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2007 Art Buchwald, dies at 74, posts his video obituary in which he declared, "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died."
2004 Julia Child, French Chef, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dies at 91 2004 Art James, game show host/announcer, ", The Who, What, Where Game, ", dies at 74 2003 Art Carney, actor, Harry and Tonto, dies at 85 2001 Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies 1999 Paul Mellon, art patron/horse owner, dies at 91 1998 "Art," opens at Royale Theater New York City 1997 Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 1997 Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68 1996 Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35 1996 Hugo Buchthal, art historian, dies at 87 1996 Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71 1996 Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera 1996 Stephen Jones, art historian, dies at 41 1996 Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83 1996 Joshua Compston, art impressario, dies at 26 1996 Meyer Schapiro, art historian, dies at 91 1996 Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 1996 NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind 1996 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84 1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt 1995 Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Baltimore to move Browns 1995 Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore 1995 Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74 1995 Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69 1995 John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at 73 1994 Richard Krautheimer, U.S. art historian, dies at 97 1994 Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97 1994 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80 1994 Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57 1994 Selwyn Powell, art Editor, dies at 82 1994 Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87 1994 Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1994 Clement Greenberg, U.S. art critic (Art and Culture), dies at 85 1994 Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81 1994 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84 1993 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52 1993 Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 1992 Giulio C Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies 1992 Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception 1992 Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 1992 Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies 1990 Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71 1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos) 1990 Erte, art deco stylist, dies at 97 1990 Biggest U.S. art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston 1989 "Day Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS 1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1989 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1987 Jean Helion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83 1986 Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1986 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90 1984 King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels 1984 Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1983 Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions 1983 Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for U.S.S.R., dies at 75 1982 Art[hur E] Pepper, U.S., alto saxophonist, dies at 56 1982 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam 1981 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park 1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68 1976 Eugen Roth, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952, dies at 81 in Munich, Germany 1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1975 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82 1974 Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs 1973 Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. art critic sculptor, dies at 81 1973 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 1972 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) 1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1971 John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47 1971 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary/art historian, dies at 70 1970 Joshua Compston, art impressario 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies 1969 Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1968 John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here) 1968 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies 1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" 1967 Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon) 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery 1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 1966 Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67 1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94 1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) 1965 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 1964 Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time 1963 Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City) 1963 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art 1962 Pravda criticizes western art 1962 Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 1962 Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82 1962 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days 1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd 1961 Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (Modern Art and Degenerating), dies at 85 1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) 1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284 1958 Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91 1958 Mick Karn, born in Nicosia, Cypress, rocker, instrumentalist, musician, songwriter, bassist for art rock band Japan 1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" 1957 Art Monk, NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles 1956 Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles 1956 Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 1956 Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 1955 Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian, dies at 66 1955 Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78 1954 Stephen Jones, art historian 1954 Jackie Chan, martial art actor, Rumble in the Bronx 1954 Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80 1951 Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1950 70th U.S. Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) 1950 Dagmar Krause, born in West Germany, singer, Henry Cow, Art Bears 1949 Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88 1949 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 1948 Art Hindle, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, actor, Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers 1948 Charles McCorquodale, art historian 1948 Art Spiegelman, American Artist 1947 Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 1947 Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam 1947 Bill Fontana, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, sound art pioneer, created sounds sculptures in 1976, using urban surroundings as a source of musical information, to evoke visual imagery 1946 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 1946 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90 1945 Art Bell, American Entertainer 1944 Michael Franks, born in LaJolla, California, singer, songwriter, jazz music genre, worked with Art Garfunkel, Patti Austin 1944 Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 1941 Art Garfunkel, New York City, singer and actor, Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge 1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens 1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C. 1941 Constant W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, archaeologist, banker, art expert, dies at 59 1940 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 1939 Saul Steinberg, artist, The Art of Living 1939 Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1939 Peter Phillips, born in Birmingham, England, artist, painter, sculpture, screenprint, lithography, pioneer, Pop Art Movement 1938 Art Agnos, U.S., politician 1938 Anita Brookner, art historian/novelist 1938 Art Mahaffey, baseball player 1938 German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery 1938 Freddie Hubbard, born in Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter, Art Blakey 1937 Art Neville, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, Neville Brothers 1937 Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich 1937 David Hockney, born in Bradford, England, artist, Pop Art 1937 National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1936 Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of 60's 1936 Art Metrano, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi 1936 Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut 1935 W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City 1935 Carl Andre, U.S. sculptor, minimal/conceptual art 1935 Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director, Victoria and Albert Museum 1935 Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist, The Art of Oliphant 1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery 1932 Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas 1932 Walt Disney Art School created 1932 Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist, pop art 1932 Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector 1932 John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner 1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies 1931 Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40 1929 New York City Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building 1929 Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City 1929 