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21st November 2009

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née today: Rene Magritte
birth info: 21 November 1898 -15 August 1967

“The Empty Mask”, 1928

21st November 2009

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née today: Rene Magritte
birth info: 21 November 1898 -15 August 1967

“Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.”

21st November 2009

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née today: Rene Magritte
birth info: 21 November 1898 -15 August 1967

“We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.”

21st November 2009

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née today: Rene Magritte
birth info: 21 November 1898 -15 August 1967

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.”

21st November 2009

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née today: Rene Magritte
birth info: 21 November 1898 -15 August 1967

“My painting is visible images which conceal nothing… they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question ‘What does that mean’? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.”

20th November 2009

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née today: Sister Corita Kent
birth info: 20 November 1918 - 18 September 1986

1982 interview with former nun turned artist, (Sister) Corita Kent. Known for the Love Stamp and Rainbow Swash gas tank in Boston. Part of a half hour interview.

20th November 2009

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née today: Sister Corita Kent
birth info: 20 November 1918 - 18 September 1986

Several of Sister Corita Kent’s serigraphs

20th November 2009

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née today: Sister Corita Kent
birth info: 20 November 1918 - 18 September 1986

The Big G Stands for Goodness

20th November 2009

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née today: Sister Corita Kent
birth info: 20 November 1918 - 18 September 1986

Who Came Out of the Water

20th November 2009

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née today: Sister Corita Kent
birth info: 20 November 1918 - 18 September 1986

American Sampler