Born on this day – Jackson Pollock:

Jackson Pollock

Painter

January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956

Jackson Pollock

By Ellen G. Landau.

Published by Abrams.

Published 2010.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0810984962

ISBN-13: 978-0810984967

Description:

How did Jackson Pollock become a cult figure for the Beat Generation? And what caused his reputation to continue to soar? This compelling and original Abrams classic, now back in print, locates the artist in the continuum of his times, recreating the social and cultural milieu of New York in the 1940s and 1950s. With extensive knowledge of Pollock’s habits (much of it gained through interviews), his reading, his conversation, and the exhibitions he visited, the author retraces many of the far-flung sources of Pollock’s work. A wealth of comparative photographs that illustrate paintings by artists Pollock admired further explains the work of this complex, tragic, and immeasurably influential figure. Pollock’s big, bold canvases are reproduced in five colors to convey the brilliance of his network of tones, his aluminum paint, and his sparkling collage materials. Six gatefolds show his vast horizontal works without distortion and a chronology provides a summary of the major events of Pollock’s life.

Born on this day – Chuck Connelly:

Chuck Connelly

Painter

January 7, 1955 – April 13, 2025

Credits:

Movies and television:

Chuck Connelly: Into the Light (2021); New York Stories / Segment: Life Lessons (1989); The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale (2008).

Born on this day – Jacob Barosin:

Jacob Barosin (self-portrait)
Jacob Barosin and his wife Sonia

Jacob Barosin

Holocaust survivor

Artist

Painter

Writer

January 3, 1908 – 2001

Exact date of death unknown

Credits:

Book:

A Remnant (1988).

ISBN-10: 0896041298
ISBN-13: 978-0896041295
United States Holocaust Library.

Born on this day – Lizzy Mercier Descloux:

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Singer

Musician

Writer

Composer

Actress

Painter

December 16, 1956 – April 20, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Rosa Yemen – Live in N.Y.C July 1978 (1978); Press Color (1979); Mambo Nassau (1981); Zulu Rock (1984); One for the Soul (1985); Suspense (1988).

Movies and television:

Corporate (2019); Cocoricocoboy (1984); 5 Flaschen für Angelika (1981); Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979); Midi-Première (1979).

Born on this day – Ed Askew:

Ed Askew

Painter

Folk singer

Songwriter

December 1, 1940 – January 4, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Art and Life (2017); Ask The Unicorn (1968); Ask the Unicorn (2015); For the World (2013); Imperfiction (2011); Little Eyes (2005); London (2020); Rainbow Bridge (2014); Rainy Day Song (2008); Rose (2014); These Nights and Days (1999).

Movie:

Marvins Platz (2017).

Born on this day – Jack Vettriano:

Jack Vettriano

Painter

November 17, 1951 – March 1, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Man's World (2009); Fallen Angels (1999); Jack Vettriano: A Life (2004 / 2007); Lovers and Other Strangers (2003); Studio Life (2008); Women in Love (2009).

Movies and television:

Artworks Scotland (2009); Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime (2017); Breakfast (2004–2010); Breakfast with Frost (2004); Nighthawks (2014); Sunday AM (2007); The South Bank Show (2004); This Is Your Life (2001); What Do Artists Do All Day? (2013).

Born on this day – Louise Brooks:

Louise Brooks

Actress

Dancer

Writer

Painter

November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985

Credits:

A Girl in Every Port (1928); A Social Celebrity (1926); Beggars of Life (1928); Diary of a Lost Girl (1929); Empty Saddles (1936); Evening Clothes (1927); God's Gift to Women (1931); It Pays to Advertise (1931); It's the Old Army Game (1926); Just Another Blonde (1926); King of Gamblers (1937); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Now We're in the Air (1927); Overland Stage Raiders (1938); Pandora's Box (1929); Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930); Rolled Stockings (1927); The American Venus (1926); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Show-Off (1926); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); When You're in Love (1937); Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931).

Born on this day – Bob Ross:

Bob Ross

Painter

Art instructor

TV host

October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995

Credits:

Books:

Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting: A Collection of His Favorites (1993); Bob Ross: My First Book of Colors (2020); Bob Ross: My First Book of Nature (2022); Bob Ross: My First Book of Numbers (2023); Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting (2017); Discover The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (1998); Experience The Joy of Painting Volume X (2023); Experience the Joy of Painting With Bob Ross (1984); Happy Little Accidents (2017); Karla: or the Weightliftress (2022); Life Lessons from Bob Ross (2020); Lusty Little Things (2018); More Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Muddled Meanderings in an Outhouse (1972); My Journey Through Country Music (2022); Solitary confinement: Poems (1977); The Bob Ross Coloring Book (2017); The Joy of Painting Volumes 1–30 (1984 –1995); The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons (2019).

