Today in History of Art

• 1598 – Johann Crüger, German composer (d. 1662)
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• 1627 – Johann Kaspar Kerll, German composer and organist (d. 1693)
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• 1717 – Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer and music teacher (d. 1750)
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• 1846 – Paolo Tosti, Italian composer (d. 1916)
• 1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (d. 1985)
• 1895 – Mance Lipscomb, American singer, guitarist and songwriter (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976)
• 1904 – Sharkey Bonano, American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist (d. 1972)
• 1908 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (d. 1997)
• "Zebres" 1938
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• 1928 – Tom Lehrer, American composer, satirist, and mathematician
• 1941 – Kay Adams, American singer
• 1964 – Soyo Oka, Japanese musician, composer, and author

Deaths:

• 1963 – Eddie Edwards, American jazz musician (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
• 1976 – Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (b. 1903)
• 1976 – Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
• 1978 – Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b. 1883)
• 1988 – Brook Benton, American singer and songwriter (b. 1931)
• 1998 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew, Curlew, and Third Person (b. 1953)

• 1715 – John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)
• 1819 – Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
• 1869 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
• "Man and Woman"
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• 1876 – Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
• "The Watcher"
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• 1887 – Jamini Roy, Indian/Bengali painter (d. 1972)
• "Man and Elephant"
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• 1889 – Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
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• 1904 – Kundan Lal Saigal, Indian singer and actor (d. 1947)
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• 1912 – John Levy, African-American jazz double-bassist and businessman (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
• 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
• 1932 – Joel Grey, American singer and actor
• 1935 – Richard Berry, American singer and composer (d. 1997)
• 1950 – Tom Hill, English bass guitarist (Geordie)
• 1951 – Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Michael Callen, American musician (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Neville Staple, Jamaican musician
• 1958 – Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001)
• 1961 – Doug Hopkins, American musician (d. 1993)
• 1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
• 1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
• 1969 – Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
• 1971 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
• 1974 – David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and music producer
• 1978 – Tom Thacker, Canadian musician

Deaths:

• 1894 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
• 1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
• 1991 – Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harmonica player (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
• 2006 – June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)

• 1713 – Pierre Jélyotte, French operatic tenor (d. 1797)
• 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, English musician and composer (d. 1830)
• 1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)

"Lady Harriet Maria Conyngham Later Lady Somerville"

"Queen Charlotte"

• 1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (d. 1905)
• "Mourning Girl"

• 1860 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
• 1906 – Bud Freeman, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (d. 1991)
• 1920 – John LaPorta, American jazz musician (d. 2004)
• 1940 – Vladimir Cosma, Romanian composer
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• 1942 – Bill Conti, American composer
• 1944 – Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (d. 2001)
• 1954 – Jimmy Destri, American musician and songwriter (Blondie)
• 1955 – Steve Camp, American singer and musician
• 1962 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?) (d. 1988)
• 1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer (Chantelle)
• 1975 – David Philip Hefti, Swiss composer and conductor
• 1978 – Nick Garrett, English singer (The Swingle Singers and Amici Forever)

Deaths:

• 1826 – Franz Danzi, German composer (b. 1763)
• 1910 – William Quiller Orchardson, British painter (b. 1835)
• 1944 – Cécile Chaminade, French composer and pianist (b. 1857)
• 1954 – Emil Nolde, German painter and printmaker (b. 1867)
• 1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist, and harpsichordist (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

• 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)
• "Study for the Head of Leda"

• 1489 – Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)
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• Sehzade Mehmed Mosque
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• 1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (d. 1758)
• 1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
• "Eleanor Miller" 1791

• 1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
• 1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (d. 1975)
• "The Sources of Country Music"

• 1908 – Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Roy Clark, American singer, musician, and television host
• 1939 – Marty Wilde, British singer and songwriter
• 1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh musician and producer (Love Sculpture and Rockpile)
• 1947 – Woolly Wolstenholme, British musician (Barclay James Harvest)
• 1948 – Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer
• 1952 – Brian Muir, British sculptor and designer
• 1967 – Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness)
• 1981 – Seth Wulsin, American artist

