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Holidays 11.17

Holidays

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Bowler Hat Day

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day pf Action

Coping With Uncertainty Day

COVID-19 Anniversary Day

Creative Alienation Day

Danny Devito Day (New Jersey)

Day of the Volkswagen

Electric Greeting Card Day

Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Heidi Day (US Football)

Here To Go Day

International Candidate Attorney Day

International Day for the Fight Against Lung Cancer

International Day of Simulation & Gaming

International ERG Day

International Students’ Day

John Peter Zenger Day

Life Day

Little Mermaid Day

Malabo Festival (Equatorial Guinea)

Martyrs’ Day (Orissa, India)

McHappy Day (Canada)

National Alex Scott Lawson Day

National Black Cat Day

National Cowboy Shit Day

National Epilepsy Day (India)

National Farm Joke Day

National Jaden Day

National Journalism Day (India)

National Reuben Day

National Testosterone Day

National Unfriend Day

National Yeti Day

Omega Psi Phi Day

Polytechneio (Greece)

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

Public Restroom Hand Dryer Appreciation Day

Revolution Day (Mexico)

Shogi Day (Japan)

Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day

Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Substitute Educators Day

Take A Hike Day

Tazaungdaing Holidays (Myanmar)

Tori No Ichi (Rooster Day #2; Japan)

Tuberous Pea Day (French Republic)

Utopia Memorial Day (Republic of Molossia)

Velvet Revolution Anniversary Day

World Day to Combat Prostate Cancer

World Peace Day

World Petroleum Day

World Prematurity Awareness Day

World Vasectomy Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Baklava Day

Homemade Bread Day

International Happy Gose Day

National Butter Day

3rd Friday in November

Children in Need Day (Ireland, UK) [Friday of 2nd Full Week]

International Stand Up to Bullying Day [3rd Friday] (Also 3rd Friday in Feb)

Music T-Shirt Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

National Agriculture Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

Substitute Educators Day [3rd Friday]

World Sustainable Toys Day [3rd Friday]

Independence Days

Blue Army (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Canterbury Province Day (New Zealand)

Cartagena Independence Day (Colombia)

New France (a.k.a. Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia; Declared; 1860) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Acisclus (Christian; Saint)

Aignan of Orleans (a.k.a. Anian or Agnan; Christian; Saint)

Al Dente Day (Pastafarian)

Bronzino (Artology)

Charles Lock Eastlake (Artology)

Dionysius, Archbishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory Thaumaturgus (Christian; Saint)

Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesareia (Orthodox Church)

Hilda of Whitby (Christian; Saint)

Holda’s Blot (Pagan)

Hugh of Lincoln (Church of England)

Smoke Somewhat Out Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Summer Squall (Muppetism)

William III (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

All Dogs Go to Heaven (Animated Film; 1989)

Americana, by The Offspring (Album; 1998)

The American President (Film; 1995)

Another Thin Man (Film; 1939)

Apples and Oranges, by Pink Floyd (Song; 1067)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Film; 2023)

Bolt (Animated Film; 2008)

Breathless, by Kenny G (Album; 1992)

Buddy’s Adventures (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Casino Royale (US Film; 2006) [James Bond #21]

The Civil War: A Narrative, by Shelby Foote (History Book; 1963)

The Dognapper (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Double Fantasy, by John Lennon (Album; 1980)

Drip-Along Daffy (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Duck Soup (Film; 1933)

1899 (TV Series; 2022)

Fireman Sam (Animated TV Series; 1987)

GoldenEye (US Film; 1995) [James Bond #17]

Happy Feet (Animated Film; 2006)

Harlem Nights (Film; 1989)

Heroes (Film; 1977)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Film; 2000)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Film; 2023)

Justice League (Film; 2017)

Justice League: Secret Origins (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Land of Confusion, by Genesis (Song; 1986)

Let It Be …Naked, by The Beatles (Album; 2003)

The Little Mermaid (Animated Disney Film; 1989)

The National Lampoon Radio Hour (Radio Series; 1973)

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink … To A Blind Horse, by The Faces (Album; 1971)

The Punisher (Film; 2017)

The Queen (Film; 2006)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (Animated Film; 2000)