Television:

39 Ways to Calm Down (2020); A Hot Lead (2017); About Mine (2019); Bellator Fighting Championships (2012); Bill Nye the Science Guy (1994); Bob Ross: A Special Tribute (1995); Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021); Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020–2021); Cinemassacre Video (2020); De wereld draait door (2007); Deeply Artificial Trees (2017); Firebringer (2016); Kulturzeit (2020); Live with Kelly and Mark (1991); Nerdrotic (2021); Physics Girl (2015); Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2022); Sendung ohne Namen (2012); The Adventures of Elmer & Friends (1995); The Best of the Joy of Painting (1991); The Comments Section (2022); The Drunken Peasants (2016); The Joy of Painting (1983–1994); Virtual Peep Show Flat (2019); WatchMojo (2021).

Born on this day – Lee Krasner:

Lee Krasner

Painter

October 27, 1908 – June 19, 1984

Born on this day – Jane Winton:

Jane Winton

Actress

Dancer

Opera soprano

Writer

Painter

October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959

Credits:

Books:

Park Avenue Doctor; Passion Is the Gale.

Movies and television:

A Notorious Affair (1930); Across the Pacific (1926); Backstage (1937); Bare Knees (1928); Burning Daylight (1928); Captain Lash (1929); Don Juan (1926); Footloose Widows (1926); Hell's Angels (1930); Hired Wife (1934); His Supreme Moment (1925); Honeymoon Flats (1928); In the Next Room (1930); Lonesome Ladies (1927); Melody of Love (1928); Millionaires (1926); My Official Wife (1926); My Old Dutch (1926); Nothing to Wear (1928); Perch of the Devil (1927); Scandal (1929); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Sunrise (1927); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); The Crane Poison Case (1932); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); The Furies (1930); The Gay Old Bird (1927); The Honeymoon Express (1926); The Light Fantastic (1935); The Love Toy (1926); The Monkey Talks (1927); The Passionate Quest (1926); The Patsy (1928); The Poor Nut (1927); The Week End Mystery (1931); Three Women (1924); Tomorrow's Love (1925); Upstream (1927); Why Girls Go Back Home (1926); Yellow Lily (1928).

Born on this day – Alice Ernestine Prin:

Alice Ernestine Prin

aka Queen of Montparnasse & Kiki de Montparnasse

Writer

Actress

Singer

Model

Painter

October 2, 1901 – April 29, 1953

Born on this day – Will Sampson:

Will Sampson

Actor

Painter

Rodeo performer

September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); American Playhouse (1986); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Born to the Wind (1981); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Completely Cuckoo (1997); Cowboysan (1978); Crazy Mama (1975); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); Firewalker (1986); Fish Hawk (1979); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Great Spirit Within the Hole (1983); Hell Hath No Fury (1999); I Am (2010); Images of Indians (1979–1980); Insignificance (1985); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Orca (1977); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Relentless (1977); Reservation Dogs (2022); Standing Tall (1978); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Gunfighters (1987); The Hunted Lady (1977); The Mystic Warrior (1984); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The White Buffalo (1977); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Vega$ (1978–1980); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Chuck Jones:

Chuck Jones

Animator

Director

Painter

September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002

Born on this day – Gailard Sartain:

Gailard Sartain

Actor

Writer

Producer

Painter

Illustrator

September 18, 1943 – June 17, 2025

Credits:

Ali (2001); All of Me (1984); Arli$$ (1997); Blaze (1989); Bulba (1981); Cher (1975); Chicago Hope (1995); Choose Me (1984); Clean Slate (1994); Cooperstown (1993); Death Falls (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Elizabethtown (2005); Endangered Species (1982); Equinox (1992); Ernest Goes to Camp (1987); Ernest Goes to Jail (1990); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Existo (1999); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Getting Even with Dad (1994); Guilty by Suspicion (1991); Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight (1984); Hard Country (1981); Harry the Dirty Dog (1988); Hee Haw (1972–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978–1979); Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (1988); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Keep on Truckin' (1975); King of the Hill (1997); Klein Time (1977); Leader of the Band (1987); Love at Large (1990); Made in Heaven (1987); Mississippi Burning (1988); Murder in Mind (1997); Nashville (1975); Nine to Five (1987); Open Season (1995); Pickin' and Grinnin': Roy Clark, 'Hee Haw' & Country Humor (2011); Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999); Roadie (1980); RocketMan (1997); Sandman (1993); Sharkskin (1991); Shields and Yarnell (1977); Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978); Songwriter (1984); Speechless (1994); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); That Championship Season (1999); The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (1999); The Angry Beavers (1999); The Angry Beavers / Segment: House Sisters (2000); The Banana Company (1977); The Big Easy (1986); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Chase (1991); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The Grifters (1990); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Jerk (1979); The Moderns (1988); The Outsiders (1983); The Patriot (1998); The Pretender (1997); The Real McCoy (1993); The Replacements (2000); The Round and Round (2002); The Simpsons (1997); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Spitfire Grill (1996); The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting (1970–1973); Trouble in Mind (1985); Uphill All the Way (1986); Wagons East (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Wilder Napalm (1993); Wishman (1992).

