrive in SF, NY Times Reports...
Diego Rivera, Allegory of California mural, SF Stock Exchange Tower, image via jvsquad.us November 10, 1930 Frida and Diego arrive in San Francisco, where he has mural commissions to work on. Monte...
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365 Days of Art: November 11 – Calder Dies, Vietnam Vet Shoots Avedon Photo
Alexander Calder, Crinkly avec Disc Rouge, 1973 November 11, 1976 Alexander Calder dies. Richard Avedon, Generals of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1963 November 11, 1986 Ellis Nelson enters the...
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365 Days of Art: November 12 – Art Forger Convicted, Replica of David...
Han van Meegeren in the witness box at his trial. One of his forgeries is behind him. November 12, 1947 Han van Meegeren, one of the most famous art forgers ever, is convicted of fraud and sentenced to...
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365 Days of Art: November 14 – Monet is Born
Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1873 November 14, 1840 Claude Monet is born. I appreciate all of his contributions to art history (dedication to working in series, careful observation of atmospheric...
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365 Days of Art: November 15 – Homer is Published, O’Keeffe is Born,...
Winslow Homer, The Army of the Potomac – A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty, 1862 November 15, 1862 Winslow Homer’s The Army of the Potomac-A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty a wood engraving based on a...
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