june 12
JOHN A. ROEBLING (June 12, 1806)
June 12 is the birthday of German-American engineer JOHN A. ROEBLING (1806-1869).
Roebling is best known for designing the Brooklyn Bridge, which wasn't completed until 14 years after his death.
EGON SCHIELE (June 12, 1890)
June 12 is the birthday of Austrian Expressionist painter EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918).
"I am so rich that I must give myself away."
Schiele "was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. Gustav Klimt, a figurative painter of the early 20th century, was a mentor to Schiele." (Wikipedia)
Standing Woman
Portrait of a Woman (1910)
standing woman in red
WEEGEE née Arthur Usher Fellig (1899
June 12 is the birthday of American photographer WEEGEE née Arthur Usher Fellig (1899-1968).
"Murder is my business."
Fellig (Weegee) "had a reputation for getting to crime scenes before the cops. Finding him standing over a dead body, camera raised to get a shot, they'd say he must have used an Ouija board to know where to go. And so they nicknamed him 'Weegee.' He liked that and began stamping his photographs 'Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous.'" — Steve Meltzer
"Weegee worked in Manhattan's Lower East Side as a press photographer during the 1930s and 1940s and developed his signature style by following the city's emergency services and documenting their activity. Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death. Weegee published photographic books and also worked in cinema, initially making his own short films and later collaborating with film directors such as Jack Donohue and Stanley Kubrick." (Wikipedia)
Street Scene, New York City, c. 1944)
Tenement Fire 1939
Weegee perched on a fire escape. Photo by Leigh Wiener
JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON (June 12, 1921)
June 12 is the birthday of JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON (1921-2005).
"Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and film-maker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to the Inuit. The Inuit named him 'Saumik,' which means 'the left-handed one.'" (Wikipedia)
Inuit with Harpoon
Treasury of Inuit Legends
LONG CLAWS
CHICK COREA (June 12, 1941)
June 12 is the birthday of American pianist and composer CHICK COREA (1941-2021).
"We have a mission to go out there and be an antidote to war, and all of the dark side of what happens on Planet Earth. We're the ones that go in and remind people about their creativity."
Corea "was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions 'Spain,' '500 Miles High,' 'La Fiesta,' 'Armando's Rhumba' and 'Windows' are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered to have been one of the foremost pianists of the post-John Coltrane era." (Wikipedia)