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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King George VI
On February 6, in 1952, Britain’s King George VI died and his eldest daughter became Queen.
Jascha Heifetz
“We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees.”
Jackie Robinson
Robinson is legendary in the United States for being the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 32nd president of the United States was born on this day in 1882.
Marshall McLuhan
An inquiry led to the addition of this image to the website.
Corazon Aquino
Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.
R. C. Gorman
Gorman was a Native American artist of the Navajo Nation.
Samuel Barber
The American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator died on this day in 1981.
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi became the 4th Prime Minister of India on this day in 1966.
Estrellita Karsh
The medical writer and historian celebrates her birthday today, January 19.
Gina Lollobrigida, 1927-2023
Lollobrigida was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Karen Magnussen
Karen Magnussen is a Canadian former competitive figure skater.
Anita Ekberg
The Swedish actress died on this day in 2015.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Just added to the website is this informal photograph of the German-American architect.
Joan Baez
Joan Baez was born on this day, January 9, in 1941.
Josef Albers’ Butaca
Tickets are now available for the Decorative Arts Trust 7th Annual Colloquium featuring young scholars in the decorative arts field.
Clement Attlee
Attlee was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951.
Barbara Walters, 1929-2022
American broadcast journalist Barbara Walters has died.
John Steinbeck
The American author died on this day, December 20, in 1968.
Winter
Wishing all our friends and followers in the Northern Hemisphere a safe and healthy winter.
Helen Frankenthaler
The American abstract expressionist painter was born on this day, December 12, in 1928.
Hans Hartung
The German-French painter died on this day, December 7, in 1989.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela died on this day, December 5, in 2013.
George Romney
The American businessman and Republican Party politician was photographed on this day, December 1, in 1965.
Charles Schulz Centenary
November 26, 2022, marks the centenary of the birth of Charles Schulz.
John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated.
Edith Fenton
An update on the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
Josef Albers
The Decorative Arts Trust is a nonprofit organization with the mission to promote the study and appreciation of the decorative arts.
Clark Gable
Hollywood leading man Clark Gable died on November 16, 1960.
Georgia O’Keeffe
The artist considered to be the “Mother of American Modernism,” was born on November 15, 1887.
Sargent Shriver
Shriver was an American diplomat, politician, and activist.
Walter Cronkite
A poll taken in 1972 named him “the most trusted man in America.”
Mary Martin
The American actress and singer died on this day in 1990.
Forces of Nature
Thank you to our friends at airmail.news for their article highlighting women who were photographed by Karsh.
“How We Got to Sesame Street”
The children’s TV show premiered in November, 1969.
Evelyn Waugh
British writer Evelyn Waugh was born on this day in 1903.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Bashevis’s book “Yarme and Keyle” will have its premiere in Poland next month.
Pablo Picasso
The Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theater designer, was born on this day, October 25, in 1881.
Simon Rattle
The British-German conductor was photographed by Karsh on this day in 1988.