March 13 is the birthday of French baroque painter GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593-1652).

De la Tour "spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight ... La Tour's early work shows influences from Caravaggio, probably via his Dutch followers, and the genre scenes of cheats—as in The Fortune Teller—and fighting beggars clearly derive from the Dutch Caravaggisti, and probably also his fellow-Lorrainer, Jacques Bellange." (Wikipedia)

To see examples of De La Tour’s art, CLICK HERE.

March 13 is the birthday of German painter and sculptor HANS BELLMER (1902-1975).

"The body is like a sentence that invites us to rearrange it, so that its real meaning becomes clear through a series of endless anagrams.”

Bellmer "was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer." (Wikipedia)

To see examples of Belmer’s art, CLICK HERE.

March 13 is the birthday of American cartoonist AL JAFFEE (1921-2023).

"We're repressed by societal norms from saying things considered rude. But when somebody else freely expresses it without any repentances, we laugh from relief."

Jaffee "was notable for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is its longest-running contributor. In a 2010 interview, Jaffee said, "Serious people my age are dead." (Wikipedia)

To see examples of Jaffee’s “art,” CLICK HERE.