Born on this day – Barbara Trentham:

Barbara Trentham

Actress

Director

Model

Painter

August 27, 1944 – August 2, 2013

Credits:

Head for Business (1982); Barnaby Jones (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Deathmoon (1978); Star Maidens (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Rollerball (1975); The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972).

Born on this day – George Montgomery:

George Montgomery

Actor

Painter

Director

Producer

Writer

Sculptor

Furniture craftsman

Stuntman

August 27, 1916 – December 12, 2000

Born on this day – Carl Möhner:

Carl Möhner

Actor

Director

Writer

Painter

August 11, 1921 – January 14, 2005

Born on this day – Ruth Buzzi:

Ruth Buzzi

Actress

Comedienne

Painter

July 24, 1936 – May 1, 2025

Credits:

100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (2000); 2 Stupid Dogs (1993); 7th Heaven (1998–2001); A Gift of Music (1981); A Hot Dog Program (1999); ABC Afterschool Specials (1974); According to Dom (2009); Adventures in Homeschooling (2004); Alice (1981); All Star Secrets (1979); All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994); Almost Anything Goes (1975–1976); Aloha Paradise (1981); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anne Murray in Jamaica (2005); Bad Guys (1986); Baggy Pants & the Nitwits (1977); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Bloopermania (1987); Bloopers from 'Star Trek' and 'Laugh-In' (1983); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (2019); Bonkers! (1979); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); CBS Library (1980); Celebrity Bowling (1974–1976); Check It Out (1986); Cher (1976); Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1971–1972); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1990); CHiPs (1979–1980); Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981); Come on Over (2006–2007); Cousin Skeeter (1998); Cro (1993–1994); Darkwing Duck (1991); Days of Our Lives (1983); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dan Haggerty (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath (1979); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Derailroaded (2005); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Diggin' Up Business (1990); Dinah! (1974–1976); Dinah's Place (1971); Dixie Lanes (1988); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1984); Donny and Marie (1976–1979); Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984); Down to Earth (1985); Dream Boys Revue (1985); Elmopalooza! (1998); Emergency! (1976); Fallen Angels (2006); Flip (1971–1973); Freaky Friday (1976); Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Glenn's Gotta Go (2020); Goodnight, We Love You (2004); Gravedale High (1990); Gun Shy (1983); Headliners & Legends (2000); Hee Haw (1978); Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974); Here's Lucy (1972); Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993); Hollywood on Horses (1989); I Go Pogo (1980); I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993); In Name Only (1969); It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969); I've Got a Secret (1972–1973); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973–1974); Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973); Kids Incorporated (1985–1989); Kids Incorporated: Rock in the New Year (1986); Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary (1980); Kraft Salutes Super Night at the Super Bowl (1987); Laugh-in Past Christmas Present (1993); Legends of the Superheroes (1979); Let's Make a Deal (1975); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Life with Linkletter (1970); Life with Lucy (1986); Linus the Lionhearted (1964–1965); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Missing Mister; Love and the Haunted House (1970–1973); Lucky Ed's Tabloid News (1992); Lucky Luke (1992); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993 / 1996 / 1997); Major Dad (1992); Marvin: Baby of the Year (1989); Masquerade (1984); Medical Center (1973–1976); Milroy: Santa's Misfit Mutt (1987); My Mom's a Werewolf (1989); Myra (1980); Name Droppers (1969); Night Gallery / Segment: Witches' Feast (1971); Nothing But the Truth (2000); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); One Month Out (2021); Out of This World (1988–1991); Paradise (1974); Passions (2003); Paw Paws (1985–1986); Pioneers of Television (2008); Plastic Man (1979–1980); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Pound Puppies (1986–1988); Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988); Pure Goldie (1971); Reading Rainbow (1983); Record City (1977); Rocket Power (2000); Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967–1973); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In: A Valentine's Day Special (1994); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1998); Salute! (1983); Sandy in Disneyland (1974); Saved by the Bell (1990); Saved by the Bell: It's Alright - Back to the Bell (2013); SCOOBY-DOO! Winter Wonderdog (2002); Sesame Street (1993–2008); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993); Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993); Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997); Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997); Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1994); Sheep in the Big City (2000–2002); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate (2019); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1992); Surf II (1983); Telescope (1972); That Girl (1967–1968); That's Life (1969); The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases (2006); The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1994); The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The Addams Family (1992); The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990); The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999); The Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy (1988); The Alan Hamel Show (1979); The Alan Thicke Show (1980); The Angry Beavers (2000); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); The Aristocats (1970); The Being (1981); The Berenstain Bears (1985–1987); The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998); The Bob Hope Show (1970); The Bobby Vinton Show (1975–1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1973); The Daily Show (1996); The David Steinberg Show (1977); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Evel Knievel (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Show (1970–1974); The Entertainers (1965); The Garry Moore Show (1964); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1970); The Helen Reddy Show (1973); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968); The Jamie Foxx Show (1997); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Jim Stafford Show (1975); The John Davidson Show (1969); The Krofft Supershow (1976); The Leslie Uggams Show (1969); The Lost Saucer (1975); The Love Boat (1978–1987); The Mac Davis Show (1974); The Magical World of Disney (1970 / 1978 / 1982); The Man in the Iron Cage (1983); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1980); The Monkees (1967); The Munsters Today (1988–1990); The Muppet Show (1976); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Osmond Family Show (1979); The Pink Panther (1993–1995); The Rescuers (1977); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Savage Dragon (1995–1996); The Shape of Things (1982); The Singles (1972); The Smurfs (1984–1989); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1967); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1977); The Villain / aka Cactus Jack (1979); They Came from Outer Space (1991); This Is Your Life (1970 / 1983); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975–1976); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Troublemakers (1994); TV Land Convention Special (2004); Up Your Alley (1989); Wayne Newton at Sea World (1979); 'Weird Al' Yankovic: Gump (1996); 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (2003); Whatever Turns You On (1979–1980); Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1993); Wishful Thinking (1990); You Can't Do That on Television (1979).

