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BIRTH: 1836 PRINSEP
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
^ Born on 14 February 1836: Valentine Cameron Prinsep, Indian British Pre-Raphaelite painter who died on 11 November 1904.
— Born in Calcutta, the son of an Indian civil servant who was able to afford a house in Holland Park, one of the most fashionable areas of London, and to send his son to Haileybury, Valentine Prinsep was also fortunate to have as his teacher, George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), a historical and portrait painter, now regarded as one of the foremost of the Victorian artists. Watts, who seems to have been a permanent guest in the Prinseps' home — a meeting place for all the major artists, poets and writers of the day — eventually suggested that Valentine should go to Paris to complete his art education under Gleyre, who was considered by English students to be the best art teacher in France.
      Prinsep returned to England and exhibited a hundred pictures at the Royal Academy from 1862 and 1904. A versatile artist and a very wealthy one after his marriage to the well-connected Florence Leyland, he painted historical subjects and portraits. He also tried to paint classical and biblical subjects, but the results were dull and no match for the more inspired flights of imagination to be seen in the works of the more famous trio of classical painters, Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Poynter. In 1876 Prinsep was commissioned by the Indian government to paint the durbar that was held to proclaim Queen Victoria the Empress of India. The result was a gigantic canvas, At the Golden Gate.
— LINKS
— Lady Tennyson on Afton Downs _ Lady Tennyson was the wife of the Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson. — The Queen was in the Parlour, eating Bread and Honey (1860, 60x33cm) — At the Golden Gate (1882, 137x96cm) — Mariana (1888) — La Révolution (1896 Diploma Work, 160x110cm) — Cinderella (1899)

Died on a 14 February:
1907 Adolf Seel, German artist born on 01 March 1829. [Not a Seel of approval by the internet, it seems: I find no online examples of his work.]
1888 Arthur Johann Severin Nikutowski, German artist born on 09 January 1830. [Je ne troune Nikutowski ni Kutowski dans l'Internet]
1868 Emilius-Ditlev Baerentzen, Danish artist born on 30 October 1799.
1799 Luis Paret y Alcazar, Spanish artist born on 11 February 1746.
1780 Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French painter, draughtsman, and etcher, born on 14 April 1724. — De Saint-Aubin studied under François Boucher. De Saint-Aubin's drawings include figure studies, genre-like works, and landscapes. — LINKS — Theater Scene (Ernelinde, Princess of Norway) (1767, 21x28cm) — A Parisian Fête (1768) — Cabinet of a Connoisseur (25cmx40cm).

Born on a 14 February:
1891 Celso Lagar, Spanish artist who died in 1966. — [Ce n'est pas Lagar du Nord,. ni Lagar de l'Est, ni Lagar de Lyon. C'est Lagar d'Espagne!]
1873 Albert Guillaume, French artist who died in 1942.
1861 Peder Vilhelm Ilsted, Danish artist who died in 1933.
1860 Léon Marie Gaussson, French artist who died on 27 October 1944.
1854 Rudolf Ernst, Austrian artist specializes in Orientalism who died in 1932. — Ernst traveled to Morocco and Constantinople and was inspired by the objects and people he encountered. He is known for his colorful and highly detailed paintings of decorated interiors, ornaments, tiles and fabric. — LINKS — After Prayer (93x73cm) — Gnaoua in a North African Interior (60x50cm) — The Manicure (64x82cm)
1850 Eugène Henri Cauchois, French artist who died on 11 October 1911.
1846 Julian Scott, US artist who died on 04 July 1901.
1814 Joseph Urbain Mélin, French artist who died on 28 November 1886.
1790 Pierre Duval-Lecamus, French artist who died on 29 July 1854.
1790 Louise Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont, French artist who died on 09 December 1870.
1713 Jan Ten Compe (or Kompe), Dutch artist who died on 11 November 1761.
1575 Giovanni-Andrea Donducci “il Mastelletta”, Italian artist who died on 25 April 1655. — [Un “c” de moins et “el” de plus, il aurait été “Donduciel” et on aurait dû lui donner le prénom “Théodore”.]

Three Saints, birds, Chaucer, and Saint Valentine's Day

Click on icon below for full image of SAINT VALENTINE, by a XVIth-century Tyrolean
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Click on detail below for complete picture ST. VALENTINE'S DAY — THE OLD STORY IN ALL LANDS by Winslow Homer
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“KISS” MASTERPIECES:
— Klimt ::: The Kiss (1908) _ detail — Alma~Tadema ::: A Kiss (1891) — Cassatt ::: Maternal Kiss (1897) — Cassatt ::: A Kiss for Baby Anne (1897) — Gérard ::: Amor and Psyche (Psyche Receiving the First Kiss of Love) — Klimt ::: Beethoven Frieze: This kiss for the whole world — Briullov ::: Italian Woman Blowing a Kiss (1826) — Brancusi ::: The Kiss (1908) — Hayez ::: The Kiss (1859) — Munch ::: The Kiss (1921) — Munch ::: The Kiss (1892) — Munch ::: The Kiss (1897) — Picasso ::: The Kiss (1969) — Gloag ::: The Kiss of the Enchantress — Stuck ::: The Kiss of the Sphinx (1895) — Nicolo da Bologna ::: The Marriage; the Kiss of the Bride (initial P); the Bride Abandoned (initial D) (1355) — Fragonard ::: The Stolen Kiss (1788) _ detail — Doisneau ::: Kiss by the Hotel de Ville (1950 photo)

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