February Artists' Birthdays

Camille Monet and her son as painted by Pierre August Renoir at the Monet's garden. Renoir eventually tired of painting in the Impressionist style and traveled to Italy to study the old masters' works before he returned to France. He painted many portraits of voluptuous women, most nude. I had to leave a museum room one time because it was filled with too many Renoir works hung close together in a small space. It was overwhelming.

I visited his studio in southern France and learned that his paint brushes were tied to his hands so he could work in his latter years. What dedication!

The birthdays for February artists are:

Pierre-Auguste Renoir February 25, 1841
1	Thomas Cole, 1801
2	William E. Artis, 1914
3	Norman Rockwell, 1894
4	Fernand Léger, 1881
5	Alison Saar, 1956
8	John Ruskin, 1819
8	Franz Marc, 1880
9	Robert Morris, 1931
10	Mary Lovelace O’Neill, 1942
11	William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800
12	Max Beckmann, 1884
12	Joan Mitchell, 1925
12	William Wegman, 1943
13	Grant Wood, 1892
15	Charles-François Daubigny, 1817
17	Raphaelle Peale, 1774
17	Hung Liu, 1948
18	Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848
18	Max Klinger, 1857
19	Constantin Brancusi, 1876
20	Ansel Adams, 1902
22	Rembrandt Peale, 1778
22	Horace Pippin, 1888
23	Tom Wesselmann, 1931
24	Charles LeBrun, 1619
24	Winslow Homer, 1836
25	Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841
26	Honoré Victorin Daumier, 1808
29	Augusta Savage, 1892

If you click on the blue lines, you can learn more about each artist.