Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1942 Daniel was a piano prodigy. He gave his first concert in 1950 at age seven. In addition to his career as pianist Barenboim is also a renowned conductor. He served as Music Director for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2006 succeeding Sir George Solti
Artist Georgia O'Keefe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on this date in 1887.
Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz
"I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I know."I really don't care for those skull paintings she's know for. Here are a few I do like:
The Shelton with Sunspots 1926
"One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt."
Series 1 No 3 1918
"I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught."
Light of Iris 1924
"I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.""Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time."
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