Born on this day – Frida Kahlo:

Frida Kahlo

Painter

July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954

Credits:

Movies and television:

Arena (1987); Becoming Frida Kahlo (2023); Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2020); Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman (2007); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Celebremos México: Hecho en México (2005); Chavela (2017); Chez Frida Kahlo (2011); Diego Rivera; vida y obra (1986); Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray (2016); Evocación de Frida (1960); Frida (2024); Frida / biopic starring Salma Hayek (2002); Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (1983); Frida Kahlo (1971 / 1982); Frida Maestra, el arte al encuentro de la vida (2005); Imagine (2005); Kunst und Krankheit - Kranke Körper, verletzte Seelen (2022); L’amour à l’oeuvre (2019); Lanterne Cosmique (2020); Madonna in Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Madonna: Bedtime Story (1995); Maria Felix: La inalcanzable doña (2002); Se que es imposible (1991); The Switch Drag Race (2018); Un siglo con Frida: Frida Kahlo, Homenaje nacional (2007); Viva la Frida! (2001).

Born on this day – Branwell Brontë:

Branwell Brontë

Writer

Painter

June 26, 1817 – September 24, 1848

Credits:

An Angrain Battle Song; An Historical Narrative of the War of Agression; An Historical Narrative of the War of Encroachment; Angria and the Angrians; Battell Book; Juvenilia; Letter from a Father on Earth to His Child in Her Grave; Letters from an Englishman; Life of Warner Howard Warner; Lines Spoken by a Lawyer on the Occasion of the Transfer of This Magazine; Mary's Prayer; Ode on the Celebration of the Great African Games; On Caroline; Penmaenmawr; Percy's Musings upon the Battle of Edwardston; Real Life in Verdopolis, volume 1–2; Real Rest; Remember Me; Sir Henry Tunstall; Tales of Angria (1838–1839); The End of All; The Fate of Regina; The Glass Town; The History of the Young Men from Their First Settlement to the Present Time (1829–1831); The Liar Detected; The Pirate A Tale; The Politics of Verdopolis; The Revenge A Tradgedy; The Young Men's Magazine, Number 1 – 3 (1830); Thorp Green.