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2 giorni fa · A soli 9 anni, Edward Hopper disegnò questo schizzo sul retro di una pagella. In “Bambino che osserva il mare” (1891), si possono già cogliere distintamente il carattere, l’inclinazione artistica e una delle tematiche ricorrenti che segneranno l’intera carriera del leggendario pittore americano, noto come “il maestro della ...
1 giorno fa · A successful auction of paintings in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot in February 1891, along with other events such as a banquet and a benefit concert, provided the necessary funds. The auction had been greatly helped by a flattering review from Octave Mirbeau, courted by Gauguin through Camille Pissarro.
3 giorni fa · In 1891 the first French national championships were held in the Stade Français, as a men’s interclub competition. In 1897 women’s singles matches were added to tournament play. Women’s doubles matches were added in 1925, the same year that the championships were opened to non-French players.
5 giorni fa · 1891 Rice Institute, which became Rice University in Houston, Texas, is chartered; 1892 American engineer Charles Brady King invents the pneumatic hammer; 1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded; 1893 Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley killing 111 in Norway
1 giorno fa · 8 January: The first soup kitchens are opened in London. [1] 13 January: The Royal Institution is granted a royal charter. [2] 22 March: The Company of Surgeons is granted a royal charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons in London. [2] 15 May: George III survives 2 assassination attempts in London.
3 giorni fa · 1891 Australian boxer Peter Jackson and future world heavyweight champion Jim Corbett fight a No Contest in 61 rounds at California Athletic Club, San Francisco. 1892 Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "I Pagliacci" premieres in Milan. 1894 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.
4 giorni fa · September 10 – September 15: The Florida Keys Hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Texas. September 22 – The Steel strike of 1919 begins across the United States. September 28 – Omaha Riot: A lynch mob besieges the police station and courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, and lynches alleged rapist Will Brown.