The Saint Overboard, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1936) [Saint #17]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Animated TV Series; 2023)

1776 (Film; 1972)

Spirit, by Jewel (Album; 1998)

Steel Magnolias (Film; 1989)

Tales of a Librarian, by Tori Amos (Compilation Album; 2003)

Teaser, by Tommy Colin (Album; 1975)

This American Life (Radio Series; 1995)

Who Let the Dogs Out, by Baha Men (Song; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Florin, Gertrud, Hilda (Austria)

Alfej, Elizabeta, Igor, Zakej (Croatia)

Mahulena (Czech Republic)

Anianus (Denmark)

Egil, Egon, Einar, Einari, Eino, Heinar (Estonia)

Einari, Eino (Finland)

Élisabeth, Élise, Hilda (France)

Florin , Gertrud, Hilda, Walter (Germany)

Genadios (Greece)

Gergő, Hortenzia (Hungary)

Elisabetta, Gregorio (Italy)

Hugo, Uga, Ugis, Urdze (Latvia)

Benita, Getautas, Gilvilė, Viktorija (Lithuania)

Hauk, Hogne, Hugo (Norway)

Dionizy, Floryn, Grzegorz, Hugo, Hugon, Salome, Salomea, Sulibor, Zbysław (Poland)

Grigorie, Lazar, Zaharia (Romania)

Klaudia (Slovakia)

Gregorio, Hilda, Hugo, Isabel, Victoria (Spain)

Naemi, Naima (Sweden)

Annalisa, Annalise, Annelise, Hilda, Hildie, Hildy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 321 of 2024; 44 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 46 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 5 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 4 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 21 Mir; Sevenday [21 of 30]

Julian: 4 November 2023

Moon: 21%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 13 Frederic (12th Month) [William III]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 55 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 25 of 29)

#calendar #Holidays

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brookstonalmanac · 5 months

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Holidays 11.17

Holidays

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Bowler Hat Day

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day pf Action

Coping With Uncertainty Day

COVID-19 Anniversary Day

Creative Alienation Day

Danny Devito Day (New Jersey)

Day of the Volkswagen

Electric Greeting Card Day

Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Heidi Day (US Football)

Here To Go Day

International Candidate Attorney Day

International Day for the Fight Against Lung Cancer

International Day of Simulation & Gaming

International ERG Day

International Students’ Day

John Peter Zenger Day

Life Day

Little Mermaid Day

Malabo Festival (Equatorial Guinea)

Martyrs’ Day (Orissa, India)

McHappy Day (Canada)

National Alex Scott Lawson Day

National Black Cat Day

National Cowboy Shit Day

National Epilepsy Day (India)

National Farm Joke Day

National Jaden Day

National Journalism Day (India)

National Reuben Day

National Testosterone Day

National Unfriend Day

National Yeti Day

Omega Psi Phi Day

Polytechneio (Greece)

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

Public Restroom Hand Dryer Appreciation Day

Revolution Day (Mexico)

Shogi Day (Japan)

Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day

Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Substitute Educators Day

Take A Hike Day

Tazaungdaing Holidays (Myanmar)

Tori No Ichi (Rooster Day #2; Japan)

Tuberous Pea Day (French Republic)

Utopia Memorial Day (Republic of Molossia)

Velvet Revolution Anniversary Day

World Day to Combat Prostate Cancer

World Peace Day

World Petroleum Day

World Prematurity Awareness Day

World Vasectomy Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Baklava Day

Homemade Bread Day

International Happy Gose Day

National Butter Day

3rd Friday in November

Children in Need Day (Ireland, UK) [Friday of 2nd Full Week]

International Stand Up to Bullying Day [3rd Friday] (Also 3rd Friday in Feb)

Music T-Shirt Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

National Agriculture Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

Substitute Educators Day [3rd Friday]

World Sustainable Toys Day [3rd Friday]

Independence Days

Blue Army (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Canterbury Province Day (New Zealand)

Cartagena Independence Day (Colombia)

New France (a.k.a. Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia; Declared; 1860) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Acisclus (Christian; Saint)

Aignan of Orleans (a.k.a. Anian or Agnan; Christian; Saint)

Al Dente Day (Pastafarian)

