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1911 In Art
Events from the year 1911 in art. Events * February 2 – First issue of Franz Pfemfert's ''Die Aktion''. * May – Only exhibition by The London Secession group of photographers, at the Newman Gallery. * June 10 – Rembrandt House Museum opened in Amsterdam. * August 21 – Leonardo da Vinci's ''Mona Lisa'' is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia; the theft is discovered the following day when painter Louis Béroud arrives to sketch it but the painting is not located until December 1913. Poet and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso are questioned over the theft. * Creation of Der Blaue Reiter Group (first exhibition opens December 18 in Munich). * Creation of the Puteaux Group. * Creation of the Camden Town Group. * Wassily Kandinsky publishes ''Über das Geistige in der Kunst, Insbesondere in der Malerei'' ("Concerning the Spiritual in Art, and Painting in Particular" or "The Art of Spiritual Harmony"), dated 1912. * Rayonism de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Lisa Stolen-1911
Mona may refer to: People *Mona (name), a female given name, nickname and surname *Mona (Angolan footballer) (born 1997) *Mona, ring name of American wrestler Nora Greenwald Museums *Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska, US *Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California, United States *Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington, United States *Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Music *Mona (band), a Nashville-located alternative rock band ** ''Mona'' (album), released in 2011 *"Mona", a song by James Taylor from his 1985 album ''That's Why I'm Here'' *"Mona", a song by the Beach Boys from their 1977 album '' Love You'' *''Mona – The Carnivorous Circus'', a 1970 record by The Deviants *"Mona (I Need You Baby)", a 1957 song by Bo Diddley * ''Mona'' (opera), a 1912 opera by Horatio Parker Places Settlements *Mona, Anglesey, a village on the Welsh island of Anglesey (in the UK) *Mona, Iowa, United States, an unincorporated community *Mona, Jamaica, a res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 18
Events Pre-1600 * 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. *1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain. 1601–1900 *1622 – Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola. *1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290. *1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October. *1787 – New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. *1793 – Surrender of the frigate ''La Lutine'' by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed , she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. *1833 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
