George Vincent (1796 – c. 1832) was an English landscape artist who
produced watercolours, etchings and oil paintings. He is considered to
be one of the most talented of the Norwich School of painters, a group
of artists inspired by the Norfolk countryside. Vincent's work was
founded on the Dutch school of landscape painting and the style of John
Crome, also of the Norwich School. The son of a weaver, Vincent was
apprenticed to Crome. Vincent exhibited at the Royal Academy and the
British Institution. From 1811 until 1831 he showed at the Norwich
Society of Artists, exhibiting over 100 pictures of Norfolk landscapes
and marine works. By 1818 he had relocated to London, yet struggled
financially. He was imprisoned for debt from 1824 to 1827. After 1831,
Vincent disappeared and was never found. The art historian Herbert
Cundall wrote in the 1920s that had Vincent "not given way to
intemperate habits he would probably have ranked amongst the foremost of
British landscape painters".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vincent_%28painter%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1851:
The Congress of Colombia passed a law abolishing slavery in the
country, to take effect at the beginning of the new year.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Colombia>
1917:
The Imperial War Graves Commission was established by royal
charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of
commemoration of British Empire military forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission>
1946:
Working with a mass of plutonium known as the "demon core"
(recreation pictured), Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin
accidentally exposed himself to a lethal dose of hard radiation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin>
1991:
Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a
suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
orature:
The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk
songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in
writing. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orature>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe
despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of
mankind, if not faith in new possibilities, and courage to advocate
them.
--Jane Addams
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jane_Addams>
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