Bronzino (Artology)

Charles Lock Eastlake (Artology)

Dionysius, Archbishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory Thaumaturgus (Christian; Saint)

Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesareia (Orthodox Church)

Hilda of Whitby (Christian; Saint)

Holda’s Blot (Pagan)

Hugh of Lincoln (Church of England)

Smoke Somewhat Out Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Summer Squall (Muppetism)

William III (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

All Dogs Go to Heaven (Animated Film; 1989)

Americana, by The Offspring (Album; 1998)

The American President (Film; 1995)

Another Thin Man (Film; 1939)

Apples and Oranges, by Pink Floyd (Song; 1067)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Film; 2023)

Bolt (Animated Film; 2008)

Breathless, by Kenny G (Album; 1992)

Buddy’s Adventures (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Casino Royale (US Film; 2006) [James Bond #21]

The Civil War: A Narrative, by Shelby Foote (History Book; 1963)

The Dognapper (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Double Fantasy, by John Lennon (Album; 1980)

Drip-Along Daffy (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Duck Soup (Film; 1933)

1899 (TV Series; 2022)

Fireman Sam (Animated TV Series; 1987)

GoldenEye (US Film; 1995) [James Bond #17]

Happy Feet (Animated Film; 2006)

Harlem Nights (Film; 1989)

Heroes (Film; 1977)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Film; 2000)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Film; 2023)

Justice League (Film; 2017)

Justice League: Secret Origins (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Land of Confusion, by Genesis (Song; 1986)

Let It Be …Naked, by The Beatles (Album; 2003)

The Little Mermaid (Animated Disney Film; 1989)

The National Lampoon Radio Hour (Radio Series; 1973)

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink … To A Blind Horse, by The Faces (Album; 1971)

The Punisher (Film; 2017)

The Queen (Film; 2006)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (Animated Film; 2000)

The Saint Overboard, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1936) [Saint #17]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Animated TV Series; 2023)

1776 (Film; 1972)

Spirit, by Jewel (Album; 1998)

Steel Magnolias (Film; 1989)

Tales of a Librarian, by Tori Amos (Compilation Album; 2003)

Teaser, by Tommy Colin (Album; 1975)

This American Life (Radio Series; 1995)

Who Let the Dogs Out, by Baha Men (Song; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Florin, Gertrud, Hilda (Austria)

Alfej, Elizabeta, Igor, Zakej (Croatia)

Mahulena (Czech Republic)

Anianus (Denmark)

Egil, Egon, Einar, Einari, Eino, Heinar (Estonia)

Einari, Eino (Finland)

Élisabeth, Élise, Hilda (France)

Florin , Gertrud, Hilda, Walter (Germany)

Genadios (Greece)

Gergő, Hortenzia (Hungary)

Elisabetta, Gregorio (Italy)

Hugo, Uga, Ugis, Urdze (Latvia)

Benita, Getautas, Gilvilė, Viktorija (Lithuania)

Hauk, Hogne, Hugo (Norway)

Dionizy, Floryn, Grzegorz, Hugo, Hugon, Salome, Salomea, Sulibor, Zbysław (Poland)

Grigorie, Lazar, Zaharia (Romania)

Klaudia (Slovakia)

Gregorio, Hilda, Hugo, Isabel, Victoria (Spain)

Naemi, Naima (Sweden)

Annalisa, Annalise, Annelise, Hilda, Hildie, Hildy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 321 of 2024; 44 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 46 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 5 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 4 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 21 Mir; Sevenday [21 of 30]

Julian: 4 November 2023

Moon: 21%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 13 Frederic (12th Month) [William III]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 55 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 25 of 29)

#Holidays

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valleydean · 2 years

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I posted 22,846 times in 2021

2375 posts created (10%)

20471 posts reblogged (90%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 8.6 posts.

