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August 15:Napoléon, Ivan Meštrović, René Magritte, Mary Jo Salter

René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Wikipedia
BornNovember 21, 1898, Lessines, Belgium
DiedAugust 15, 1967, Schaerbeek, Belgium

Since the death of the Belgian surrealist René Magritte in #onthisday in 1967, his unsettling images have achieved international prominence and, for better or worse, have embedded themselves in the global mainstream. What can his writings teach us about the artist and the man? https://www.apollo-magazine.com/humans-hide-secrets-well-m…/


A rich selection of essays, interviews and memoirs offer a unique glimpse into the life and works of the revered artist who sought to subvert and unsettle
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Poet Mary Jo Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on this day in 1954.
"Lullaby for a daughter" by Mary Jo Salter
Someday, when the sands of time
invert, may you find perfect rest
as a newborn nurses from
the hourglass of your breast.

Mary Jo Salter - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Salter
Mary Jo Salter (born August 15, 1954) is an American poet, a co-editor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry and a professor in the Writing Seminars program at ...
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Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.Wikipedia
BornAugust 15, 1769, Ajaccio, France
DiedMay 5, 1821, Longwood House
Height1.69 m
Our quote of the day is from French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoleon, born #onthisday in 1769, once claimed that 'Men are only as great as the monuments they leave behind'. Find out more about how the master designer, Charles Percier, shaped Napoleon's image here: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/napoleons-interior-designe…/
When he was born—on August 15th 1769—France could still claim to be Europe’s predominant power, as it had been for 100 years. By the time he died in 1821, it had been pushed aside






Charles Percier may not be a household name, but his Empire style sums up the Napoleonic era – and has had imitators ever since, writes Tom Stammers
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Ivan Meštrović - Wikipedia

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Ivan Meštrović was a renowned Croatian sculptor and architect of the 20th century. After the end of World War II, he left Yugoslavia and emigrated to the United ...

Ivan Meštrović was a renowned Croatian sculptor and architect of the 20th century. After the end of World War II, he left Yugoslavia and emigrated to the United States. Wikipedia
BornAugust 15, 1883, Vrpolje, Croatia

'It seems extraordinary that this great artist, who was once an international figure consulted by statesmen about Balkan politics, and who was hailed in 1924 by Gertrude Stein as the "new Michelangelo", should today be so little known'. Gavin Stamp on the sculptor and architect Ivan Mestrovic, who was born #onthisday in 1883. https://www.apollo-magazine.com/seems-extraordinary-great-…/


Gavin Stamp on the architecture of Ivan Meštrović, who was once hailed by Gertrude Stein as the ‘new Michelangelo’ but has since fallen into obscurity
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