Deaths:

• 1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (b. 1377)
• 1641 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)
• 1788 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
• • Wallace Hartley,English violinist (b. 1878)
• 1988 – Youri Egorov, Soviet pianist (b. 1954)
• 1995 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter (b. 1903)
• 2004 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer and musician (b. 1950)

• 1683 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (d. 1729)
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• 1833 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (d. 1900)
• 1882 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (d. 1951)
• 1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer and writer (d. 1978)
• 1934 – Don Kirshner, American composer (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Billy Fury, British singer (d. 1983)
• 1940 – Anja Silja, German soprano
• 1948 – Jan Hammer, Czech composer
• 1954 – Michael Sembello, American musician and songwriter
• 1954 – Lester Square, Canadian musician (The Monochrome Set and Adam and the Ants)
• 1955 – Pete Shelley, British musician (Buzzcocks)
• 1974 – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth, Bloodbath, and Katatonia)
• 1977 – Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon)
• 1977 – Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist and pianist

Deaths:

• 1764 – Johann Mattheson, German composer (b. 1681)
• 1799 – Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
• The expanded East India House, Leadenhall Street, London, as rebuilt 1799-1800, by Richard Jupp, architect.

Severndroog Caslte, Castlewood, Shooters Hill, London, Se18, Built 1784

• 1873 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (b. 1783)
• "Self-Potrait with Family", 1830

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• 1930 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)
• "Portrait of Marina Makovskaya" 1912 
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• "The Woman of Spanish Had a Red Shawl"
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• 1933 – Konstantine Marjanishvili, Georgian theatre director (b. 1872)
• 1960 – Eddie Cochran, American musician (b. 1938)
• 1967 – Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
• 1988 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1900)
• 2003 – Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Gil Dobrică, Romanian singer (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)

• 1605 – Antonio Bertali, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1669)
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• 1613 – Christoph Bach, court musician, grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1661)
• 1660 – Sebastián Durón, Spanish composer (d. 1716)
• 1715 – James Nares, English composer of mostly sacred vocal works (d. 1783)
• 1734 – Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian composer (d. 1786)
• 1785 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)
• 1892 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (d. 1983)
• 1920 – Gene Leis, American jazz guitarist and educator (d. 1993)
• 1928 – Alexis Korner, English musician (d. 1984)
• 1941 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
• 1942 – Bas Jan Ader, Dutch artist (disappeared 1975)
• 1942 – Alan Price, English musician (The Animals, The Alan Price Set)
• 1943 – Eve Graham, Scottish singer (The New Seekers)
• 1947 – Murray Perahia, American pianist
• 1947 – Mark Volman, American musician (The Turtles, The Mothers Of Invention)
• 1953 – Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
• 1957 – Tony Martin, English musician (Black Sabbath)
• 1960 – Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian musician, composer and musical producer
• 1965 – Natalie Dessay, French soprano
• 1966 – Véronique Gens, French soprano
• 1966 – Julia Neigel, German singer, songwriter, producer, author and entertainer
• 1967 – Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter

Deaths:

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• 1588 – Paolo Veronese, Italian painter (b. 1528)
• "Christ and the Woman of Samaria" 1550

• "Apollo and Daphne" 1569

• 1629 – Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
• 1768 – Canaletto, Italian artist (b. 1697)
• "Piazza San Marco"

"Venice"

• 1966 – Javier Solis, Mexican singer (b. 1931)
• 2000 – Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)

