Krishnamurti
We received a request for the Indian philosopher, speaker and writer, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and so have added him to the website.
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Cesar Chavez
In redecorating the Oval Office, newly-elected President Biden placed a bust of labor icon Cesar Chavez behind the Resolute Desk.
Christian Dior
The French fashion designer Christian Dior was born on January 21, in 1905.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Today marks the 35th Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday in the United States.
Margaret O’Brien
Happy 84th birthday to American film, radio, television, and stage actress Margaret O’Brien who was born on this day, January 15, in 1937.
Joan Baez
Congratulations to singer, songwriter, musician, and activist Joan Baez for her Kennedy Center Honor.
Jean Paul Riopelle
The Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation came to fruition in 2019 as a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Canadian painter and sculptor’s work.
H. G. Wells Coin
A new British coin commemorating science fiction author H. G. Wells has been criticized for featuring multiple errors.
Melvin Calvin
The American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle, Dr. Melvin Calvin, died on this day, January 8, in 1997.
Jonas Salk
Before Jonas Salk’s vaccine was introduced in 1955, polio was considered one of the most serious public health problems in the world.
Paul Desmarais
Canadian financier and philanthropist Paul Desmarais was born on this day, January 4, in 1927.
Winston Churchill
We say goodbye to 2020, and celebrate the 79th anniversary of the making of this portrait.
Yousuf Karsh, 1908-2002
Yousuf Karsh was born on this day, December 23, in 1908.
Lakehead, Canada
Wishing everyone a safe, warm, and dry festive season.
Karsh Weddings
In his early years of practice in the 1930s, Yousuf Karsh photographed the Canadian public: their weddings, pets, kids.
Max Stern
A nice new addition to the digital archives is this 1973 portrait of German-born businessman and philanthropist Max Stern.
Ravi Shankar
The world lost sitar master Ravi Shankar on this day, December 11, in 2012.
Ralph Bunche
Ralph Bunche was a political scientist, academic, and diplomat who became the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on this day, December 10, in 1950.
Lech Walesa
On December 9, 1990, Lech Walesa won the Polish presidential election to become Poland’s first freely elected head of state in 63 years.
Hans Hartung
German-French painter Hans Hartung died on this day, December 7, in 1989.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, 1926-2020
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the politician who served as President of France, has died.
Ruth Draper
“It was always an event when a performer of the stature of Ruth Draper came to Ottawa.”
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was born on this day, November 30, in 1874.
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer, Robert F. Kennedy was born on this day, November 20, in 1925.
Walt Disney
“Steamboat Willie” premiered at Universal’s Colony Theater in New York City on November 18, 1928.
Her Majesty
A new edition of Taschen’s “Her Majesty. A Photographic History 1926 – Today” is out now.
Georgia O’Keeffe
The artist considered to be the “Mother of American Modernism,” was born on November 15, 1887.
Paul Robeson
The New Press has released its Spring 2021 catalog and they chose this portrait of Paul Robeson to promote their new book “No One Can Silence Me.”
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet politician Leonid Brezhnev died on this day, November 10, in 1982.
Vivien Leigh
Academy Award-winning British stage and film actress Vivien Leigh was born on this day, November 5, in 1913.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
We have been pleased to work closely with the Eisenhower Memorial Commission since 2012.
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton was born on this day, October 26, in 1947.
Voices of Change
Our colleagues at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art in Montgomery, Alabama, have put together this wonderful art walk around Newell Lake.
Nobel Peace Prize
On October 16, in 1993, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were jointly named Nobel Peace Prize winners.
The U.S. Supreme Court
On this day, October 13, in 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building.
John Steinbeck
A new biography of John Steinbeck features this portrait as the frontispiece.
Elixir
“In the 1930s, I enjoyed experimenting with optics and Surrealism.”
Kennedy and Nixon Debate
On October 7, 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off in their second debate, focusing on foreign policy and in particular the Cold War.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was officially sworn in to the nation’s highest court at the opening ceremony of the Supreme Court term on October 2, 1967.
City of Straws
“Before I realized it, I was evolving my own interpretation and just the upper structure of a great and ephemeral metropolis.”