Stefan Lochner (c. 1410 – c. 1451) was a German painter working in the
late International Gothic period. Based in Cologne, he became one of the
most important German artists before Albrecht Dürer. His paintings
combine the long flowing lines of his period with the brilliant colours,
realism, surface textures and innovative iconography of the early
Northern Renaissance. His surviving works often feature fanciful blue-
winged angels, and consist of single-panel oil paintings, polyptychs and
illuminated manuscripts. Records of his life, apart from later records
of creditors, end after an outbreak of plague in the city in 1451; it is
presumed he died from the epidemic, probably after Christmas. Lochner's
identity and reputation were lost until a revival of 15th-century art
during the early 19th-century Romantic Period. Echoes of his panels can
be seen in works by major 15th-century painters such as Rogier van der
Weyden and Hans Memling.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Lochner>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1223:
Mongol invasions: Mongol forces defeated a combined army of
Kiev, Galich, and the Cumans at the Kalchik River in present-day
Ukraine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kalka_River>
1795:
French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal, a court
instituted by the National Convention for the trial of political
offenders, was suppressed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Tribunal>
1902:
The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the
Treaty of Vereeniging.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Vereeniging>
1941:
The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq,
returning 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War>
2005:
An article in the magazine Vanity Fair revealed that the secret
informant known as "Deep Throat", who provided information about the
Watergate scandal, was former FBI Associate Director Mark Felt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felt>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lysergic:
1. (comparable) Psychedelic, trippy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lysergic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is
a by-product of a commitment to worthy causes.
--Norman Vincent Peale
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale>