2015 Event Two art works set world records at a Christie's auction in New York, with Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers Version O' selling for $160 million and Alberto Giacometti's sculpture 'Pointing Man' selling for $141.3 million 2014 Event German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer 2013 Event A private collection of 1,500 works of art plundered by the Nazi's and discovered in a Munich apartment in 2012, has an estimated worth of $1 billion; lost works include paintings by Matisse, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall and Picasso New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announces it will return two statues from northern Cambodia's archeological site Koh Ker The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2012 Event A new wing dedicated to Islamic art is opened at the Musee du Louvre in Paris, France; the area contains 3,000 from the seventh to the 19th century Naples' Casoria Contemporary Art Museum begins burning its artworks to protest government budget cuts affecting cultural institutions A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house 2010 Event An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 2007 Death Art Buchwald, dies at 74, posts his video obituary in which he declared, "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died." 2004 Death Julia Child, French Chef, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dies at 91 Art James, game show host/announcer, ", The Who, What, Where Game, ", dies at 74 2003 Death Art Carney, actor, Harry and Tonto, dies at 85 2001 Death Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies 1999 Death Paul Mellon, art patron/horse owner, dies at 91 1998 Event "Art," opens at Royale Theater New York City 1997 Death Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68 1996 Death Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35 Hugo Buchthal, art historian, dies at 87 Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71 1996 Event Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83 Joshua Compston, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs, dies at 26 Meyer Schapiro, art historian, dies at 91 Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84 1995 Event Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Baltimore to move Browns Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore 1995 Death Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74 Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69 John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at 73 1994 Death Richard Krautheimer, U.S. art historian, dies at 97 Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80 Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57 Selwyn Powell, art Editor, dies at 82 Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87 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 Clement Greenberg, U.S. art critic (Art and Culture), dies at 85 Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84 1993 Death Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52 Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Event Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 1992 Death Giulio C Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies 1992 Event Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies 1990 Death Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71 1990 Event Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos) Erte, art deco stylist, dies at 97 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1989 Event "Day Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1987 Death Jean Helion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83 1986 Death 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 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90 1984 Event King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels 1984 Death 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 Event Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions 1983 Death Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for U.S.S.R., dies at 75 1982 Death Art[hur E] Pepper, U.S., alto saxophonist, dies at 56 1982 Event Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam 1981 Event Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park 1981 Death Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 1979 Death Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68 1976 Death Eugen Roth, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952, dies at 81 in Munich, Germany 1975 Event 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1975 Death Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82 1974 Event Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs 1973 Death Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. art critic sculptor, dies at 81 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 1972 Event 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) 1972 Death Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1971 Death John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary/art historian, dies at 70 1970 Birthday Joshua Compston, born in the United Kingdom, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs 1969 Event Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Death Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies 1969 Birthday 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 Event John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here) 1968 Death Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" 1967 Event Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon) 1966 Event John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 1966 Death Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) 1965 Death Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 1964 Event Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time 1963 Death Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 1963 Event 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City) "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art 1962 Event Pravda criticizes western art 1962 Death Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 1961 Event Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd 1961 Death Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (Modern Art and Degenerating), dies at 85 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) 1959 Birthday Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art 1959 Event 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284 1958 Death Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91 1958 Birthday Mick Karn, born in Nicosia, Cypress, rocker, instrumentalist, musician, songwriter, bassist for art rock band Japan 1958 Event Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" 1957 Birthday Art Monk, NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles 1956 Death Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 1955 Death Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian, dies at 66 Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78 1954 Birthday Jackie Chan, martial art actor, Rumble in the Bronx 1954 Death Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80 1951 Birthday Stephen Root, born in Sarasota, Florida, actor, films include, 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', 'The Ladykillers', television appearances include, '24', True Blood' 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 Event 70th U.S. Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) 1950 Birthday Dagmar Krause, born in West Germany, singer, Henry Cow, Art Bears Andy Powell, born in Stepney, London, guitarist, singer, songwriter, rock, progressive rock, art rock genres, founding member, Wishbone Ash 1949 Death Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88 1949 Event Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 1948 Birthday Art Hindle, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, actor, Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers Charles McCorquodale, art historian Art Spiegelman, American Artist 1947 Death Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 1947 Event Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam 1947 Birthday 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 Death Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90 1945 Birthday Art Bell, American Entertainer 1944 Birthday Michael Franks, born in LaJolla, California, singer, songwriter, jazz music genre, worked with Art Garfunkel, Patti Austin 1944 Death Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 1941 Birthday Art Garfunkel, New York City, singer and actor, Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge 1941 Event National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C. 1941 Death Constant W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, archaeologist, banker, art expert, dies at 59 1940 Death Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 1939 Birthday Saul Steinberg, artist, The Art of Living 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 Peter Phillips, born in Birmingham, England, artist, painter, sculpture, screenprint, lithography, pioneer, Pop Art Movement 1938 Birthday Art Agnos, U.S., politician Anita Brookner, art historian/novelist Art Mahaffey, baseball player 1938 Event German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery Freddie Hubbard, born in Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter, Art Blakey 1937 Birthday Art Neville, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, Neville Brothers 1937 Event Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich David Hockney, born in Bradford, England, artist, Pop Art National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1936 Birthday Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of 60's Art Metrano, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut 1935 Event W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City 1935 Birthday Carl Andre, U.S. sculptor, minimal/conceptual art Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director, Victoria and Albert Museum Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist, The