美國時間：每日珠璣 (By Hanching Chung)

Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.  Wikipedia Born :  May 12, 1812,  Holloway, United Kingdom Died :  January 29, 1888,  Sanremo, Italy Artworks :  Masada ,  Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives ,  MORE Period :  Romanticism Parents :  Jeremiah Lear ,  Ann Lear Quotes The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat. They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon. There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren have all built...

1889 – Paul Nash , British painter (d. 1946) 1894 – Martha Graham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991) Salvador Dali Painter Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Púbol, known professionally as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia Born : May 11, 1904, Figueres, Spain Died : January 23, 1989, Figueres, Spain Movies : Destino , An Andalusian Dog , Age of Gold , Babaouo , more His paintings are not beautiful; they spark no great emotion and can be fiendish to untangle. But what they do show is rare technical ability Salvador Dalí's work sits halfway between enchanting fairytales and gruesome horror stills The Spanish artist was born on May 11th 1904 1843MAGAZINE.COM "A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others."—Salvador Dalí, born on this day in 1904. Enjoy "Birth of Liqu...

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by Sesshū Tōyō and other styles of Chinese painting. Wikipedia Born :  1760,  Edo Died :  May 10, 1849,  Edo Period :  Ukiyo-e British Museum ‘Until the age of 70, nothing I drew was worthy of notice’ –  # Hokusai  died  # onthisday  in 1849 aged 90. Our new exhibition – opening on 25 May – will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusai’s life – a time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces. Book tickets here:  http://ow.ly/1Tzn30bAZsG There’s an exciting events programme (including a feature documentary in cinemas!) to run alongside the exhibition – check it out here:  http://ow.ly/fu7f30bAZvF 63則留言 762則分享 2 萬次觀看

大事記 1994年 ： 納爾遜·曼德拉 當選 南非共和國 歷史上首位 黑人 總統 。 2004年 ： 俄羅斯聯邦 車臣共和國 總統 艾哈邁德·卡德羅夫 在 格羅茲尼 參加紀念 二戰 勝利的慶祝活動時被 地雷 炸死。 2013年 ： 廣大興28號事件 ：菲律賓公務船於 臺灣 與 菲律賓 重疊 專屬經濟區 武力攻擊進行海上作業的台灣漁船廣大興28號，造成漁民洪石成死亡，進而造成台灣與菲律賓外交惡化，在台灣也欣起反菲的浪潮。 逝世 1805年 ： 弗里德里希·席勒 ， 德國 詩人 、 劇作家 。（ 1759年 出生） Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays.  Wikipedia Born :  May 9, 1860,  Kirriemuir, United Kingdom Died :  June 19, 1937,  London, United Kingdom Plays :  The Admirable Crichton ,  What Every Woman Knows ,  more The British Library 'All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.' Creator of Peter Pan, J M Barrie, was born  # onthisday  in 1860. Image: 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery', photographs by W ...