The Italian painter and draughtsman Pier Francesco Mola, was baptized in Coldrerio
His most characteristic works are small, intensely romantic scenes from mythology, the Bible, and from works by the poet Torcuato Tasso, set in landscapes inspired by Venetian art. -1612
The Dutch painter Gerard Dou was buried in Leiden
He was a disciple of Rembrandt and in his genre scenes, especially daily bourgeois life, and in portraits made an impact with his technique for miniatures. After his death he was much imitated. -1675
The German architect Heinrich Hübsch was born in Weinheim
Hubsch traveled to Greece, Italy and Constantinople and between 1829-29 was a professor at the Staedel Art School in Frankfort. His constructions for public centers and private residences were classicist in nature, and for churches he used old Christian Basilica styles. He is best remembered for his restoration of the facade of the western area of the Speyer cathedral. -1795
The Austrian painter and draftsman Joseph von Fürich was born in Kratzau, Bohemia
During the years 1827 through 1829 he lived in Italy where he associated himself with the Nazarenes, collaborating with Overbeck who worked on the frescoes of the Massimo Casino. He later moved to Vienna where he worked as a professor at the Academy, narrating religious themes in a fantastic sentimental style. Some of his most important works include the frescos in the churches of Alterchenfeld and St. John, and xylographic illustrations for the Bible. He also painted on wood. -1800
Edmund Blacket, an Australian architect of English birth, died in Sydney
He received his first architectural commission in 1843 and went on to become one of the leading architects in New South Wales in the mid-19th century. Appointed Diocesan Architect by 1847, he is known particularly for his Gothic Revival churches, mostly traditional in manner, of which he designed more than 50. Among them are simple country churches, elegant city buildings and cathedrals: St Andrew's, Sydney; Bathurst; Goulburn; and St George's, Perth. -1883
Bakusen Tsuchida, a Japanese painter, was born in the Niigata Prefect
At first he exhibited in official exhibitions, but in 1919, seeking to create a modern form of Japanese-style painting (Nihonga), he helped form the unofficial National Creative Painting Society. From 1921 to 1923 he traveled and studied in Europe, where he was particularly impressed by early Renaissance frescoes. After returning to Japan, Tsuchida sought with such works as "Maiko Dancer in a Garden" to create a style that combined the realistic, logical expression of Western painting with the decorative, traditional Japanese style. -1887
The Dutch architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud was born in Purmerend
He was a member of the "De Stijl" and was later influenced by Berlager. After some time he separated himself from functionalism and developed his own character in the image of the actual Rotterdam. He was a precursor for social housing and had a great influence on later generations as a theoretician of architecture. -1890
George Price Boyce, an English painter, died in Chelsea, England
Boyce adopted a technique of minute detail and bright color; various watercolors of this period, such as the "Mill on the Thames at Mapledurham", are among the most intense and objective of all Pre-Raphaelite landscapes. -1897
In Berlin at the age of 89 years-old, the German painter Adolph von Menzel died
A self-taught artist, he was known for his series of 4,000 drawings made for his illustrations of Frederick the Great. He also drew pictures of daily life from his time and was most especially fascinated with issues brought upon by the growing industrialization, drawing them too. Later, his interest shifted to large cities and became his most habitual theme. -1905
The International Contemporary Art Fair ARCO was inaugurated in Madrid
It included more than 160 galleries from all over the world, and it showed the works of many vanguard artists. -1989
An exhibition on the work of John James Audubon opened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
This show featured 87 watercolors by the artist as well as 12 engravings done by Robert Havell Jr., after the originals by Audubon. -1994
A retrospective exhibition on the French artist Paul Cézanne had just opened at the Tate Gallery in London
The major highlight of London's 1996's exhibitions, this superb retrospective, the first for many years, came from the Grand Palais in Paris -1996
An exhibition titled Images From Nature opened at The Book Room, Christie's in London
On view were drawings and paintings, some of the finest of their kind, from the library of the Natural History Museum. Highlights included flora and fauna painted during Cook's first voyage to Australia, and lithographs of birds by Edward Lear. -1998
It was reported that two paintings by a two-year-old were submitted for selection against paintings by adult artists for inclusion in the Winter Exhibition at the Ferens Art Gallery, in London
The creations of Sam Whiting showed a sense of style reminiscent of Jackson Pollock, fulfilling some cynics' viewpoint that abstract art can seem like the work of a child. Whiting has painted since he could hold a brush and palette properly, and he had already impressed the London artistic community with his version of Bonfire Night, which was displayed at the gallery in 1998. -1999
ARCO 2000, the contemporary art fair of Madrid, opened
Two hundred and fifty eight modern art and contemporary art galleries, a hundred and one from Spain and the rest from twenty-eight countries, exhibited works (paintings, sculptures, installations, photographies, videos, graphic works, and drawings). Italy was the invited country for the year 2000. The curator for this exhibit was Professor Achille Bonito Oliva. -2000
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