• 1555 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
• 1730 – Antonín Kammel, Czech composer and violinist (d. 1788)
• 1874 – Vincent Scotto, French composer (d. 1952)
• 1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-American violinist, composer, teacher, and conductor (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist (d. 2011)
• 1911 – Leonard Warren, American opera singer (d. 1960)
• 1916 – Eldon Rathburn, Canadian composer (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer, composer, and guitarist
• 1919 – Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (d. 1981)
• 1947 – Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Stooges and The Trolls)
• 1947 – John Weider, English musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, and Stud)
• 1948 – Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2008)
• 1949 – Patti LuPone, American singer and actress
• 1954 – Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Tim Jacobus, American artist
• 1959 – Jerry Only, American singer and musician (The Misfits, Osaka Popstar, and Kryst The Conqueror)
• 1959 – Michael Timmins, Canadian musician and songwriter (Cowboy Junkies)
• 1966 – Michael Franti, American singer, musician, composer, and poet (The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy)
• 1970 – Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Frames and The Swell Season)
• 1972 – Severina Vučković, Croatian singer and actress
• 1978 – Branden Steineckert, American musician (Rancid and The Used)

Deaths:

• 1977 – Issy Bonn, English actor, singer, and comedian (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter and musician (Fairport Convention, Strawbs, and Fotheringay) (b. 1947)
• 1991 – Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor and jazz musician (b. 1904)
• 2000 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)

• 1715 – Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and pupil of J.S. Bach (d. 1797)
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• 1775 – J. M. W. Turner, English painter (d. 1851)
• "The Fighting Temeraire" 1838
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"Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute", ca. 1835

• 1857 – Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
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• 1858 – Ethel Mary Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)
• 1872 – Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
• 1880 – Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (d. 1942)
• 1882 – Albert Coates, British composer (d. 1953)
• 1891 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (d. 1953)
• 1894 – Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)
• 1904 – Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter (d. 2001)
• "Nu Couche"
  

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• 1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1934 – George Canseco, Filipino music composer (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Bunky Green, American musician
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• 1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
• 1941 – Jacqueline Boyer, French singer
• 1943 – Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
• 1947 – Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull)
• 1949 – David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson)
• 1957 – Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
• 1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer
• 1958 – Gene Scheer, American opera librettist and songwriter
• 1960 – Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991)
• 1970 – Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
• 1975 – Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
• 1979 – Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis)

Deaths:

• 1984 – Red Garland, American jazz pianist (b. 1923)
• 1986 – Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek musician (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Chris Ethridge, American musician and songwriter (The Flying Burrito Brothers) (b. 1947)

• 1694 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753)
• 1723 – Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (d. 1797)
• 1850 – Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer (d. 1927)
• 1909 – William Pereira, American architect (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Earl Bostic, American jazz musician (d. 1965)
• 1917 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Melissa Hayden, American ballerina (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Franco Mannino, Italian composer, playwright, and novelist (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Ton Schulten, Dutch artist
• 1939 – Ted Kooser, American poet
• 1944 – Len Goodman, English dancer
• 1945 – Stu Cook, American singer and musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Southern Pacific, and Creedence Clearwater Revisited)
• 1949 – Michael Brown, American musician and songwriter (The Left Banke and Stories)
• 1952 – Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1955 – Christopher Tyng, American composer
• 1964 – Andy Bell, English singer-songwriter and DJ (Erasure)
• 1965 – Eric Avery, American musician and songwriter (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, and Polar Bear)
• 1965 – Simon Fowler, English singer and musician (Ocean Colour Scene)
• 1966 – James Stacy Barbour, American actor and singer
• 1971 – Sara Baras, Spanish dancer

Deaths:

• 1472 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
• 1690 – David Teniers the Younger, Flemish artist (b. 1610)
• 1906 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (b. 1839)
• 1975 – Mike Brant, Israeli singer (b. 1947)
• 1990 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
• 1995 – Andria Balanchivadze, Georgian composer (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Roger Troutman, American musician (b. 1951)
• 1999 – Larry Troutman, American musician (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)

• 1623 – Johann Adam Reinken, German organist and composer (d. 1722)
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• 1791 – Samuel Morse, American inventor and painter, co-inventor of the Morse code (d. 1872)
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• 1812 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
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• 1894 – George Petty, American artist (d. 1975)
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• 1894 – Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian composer, conductor, musician, critic, and author (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Maxine Brown, American singer (The Browns)
• 1979 – Will Boyd, American musician (Evanescence, American Princes, and The Visitors)

Deaths:

• 1656 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (b. 1596)
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• 1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
• 2007 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)