I added 30,696 tags in 2021

#spn - 13334 posts

#destiel - 7430 posts

#cas - 2271 posts

#fanart - 1899 posts

#dean - 1685 posts

#ask - 1020 posts

#text post - 993 posts

#misha - 918 posts

#q - 580 posts

#classic destiel - 566 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#''he's my best friend and the love of my life and we talk on the phone about absolutely nothing at all. we call each other just to check in'

My Top Posts in 2021

obsessed with cas and crowley’s relationship because it wasn’t the standard “oh they’re rivals but they actually have a begrudging respect for each other.�� no. they genuinely could not stand each other. every time they saw each other, they chose violence. they almost ended the world together one time but you know that when cas found out crowley died, he was just like “good” and then never so much as thought of him again. they really are the only duo.

2851 notes • Posted 2021-01-12 04:31:55 GMT

Genuinely hilarious that people see a guy telling another guy "you're perfect and I love you," which makes him so euphorically happy that he then immediately dies, and they're like, "ah yes. platonic friendship." It's peak comedy, actually. I love it. Please continue.

2952 notes • Posted 2021-02-17 22:01:49 GMT

i’m that bad type

make your mama sad type

make your girlfriend mad type

might seduce your dad type

3008 notes • Posted 2021-05-04 16:29:36 GMT

ok but you know dean was like “should we invite crowley to the wedding?” not really knowing how cas would react but also kinda wanting crowley to be there because dean knows the dude knows how to party. and cas just goes “oh, he’s absolutely invited. in fact, i’ve actually already invited every single one of your exes and i will force them against their will to attend and sit in the front row so they can watch me win”

4521 notes • Posted 2021-02-14 18:02:26 GMT

as we approach the one year anniversary of nov 5, 2020, i just wanna remind everyone real quick that “destiel won the us presidential election” is the funniest goddamn string of words ever put together and i am so glad i was alive to experience it in real time

16147 notes • Posted 2021-10-26 02:24:30 GMT

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#my 2021 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #my top 5 posts ARE my best work of the year and they DID remind me that i'm the funniest bitch alive #way to go team excellent work on the reblogging front #shut up mallory #this post is actually the ULTIMATE shut up mallory #but i will not #see y'all in 2022!!!!!!!!

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mishinashen · 3 years

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Self-Portrait by Alphonse Mucha, 1899

Alfons Maria Mucha (Czech: 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, and designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.

In the second part of his career, at the age of 43, he returned to his homeland of Bohemia-Moravia region in Austria and devoted himself to painting a series of twenty monumental canvases known as The Slav Epic, depicting the history of all the Slavic peoples of the world, which he painted between 1912 and 1926. In 1928, on the 10th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, he presented the series to the Czech nation. He considered it his most important work. It is now on display in Prague.

Alphonse Mucha was born on 24 July 1860 in the small town of Ivančice in southern Moravia, then a province of the Austrian Empire (currently a region of the Czech Republic). His family had a very modest income; his father Ondřej was a court usher, and his mother Amálie was a miller's daughter. Ondřej had six children, all with names starting with A. Alphonse was his first child with Amálie, followed by Anna and Anděla.

Alphonse showed an early talent for drawing; a local merchant impressed by his work provided him with paper for free, though it was considered a luxury. In the preschool period, he drew exclusively with his left hand. He also had a talent for music: he was an alto singer and violin player

After completing volksschule, he wanted to continue with his studies, but his family was not able to fund them, as they were already funding the studies of his three step-siblings] His music teacher sent him to Pavel Křížkovský, choirmaster of St Thomas's Abbey in Brno, to be admitted to the choir and to have his studies funded by the monastery. Křížovský was impressed by his talent, but he was not able to admit and fund him, as he had just admitted another talented young musician, Leoš Janáček.

Křížovský sent him to a choirmaster of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, who admitted him as a chorister and funded his studies at the gymnasium in Brno, where he received his secondary school education. After his voice broke, he gave up his chorister position, but played as a violinist during masses.

He became devoutly religious, and wrote later, "For me, the notions of painting, going to church, and music are so closely knit that often I cannot decide whether I like church for its music, or music for its place in the mystery which it accompanies." He grew up in an environment of intense Czech nationalism in all the arts, from music to literature and painting. He designed flyers and posters for patriotic rallies.

