Marguerite Yourcenar, Marie Laurencin, Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Born: Marguerite Yourcenar (1903)
Died: Marie Laurencin (1956), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1768)
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08JunDied 195670th anniversary of death
Marie Laurencin
The only woman among the early Cubists painted dreamy women in pastel – and loved both men and women.
08JunDied 1768258th anniversary of deathJohann Joachim Winckelmann
The founder of modern art history celebrated the beauty of Greek statues of young men – and wrote passionate letters to his male friends.