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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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