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John Atkinson Grimshaw (English,1836-1893)

25 October 1918 Miss Edith Radford, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty. © IWM WWC H2-140 #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

#ResistanceRoots Mahalia Jackson was born on this day in 1911 in New Orleans. For Jackson, her faith, her music and her business ventures were all intertwined with her untiring activism. She used them to uplift the Black community and provide a powerful voice for the Civil Rights Movement. /1

My painting 'Winter Retreat' is available as a small art print in my Etsy store! Lots of others to choose from as well. Thanks for looking and thank you to everyone who has placed an order! monicamorrillart.etsy.com

Maureen Dunlop, Anglo-Argentine pilot #WWII flew in Air Transport Auxiliary. Famous photo on cover of Picture Post leaving Barracuda plane. Post war flying instructor, returned to Argentina, taught pilots, flew for Air Force & commercial airline. b. #OTD 26 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen...

The "Queen of Gospel" Mahalia Jackson was born #OTD in 1911. "To speak of her voice is to speak of magic and mystery and majesty. Hers is not a voice. It is a force of nature. It moves with the power of a tornado and soothes with the tenderness of a spring rain." #MusicHistory #Music #MusicSky

“House in Autumn”. Oil on canvas. LAWRENCE HARRIS. Canada. (1885-1970).

© Denis Sarazhin. 'Sign 15.' Oil on canvas, 2026. 12 x 12 inches.

10/26/1845 — b. Tennessee Claflin, American journalist, stock broker, feminist, suffragist, unconventional reformer. First wmn to open a #WallSt brokerage. Ran for NY state congress; co-publisher, ‘Woodhull & Clafin’s Weekly’ (1870-76) #womenshistory #womensrights #womenwriters #WomenInSTEM #finance

I’m from Ukraine. Where we don’t ask if the night will be quiet anymore. We just hope everyone we love will still be alive in the morning.

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn I admired the sea, most days A wildness too foreign to name... in the distance a lighthouse haunting whatever darkness was never ours to begin with. - Stacie Cassarino 🎨 Olya Luki

Pilar Careaga #Spanish Falangist politician industrial engineer. 1929 finished studies to become locomotive engineer. 1st woman mayor of #Bilbao 1969-77. 1979 shot 6 times by ETA, Basque separatist organisation, 1st woman they tried to assassinate b #OTD 26 Oct 1908 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_C...

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” Pema Chödrön John Russell Autumnal Tranquility

Jonathan Collins Black beauty

“Spooky Buddies” by folk art painter Margaryta Yermolayeva.

#ResistanceRoots Marjorie Joyner was born on this day in 1896 in Monterey, Va. As a Black beauty industry executive, she trained thousands of stylists and elevated the profession as a means of economic security for Black women. She used salons as engines for civil rights and political power. /1

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“October In Salem” by folk artist Margaryta Yermolayeva.

“Woman Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock at New Year”. Ukiyo-e woodblock print. About 1740’s, Japan, by artist Okumura Masanobu.

26 October 1936 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Emanuel de Bruin, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah is a pioneering Ghanaian physician & diplomat. Originally anti-abortion, her life changed when one her pediatric patients, a 14-year-old, died from a botched procedure. She vowed to fight unsafe abortions, which cause up to 30% of maternal deaths in Africa. #WomenInSTEM

Helen Blanchard US inventor received 28 patents 1873-1915, 22 for sewing machines & tech, & a pencil sharpener. Patent No.141987 introduced buttonhole stitch. Blanchard over-seaming-machine could simultaneously sew & trim knitted fabrics. b. #OTD 25 Oct 1840 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_B...

Swamp on a foggy day.

The morning sun breaks warm and bold, To flood the Gulf with liquid gold. May love's sweet warmth fill every heart, And bless your day right from the start. #bluesky #love

Pretty orange sky #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #Photography

Novelist Anne Tyler was born #OTD in 1941. One of America's greatest chroniclers of family life, marriage & the eccentricities of ordinary people. She wrote 24 novels including "The Accidental Tourist," 1985. She won the 1989 #Pulitzer Prize for #Fiction for "Breathing Lessons." #BookSky #LitSky

Good morning from British Columbia! This is my painting 'Coastal Splendour'

Gladys Sandford #Australian #NewZealand pioneering driver & aviator. #WWI ambulance driver. 1925 1st woman in #NZ to earn pilot's licence. 1927 drove car 10k miles Sydney to Perth, Darwin, Adelaide & back. Sold cars & taught customers to drive. d. 24 Oct 1971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...

#Poetry #Painting #LateAfternoon A field of something green and steady. Sleep is familiar, though the birds are starting earlier and earlier, and I keep dreaming - Ada Limón Victor Mirabelli

`A clifftop overlooking a jagged coastline, parallel breakers` #synthart #AIイラスト

Frida ❤️ #Womensart

1928 Janet Hendry became Scotland’s 1st woman pilot. "On Monday Miss J. Hendry completed her “A” Licence tests most satisfactorily, & we look forward to congratulating her as the first lady holder of an “A” Licence in Scotland.’ b. #OTD 23 Oct 1906 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_H...

Vincent van Gogh, like many other late nineteenth century artists, was a great admirer of Japanese prints. He produced his own versions of a few of them in oils, such as his Flowering Plum Tree, based on a Hiroshige design. Flowering Plum Tree, by Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 1887.

My painting 'Peaceful Rapids' is available as a small art print in my Etsy store. Please visit monicamorrillart.etsy.com for more photos and to view other prints, cards and original paintings!

I’m from Ukraine. I have seen cities disappear. I have seen lives destroyed. I have seen things I wish I could forget. And I still believe my country has a beautiful future🇺🇦 #ukraine #ukrainian #ukrainians #war #ukrainiangirl

Fred Ingrams (UK b. 1964)

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” ~Frederick Douglass, 1857. Image: Library of Congress.

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) "Pejzaż jesienny" (Autumn Landscape) 1912. oil on canvas.

Nature doesn’t argue over which flower is right— It simply blooms together in the morning light. Red state or blue state, LGBTQ, We all demand tolerance, yet judge others too. Before writing off someone you don't understand, Remember: every flower belongs in this land. #bluesky #love

First time I’ve seen the word “engineer” carved on a woman’s gravestone 🪦. Helen Scott (1955-1994) buried in Deerhurst church @ninabake2.bsky.social #31DaysOfGraves

Yay! I have a new print available! This one is of my new painting 'Peaceful Cove' Please visit monicamorrillart.etsy.com Ten different small prints to choose from!

My painting PORTSMOUTH WALK. I love to paint beautiful skies.

Sarah Morgan, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt

Tonight, we’re sleeping in our sleeping bag. It’s become so cold here lately That every morning I wake up literally freezing. But after so many nights Sleeping on the hard floor in the hallway, This actually feels like comfort. It’s warmer. It’s softer. And I can finally stretch my legs.

Juan Brufal artwork

Mount Haguro, Yamagata, Japan