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Happy 88th Birthday Yves Klein
Today is the 88th birthday of the French artist Yves Klein. His influence in the minimalist discipline is undeniable. His vision has pushed the art world forward. The world is a better place because...
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Happy 134th Birthday Georges Braque
Today is the 134th birthday of the man who is widely recognized as the co-founder of Cubism: Georges Braque. While his counterpart’s name is much more recognizable, his works in the genre are equal to...
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Happy 108th Birthday Jimmy Stewart
Today is the 108th birthday of Jimmy Stewart. Chances are that one of your favorite classic movies also happens to be one of his. Some of my favorites of his are: After The Thin Man, Mr. Smith Goes...
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Happy 110th Birthday Josephine Baker
Today is the 110th birthday of the one and only Josephine Baker. Her iconic everything has cemented her in a time and place forever: Paris between the wars. The first song of hers that I ever heard...
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Happy 120th Birthday Wallis Simpson
Today is the 120th birthday of Wallis Simpson. The king gave up the throne for her. Her style remained impeccable for her entire life. Have you seen W.E.? Brilliant. The world was a better place...
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Happy 112th Birthday Pablo Neruda
Today is the 112th birthday of the poet Pablo Neruda. His Sonet XVII (below) is one of my very favorite poems of all time. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss...
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Happy 132nd Birthday Louis B. Mayer
Today is the 132nd birthday of the first movie mogul, Louis B. Mayer. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: Louis B. Mayer OCCUPATION:...
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Happy 111th Birthday Clara Bow
Today is the 111th birthday of the original It Girl: Clara Bow. She is still seen as and and example of empowerment and strength for women and appreciated by all. The world is a better place because...
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Happy 80th Birthday Yves Saint Laurent
Today is the 80th birthday of Yves Saint Laurent. His style and innovation are current and iconic. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: Yves...
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Happy 117th Birthday Alfred Hitchcock
Today is the 117th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock. My mother first introduced my sister and me to Alfred Hitchcock via the movies Psycho and Rear Window (we watched them after school quite often), she...
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Happy 106th Birthday Willy Ronis
Today is the 106th birthday of the French photographer Willy Ronis. His photographs of mid-century Paris are some of my all time favorites. The world is a better place because he was in it and still...
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Happy 126th Birthday Man Ray
Today is the 126th birthday of the photographer Man Ray. You recognize his images, they are iconic. I think what I most love about them is their timelessness, a lot of his contemporaries have great...
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Happy 126th Birthday Elsa Schiaparelli
Today is the 126th birthday of Elsa Schiaparelli. Her designs are still considered cutting edge today, 80 years later. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that...
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Happy 126th Birthday Groucho Marx
Today is the 126th birthday of Groucho Marx. I think of him often, especially quotes of his. I try my best to live by this one: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can...
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Happy 122nd Birthday E. E. Cummings
Today is the 122nd birthday of the poet that wrote Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.: e.e. cummings. His writing and his writing style including the architecture of his...
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Happy 98th Birthday Rita Hayworth
Today is Rita Hayworth’s 98th birthday. I recently watched Gilda and was reminded about how much I adored her. She is really just magnificent. The world is a better place because she was in it and...
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Happy 96th Birthday Montgomery Clift
Today is Montgomery Clift‘s 96th birthday. His life seemed to be full of super highs and super lows and I think that makes the best life story. It makes me root for them (even if I know the outcome)...
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Happy 114th Birthday Elsa Lanchester
Today is Elsa Lanchester‘s 114th birthday. I tried to include a wide range of photos because if you are like me, you will have had no idea that the Bride of Frankenstein was the same woman as one of...
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Joyeux 101e anniversaire de naissance d’Edith Piaf
Aujourd’hui, c’est le 101e anniversaire d’Edith Piaf. Cette année marque le 52e anniversaire de sa mort, malheureusement, qui est six ans de plus que le total de ses années dans la vie. Il ya une...
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Happy 133rd Birthday Maurice Utrillo
Today is the 133rd birthday of the French artist Maurice Utrillo. His art is most widely recognized due to the reproductions into post cards of the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. The paintings are...
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