History Today: Salvador Dali died in 1989 On this day in 1989, the prominent Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali passed away in Figueres, Spain. View at https://bit.ly/3HqdlO3 #SalvadorDali #PosterArt #VintagePoster #VintagePosters #vintage #art #paper #graphic #graphics #artoftheday #picofhteday #fun #cool…
History Today: Stanley Walter Galli born in 1912 On this day in 1912, Stanley Walter Galli was born. The San Francisco native studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the Art Center School in Los…
History Today: Charlie Chaplin dies in 1977 On this day in 1977, Charlie Chaplin passed away. Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. Chaplin…
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History: Herbert Leupin born in 1919 On this day in 1919, Swiss poster and advertising designer Herbert Leupin was born in Beinwil am See. Leupin studied in Basel (1932-1935) and Paris (1936-1937) before opening his own graphic design studio in…
Today in History: David Klein died in 2005 David Klein was an American artist who is perhaps best known for the iconic travel images he created for Trans World Airlines (TWA) during the 1950s and 1960s. Klein studied art in…
Beatles become MBEs On this day in 1965, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appoints the four members of The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison - "Members of the Order of the British Empire." The Beatles…
History Today: Herbert Leupin dies in 1999 Swiss poster and advertising designer Herbert Leupin was born in Beinwil am See in 1919. Leupin studied in Basel (1932-1935) and Paris (1936-1937) before opening his own graphic design studio in 1939. He…
History: Today is the 21st anniversary of 9/11 On the morning of September 11, 2001, a series of 4 coordinated suicide attacks were carried out by the terrorist group, Al Qaeda. 19 militants hijacked 4 California-bound airplanes from East Coast…
History: Ferdinand Porsche born in 1875 On this day in 1875, the Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company was born in Maffersdorf in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Porsche originally introduced the concept for the German Volkswagen with…