His singing abilities allowed him to continue his musical education at the Gymnázium Brno in the Moravian capital of Brno, but his true ambition was to become an artist. He found some employment designing theatrical scenery and other decorations. In 1878 he applied without success to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, but was rejected and advised to "find a different career". In 1880, at the age of 19, he traveled to Vienna, the political and cultural capital of the Empire, and found employment as an apprentice scenery painter for a company which made sets for Vienna theaters. While in Vienna, he discovered the museums, churches, palaces and especially theaters, for which he received free tickets from his employer. He also discovered Hans Makart, a very prominent academic painter, who created murals for many of the palaces and government buildings in Vienna, and was a master of portraits and historical paintings in grand format. His style turned Mucha in that artistic direction and influenced his later work. He also began experimenting with photography, which became an important tool in his later work.

To his misfortune, a terrible fire in 1881 destroyed the Ringtheater, the major client of his firm. Later in 1881, almost without funds, he took a train as far north as his money would take him. He arrived in Mikulov in southern Moravia, and began making portraits, decorative art and lettering for tombstones. His work was appreciated, and he was commissioned by Count Eduard Khuen Belasi, a local landlord and nobleman, to paint a series of murals for his residence at Emmahof Castle, and then at his ancestral home in the Tyrol, Gandegg Castle. The paintings at Emmahof were destroyed by fire in 1948, but his early versions in small format exist (now on display at the museum in Brno). He showed his skill at mythological themes, the female form, and lush vegetal decoration. Belasi, who was also an amateur painter, took Mucha on expeditions to see art in Venice, Florence and Milan, and introduced him to many artists, including the famous Bavarian romantic painter, Wilhelm Kray, who lived in Munich.

Count Belasi decided to bring Mucha to Munich for formal training, and paid his tuition fees and living expenses at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He moved there in September 1885. It is not clear how Mucha actually studied at the Munich Academy; there is no record of his being enrolled as a student there. However, he did become friends with a number of notable Slavic artists there, including the Czechs Karel Vítězslav Mašek and Ludek Marold and the Russian Leonid Pasternak, father of the famous poet and novelist Boris Pasternak. He founded a Czech students' club, and contributed political illustrations to nationalist publications in Prague. In 1886 he received a notable commission for a painting of the Czech patron saints Cyril and Methodius, from a group of Czech emigrants, including some of his relatives, who had founded a Roman Catholic church in the town of Pisek, North Dakota. He was very happy with the artistic environment of Munich: he wrote to friends, "Here I am in my new element, painting. I cross all sorts of currents, but without effort, and even with joy. Here, for the first time, I can find the objectives to reach which used to seem inaccessible." However, he found he could not remain forever in Munich; the Bavarian authorities imposed increasing restrictions upon foreign students and residents. Count Belasi suggested that he travel either to Rome or to Paris. With Belasi's financial support, he decided in 1887 to move to Paris.

Mucha moved to Paris in 1888 where he enrolled in the Académie Julian[18] and the following year, 1889, Académie Colarossi. The two schools taught a wide variety of different styles. His first professors at the Academie Julien were Jules Lefebvre who specialized in female nudes and allegorical paintings, and Jean-Paul Laurens, whose specialties were historical and religious paintings in a realistic and dramatic style. At the end of 1889, as he approached the age of thirty, his patron, Count Belasi, decided that Mucha had received enough education and ended his subsidies.

When he arrived in Paris, Mucha found shelter with the help of the large Slavic community. He lived in a boarding house called the Crémerie at 13 rue de la Grande Chaumière, whose owner, Charlotte Caron, was famous for sheltering struggling artists; when needed she accepted paintings or drawings in place of rent. Mucha decided to follow the path of another Czech painter he knew from Munich, Ludek Marold, who had made a successful career as an illustrator for magazines. In 1890 and 1891, he began providing illustrations for the weekly magazine La Vie populaire, which published novels in weekly segments. His illustration for a novel by Guy de Maupassant, called The Useless Beauty, was on the cover of 22 May 1890 edition. He also made illustrations for Le Petit Français Illustré, which published stories for young people in both magazine and book form. For this magazine he provided dramatic scenes of battles and other historic events, including a cover illustration of a scene from the Franco-Prussian War which was on 23 January 1892 edition.

His illustrations began to give him a regular income. He was able to buy a harmonium to continue his musical interests, and his first camera, which used glass-plate negatives. He took pictures of himself and his friends, and also regularly used it to compose his drawings. He became friends with Paul Gauguin, and shared a studio with him for a time when Gauguin returned from Tahiti in the summer of 1893. In late autumn 1894 he also became friends with the playwright August Strindberg, with whom he had a common interest in philosophy and mysticism.

His magazine illustrations led to book illustration; he was commissioned to provide illustrations for Scenes and Episodes of German History by historian Charles Seignobos. Four of his illustrations, including one depicting the death of Frederic Barbarossa, were chosen for display at the 1894 Paris Salon of Artists. He received a medal of honor, his first official recognition.

Mucha added another important client in the early 1890s; the Central Library of Fine Arts, which specialized in the publication of books about art, architecture and the decorative arts. It later launched a new magazine in 1897 called Art et Decoration, which played an early and important role in publicizing the Art Nouveau style. He continued to publish illustrations for his other clients, including illustrating a children's book of poetry by Eugène Manuel, and illustrations for a magazine of the theater arts, called La Costume au théâtre.

#czech art #art noveau

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anachronism16 · 3 years

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HAPPY NEWSIE STRIKE DAY!

Today is the anniversary of the day that the newsies of New York went on strike (July 18, 1899). The strike ended on August 2. Let’s appreciate their hard work by celebrating the newsies!

#newsies #jack kelly #katherine plumber #katherine pulitzer #crutchie #davey jacobs #racetrack higgins #newsies research #newsboys of ny

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othmeralia · 3 years

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Happy 3rd birthday to our Digital Collections, which officially launched three years ago on February 1, 2018! Inspired by the traditional and modern 3rd anniversary gifts, we hope you enjoy this roundup of leather and glass-themed items from our collections.

Images from top, with links to our Digital Collections, natch:

Set of powder paint pigments in leather case, 1880-1899

Carl Goetz blowing glass at Dow Chemical Company facility, October 2, 1957

Bellows, after 1826-before 1930

Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory, 1901-1928

Microscopic view of assorted glass canes and drops, 1665

Beckman pH meter in a glass case, circa 1980′s

#digital collections #othmer library #othmeralia #3rd anniversary #leather #glass #scientific illustration

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lovelychocolatecrusade · 3 years

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33 Top Teddy Bear Facts You Probably Never Knew!

The charming and cuddly teddy bear is in excess of 100 years of age. Truth be told, it originates before even World War I and can follow its beginnings back to one of the best US presidents. While, in its hundred or more year history, the unassuming teddy has vanquished the World from Europe to America to Japan and back. What's more, despite the fact that our once more straightforward lives are currently stifling in such a lot of innovation, the regular teddy appears to be more famous than any other time in recent memory - simply Google him! Here are some additional astonishing realities about this youth exemplary and twentieth century symbol.

1. Bears initially showed up on the abstract scene in the fantasy 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' composed by Robert Southey in 1834.

2. The previously stuffed bear delicate toy gave indications of showing up on the scene when Margarete Steiff enlisted licenses for 23 of her delicate toy plans, including a moving bear and a bear controller with an earthy colored bear in 1899.

3. History is made - a Brooklyn retailer, Morris Michtom sells the world's first 'Teddy's Bear' in quite a while shop in November 1902.

4. In March 1903, upwards of 3000 stuffed bear toys are transported across to America by the Steiff Company in Germany.

5. Bear toys were called 'Bruins' back then. The primary ad for Bruins showed up in the American toy exchange magazine Playthings May 1906.

6. That very year in November, the words 'Teddy Bear' highlighted for the absolute first time in another commercial in Playthings by American maker E.J. Horsman.

7. "Teddy Bear" was one of the primary delineated books dependent on these well known delicate toys, composed by Alice Scott.

8. In 1907, music history was made when music of the well known melody, The Teddy Bear's Picnic, was written by American author J.K. Bratton. The tune was initially called The Teddy Bear Two Step and the verses we know and love today were not really added until 1932 by productive British lyricist Jimmy Kennedy.

9. In 1908, the J.K. Farnell organization began fabricating the primary British teddies. The firm was initially established in London's Notting Hill as a silk trader and first delivered tea cossies and pin pads. However, it is accepted that their Alpha bear of 1925 was the motivation the making of Winnie the Pooh.