Art of Oliphant 1934 Birthday J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery 1932 Birthday 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 Event Walt Disney Art School created Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist, pop art Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner 1931 Death Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40 1929 Event New York City Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City 1929 Birthday 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector 1929 Death Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57 Art Prysock, jazz musician 1928 Birthday Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures" Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer Donald Judd, U.S., sculptor, minimal art 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 Birthday Jacob Pleydell-Bouvery 8th earl of Radnor/art collector 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 Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1926 Death Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies 1926 Birthday Pierre Janssen, art museum director Ronald Alley, art gallery manager, Tate Gallery 1925 Birthday 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 Art Buchwald, born in New York City, wrote political satire and commentary, had column in The Washington Post Art Pepper, U.S., alto saxophonist Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector 1925 Death Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61 Art Modell, owner, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores Hugh Leggatt, art dealer 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 Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community 1924 Birthday John A Emmens, art historian/poet, Kunst and Vliegwerk Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian 1923 Birthday Roy Lichtenstein, born in New York City, Pop art painter, painted comic book panels Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector 1922 Birthday Art Fowler, baseball player 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 Birthday John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter 1920 Birthday Anthony Storr, born in London, England, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression' 1920 Death Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74 Art Van Damme, born in Norway, Michigan, jazz accordionist, Chicago Jazz Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector 1919 Birthday Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers 1918 Birthday 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 Art Carney, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Ed Norton-Honeymooners 1917 Birthday GE Goran Schildt, Finnish art historian and writer, Solbaten 1916 Death Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72 1915 Birthday Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation' 1914 Birthday Harold Taylor, Canada, educator, Art and the Future 1913 Birthday John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian 1913 Event 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City 1912 Birthday Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist Art Linkletter, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, TV host, People are Funny Kenneth Jameson, art educator Selwyn Powell, art editor 1911 Birthday Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector 1910 Birthday Art Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector 1909 Birthday Hugo Buchthal, art historian 1908 Birthday Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian 1907 Birthday Henriette Wyeth, 1st lady of american art Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art John Canaday, art critic, Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios 1906 Event Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem 1906 Birthday Clement Greenberg, art critic 1905 Birthday Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle, Balt, New York Yankees, Dallas 1904 Birthday Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian Meyer Schapiro, art historian Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector 1904 Event Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater 1902 Birthday 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 Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian, The Buildings of England 1901 Birthday Andre Malraux, Berger, France, novelist/art historian, L'Espoir 1901 Event Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater Art Rooney, NFL team owner for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1900 Birthday Korneel Goossens, Flemish literature/art historian 1899 Birthday Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic, Flandre Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist, Italian and Roman art 1898 Birthday Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector Art Baker, New York City, TV host, You Asked For It 1897 Birthday Richard Krautheimer, art Historian Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor 1896 Death Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 1895 Birthday Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian Eugen Roth, born in Munich, Germany, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952 1894 Birthday Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden 1892 Birthday Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian, Temps Inquiets Erwin Panofsky, German and U.S. art historian 1890 Birthday Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists 1889 Birthday Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Academy of Country Music Award Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, Vermeer 1888 Birthday Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian 1888 Death Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 62 1886 Birthday Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist, L'art et Son Avenir 1886 Event Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class 1885 Birthday Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, Traite du paysage 1884 Birthday Alexander Byvanck, Dutch art historian/archaeologist 1882 Birthday Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony 1881 Birthday Constant W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Dutch archaeologist, banker, art expert 1880 Birthday Anne C. Veth, Dutch cartoonist and art critic 1878 Birthday Karl Albiker, German sculptor, German Art, female nudes 1877 Birthday Daniel G. van Beuningen, Dutch art collector 1873 Birthday Jan Kalf, literary/art historian, Preservation of museums 1872 Birthday Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant and art collector 1872 Event Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City Edward G Craig, actor and director, On the art of theatre 1871 Birthday Henricus P Bremmer, art historian, Modern Kunstwerken 1871 Event San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine 1870 Event Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City 1869 Birthday Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur, Elgin marbles Henry J. Wood, English conductor, Gentle Art of Singing, Proms 1867 Birthday Max Friedlander, German art historian, Altniederlandische Malerei 1865 Birthday Bernard Berenson, art critic, Italian Painters of the Renaissance 1864 Birthday Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work 1863 Death 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 Birthday Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect, Art Nouveau 1862 Birthday Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer Gustav Klimt, born in Austria, Art Nouveau painter 1857 Birthday Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector 1856 Birthday Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art 1855 Birthday Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian, Jan Steen 1853 Death Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 1845 Birthday Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector 1843 Birthday Victor de Stuers, Dutch art connoisseur 1842 Birthday James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor, American Academy of Dramatic Art 1831 Birthday Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost, philosopher, art historian and poet 1831 Event Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam 1826 Birthday Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor 1825 Death John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84 1816 Death Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74 1814 Birthday 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 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector 1813 Birthday Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art 1800 Death Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies 1798 Death Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24 1781 Death Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany 1777 Birthday Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat 1773 Birthday Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer, Fantasies about Art 1750 Death Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65 1746 Birthday Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic 1741 Birthday Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector 1729 Birthday Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller, Atlas of Fouquet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature 1726 Birthday Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector 1717 Birthday Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, History of Ancient Art 1667 Event 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1661 Death Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 1646 Death Thomas H earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies 1606 Death Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 1519 Birthday Cosmos de Medici, art patron, Accademia del Disegno 1511 Birthday Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian, Vasari's Lives 1340 Birthday John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector