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector 1929 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57 1929 Art Prysock, jazz musician 1928 Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures" 1928 Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer 1928 Donald Judd, U.S., sculptor, minimal art 1928 Garry Winogrand, born in New York City, New York, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations' 1927 Jacob Pleydell-Bouvery 8th earl of Radnor/art collector 1927 Al Hansen, born in New York City, New York, Norwegian American artist, member of the 1960's Flexus art movement that blended different artistic media and disciplines 1927 Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies 1926 Pierre Janssen, art museum director 1926 Ronald Alley, art gallery manager, Tate Gallery 1925 Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper 1925 Art Buchwald, born in New York City, wrote political satire and commentary, had column in The Washington Post 1925 Art Pepper, U.S., alto saxophonist 1925 Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector 1925 Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61 1925 Art Modell, owner, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores 1925 Hugh Leggatt, art dealer 1925 Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1925 Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community 1924 John A Emmens, art historian/poet, Kunst and Vliegwerk 1924 Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian 1923 Roy Lichtenstein, New York City, Pop art painter, painted comic book panels 1923 Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector 1922 Art Fowler, baseball player 1922 Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1921 John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter 1920 Anthony Storr, born in London, England, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression' 1920 Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74 1920 Art Van Damme, born in Norway, Michigan, jazz accordionist, Chicago Jazz 1920 Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector 1919 Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers 1918 Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1918 Art Carney, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Ed Norton-Honeymooners 1917 GE Goran Schildt, Finnish art historian and writer, Solbaten 1916 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72 1915 Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show 1915 Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation' 1914 Harold Taylor, Canada, educator, Art and the Future 1913 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian 1913 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City 1912 Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist 1912 Art Linkletter, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, TV host, People are Funny 1912 Kenneth Jameson, art educator 1912 Selwyn Powell, art editor 1911 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector 1910 Art Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer 1910 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian 1910 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector 1909 Hugo Buchthal, art historian 1908 Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund 1908 Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian 1908 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art 1908 Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian 1907 Henriette Wyeth, 1st lady of american art 1907 Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer 1907 Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art 1907 John Canaday, art critic, Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios 1906 Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem 1906 Clement Greenberg, art critic 1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle, Balt, New York Yankees, Dallas 1904 Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian 1904 Meyer Schapiro, art historian 1904 Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist 1904 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector 1904 Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater 1902 Lucie Rie, born in Vienna, Austria, born Luzie Gomperz, potter, works displayed in collections around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York 1902 Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian, The Buildings of England 1901 Andre Malraux, Berger, France, novelist/art historian, L'Espoir 1901 Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater 1901 Art Rooney, NFL team owner for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1900 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literature/art historian 1899 Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic, Flandre 1899 Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist, Italian and Roman art 1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector 1898 Art Baker, New York City, TV host, You Asked For It 1897 Richard Krautheimer, art Historian 1897 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor 1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies 1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 1895 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian 1895 Eugen Roth, born in Munich, Germany, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952 1894 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden 1892 Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian, Temps Inquiets 1892 Erwin Panofsky, German and U.S. art historian 1890 Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists 1889 Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Academy of Country Music Award 1889 Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, Vermeer 1888 Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian 1888 Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 62 1886 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist, L'art et Son Avenir 1886 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class 1885 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, Traite du paysage 1884 Alexander Byvanck, Dutch art historian/archaeologist 1882 Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian 1882 Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony 1881 Constant W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Dutch archaeologist, banker, art expert 1880 Anne C. Veth, Dutch cartoonist and art critic 1878 Karl Albiker, German sculptor, German Art, female nudes 1877 Daniel G. van Beuningen, Dutch art collector 1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian, Preservation of museums 1872 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant and art collector 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City 1872 Edward G Craig, actor and director, On the art of theatre 1871 Henricus P Bremmer, art historian, Modern Kunstwerken 1871 San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine 1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City 1869 Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur, Elgin marbles 1869 Henry J. Wood, English conductor, Gentle Art of Singing, Proms 1867 Max Friedlander, German art historian, Altniederlandische Malerei 1865 Bernard Berenson, art critic, Italian Painters of the Renaissance 1864 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian 1864 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work 1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect, Art Nouveau 1862 Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer 1862 Gustav Klimt, born in Austria, Art Nouveau painter 1857 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector 1856 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art 1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian, Jan Steen 1853 Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 1845 Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector 1843 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art connoisseur 1842 James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor, American Academy of Dramatic Art 1831 Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost, philosopher, art historian and poet 1831 Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam 1826 Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor 1825 John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84 1816 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74 1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham 1814 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector 1814 Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector 1813 Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art 1800 Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies 1798 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 1798 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24 1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany 1777 Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat 1773 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer, Fantasies about Art 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65 1746 Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic 1741 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector 1729 Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller, Atlas of Fouquet 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature 1726 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector 1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, History of Ancient Art 1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1661 Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 1646 Thomas H earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies 1606 Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 1606 Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 1519 Cosmos de Medici, art patron, Accademia del Disegno 1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian, Vasari's Lives 1340 John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector |
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