10. In 1909, the principal vivified teddy animation "Little Johnny and the Teddy Bears" showed up in USA.

11. In 1912, as the world got information on the sinking of the Titanic on her first venture with stunned incredulity, the German delicate toy organization run by Steiff made a mountain bear to give as grieving presents for every one of the individuals who lost friends and family on the Titanic.

12. In 1919, the lovable teddy bear was airborne on their first relentless transoceanic flight! Flying pioneers, Alcock and Brown, took teddy mascots with them on this record-breaking departure from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in a changed World War I Vickers Vimy plane.

13. The teddy bear entered a great many homes each day for Britons when the principal British funny cartoon teddy character, Bobby Bear, was distributed in the London-based Daily Herald paper.

14. The next year, in 1920, the principal Rupert Bear picture story, Little Lost Bear, composed and represented by Mary Tourtel, discovered its direction in the UK paper, The Daily Express.

15. In 1924, activity film monster Walt Disney created the primary shading movement film with a teddy bear topic Alice and the Three Bears.

16. Quite possibly the most popular and cherished bears, all things considered, Winnie-the-Pooh showed up when the main version of Winnie-the-Pooh was distributed A.A. Milne in 1926.

17. In 1944, even as backwoods fires caused devastation across the USA, Smokey Bear was embraced as the mascot of the United States Forest Fire Prevention Campaign.

18. Dirty, the teddy bear glove manikin and performer, made its introduction on British TV in 1952. Dirty turned out to be tremendously famous in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand. To such an extent that Sooty is presently the longest running youngsters' TV program in the UK and turned 60 out of 2008. Concocted by Harry Corbett, father gave the work of puppeteer over to child Matthew in 1976. Matthew resigned in the last part of the nineties with Soot's fame undiminished.

19. 1953 was the Golden Jubilee of Stiff's first delicate toy bear. It was commended with a recent trend bear, 'an amusing youthful bear whelp', called Jackie Baby.

20. A typical predicament was tackled when Wendy Boston, Welsh toy creator, delivered the principal really launder able delicate toy bear in 1954.

21. 1958 saw another hugely cherished and well known bear, Paddington Bear, show up on the scene interestingly. The principal Paddington story, A Bear Called Paddington, by Michael Bond was distributed for the current year.

22. In a critical turn of events, Walt Disney procured the rights to Winnie-the-Pooh in 1959.

23. Colonel Bob Henderson dispatches The Teddy Bear Club in 1962.

24. The initially energized film on Winnie-the-Pooh is created by Walt Disney in 1975. It's anything but a work of art.

25. In 1979, the Marquis of Bath coordinated the Great Teddy Bear Rally at Longleat.

26. In a takeoff from its standard things, sales management firm Christie's of London held the first since forever teddy bear-just sale in 1985.

27. In 1988, Giles and Michele Branders set up The Teddy Bear Museum in William Shakespeare's old neighborhood of Stratford-upon-Avon.

28. The following year, in 1989, the primary British Teddy Bear Festival was held in London.

29. That very year, in 1989, Happy Anniversary, a 1926 vintage mohair Steffi bear, was sold at a closeout in London for an astounding £55,000 to American Paul Volpp as a 42nd wedding commemoration present for his better half, Rosemary.

30. In 1990, Steiff moved over to the UK with the main Steiff UK Limited Edition teddies.

31. The teddy bear had crossed mainland's and charmed himself to all. 1994 saw Teddy Girl, a 1904 cinnamon Steiff bear that was previously in the ownership of Colonel Bob Henderson, being sold at a closeout in London for a faltering £110,000 to Yoshihiro Sekiguchi. Sekiguchi proceeded to build up the Teddy Bear Museum in Izu, Japan.

32. In 1996, Yoshihiro Sekiguchi of the Izzo Teddy Bear Museum purchased Teddy Edward, the world's most voyaged bear, at a sale by for...£34,500.

33. You thought there were just normal size teddy bears? All things considered, Guinness (8.5 mm tall), made by Lynn Lumb of Halifax, England, entered the blessed entries of The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's littlest teddy bear.

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