Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh on British Five Pound Note
The Bank of England chose Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh to appear on the front of its all-new polymer banknote, now in circulation across the UK.
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Collecting New York’s Stories
“Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious” opens tomorrow, January 22, 2020, at The Museum of the City of New York.
Estrellita Karsh
Mrs. Estrellita Karsh celebrates her 90th birthday this weekend, on January 19. Estrellita Nachbar met Yousuf Karsh in 1961.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was born on this day, January 17, in 1942.
Dr. Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929. In 1964, King became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to him for leading nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in the U.S.
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright is the 2019 Karsh Award winner and his exhibition opens on January 23, 2019, at the Karsh-Masson Gallery, in Ottawa’s City Hall.
Russ Bannock, 1919-2020
Russell William Bannock was a Canadian fighter ace during the Second World War.
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was born on this day, January 9, in 1913.
Marian Anderson
On January 7, 1955, Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Bill Clinton
On this day, January 7, in 1999, the Senate trial for President Bill Clinton’s impeachment began.
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Alfred Blalock was an American surgeon most noted for his work on the medical condition of shock as well as “Blue baby syndrome”.
Isaac Asimov
American writer and professor of biochemistry Isaac Asimov was born on this day, January 2, in 1920.
Winston Churchill
Today is the anniversary of Churchill’s famous “some chicken, some neck!” speech, immediately after which Karsh would make his outstanding portrait of the great British Prime Minister.
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays and a healthy new year to all our followers.
Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh was born on this day, December 23, in 1908.
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet politician Leonid Brezhnev was born on December 19, in 1906.
Ruth Draper
In 2019, 25 recordings were added to the United States Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. One of them is Ruth Draper.
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
On December 11, 1936, after ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII became the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne, as he wished to marry a divorcée.
Walt Disney
Animator, voice actor and film producer Walt Disney was born on December 5, in 1901.
John Walker
John Walker was an American art curator, and the second director of the National Gallery of Art, from 1956 to 1969.
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
On this day in December, 1967, the first human heart transplant was performed in South Africa by Dr Christiaan Barnard.
Aaron Copland
American composer and conductor Aaron Copland died on this day, December 2, in 1990.
Winston Churchill in “The Crown”
John Lithgow returns to play Winston Churchill in season three of “The Crown”.
Royal Christmas Cards
This portrait of the British Royal family in 1987 was used as the Royal Household’s Christmas card.
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was born on this day, November 25, in 1881.
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 20, 1925.
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was born on November 19, in 1917. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and environmental activist Margaret Atwood turned 80 this week.
Jawaharlal Nehru
The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was born on this day, November 14, in 1889.
Mikhail Gorbachev
In an interview with the BBC earlier this month, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that current tension between Russia and the West is putting the world in “colossal danger” due to the threat from nuclear weapons.
General Andrew McNaughton
November 11 marks the end of World War I, in 1919, and is observed as a day of remembrance.
Picasso and Giacometti
Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti will be the subjects of a new museum opening in Beijing in 2020.
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author and journalist Albert Camus was born on this day, November 7, in 1913.
Perkins and Will
Perkins and Will established their global architecture and design firm in 1935.
Walter Cronkite
Broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite was born on this day, November 4, in 1916.
Charles Schultz
Happy Halloween to “Peanuts” fans thinking about “The Great Pumpkin” today.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali became the heavyweight champion of the world for the second time on this day in 1974, when he knocked out George Foreman.
Baruj Benacerraf
Baruj Benacerraf was born on this day in 1920. He was a Venezuelan-American immunologist.
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was born on this day, October 28, in 1914.
Archives Canada
A mystery is solved thanks to our wonderful colleagues at Archives Canada, where the Karsh Fonds are held.