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21 Works, June 28th. is Otto Pilny’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #175

Jul 25, 2021

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Otto Pilny (28 June 1866–22 July 1936) was a Swiss painter who specialized in Orientalist genre scenes. Some of the first nineteenth-century Orientalist paintings were intended as propaganda in support of French imperialism, depicting the East as a place of backwardness, lawlessness, or barbarism enlightened and tamed by French rule… Please follow link for full…
09 works, Today, December 8th, is Patapios of Thebes’ day, his story, illustrated #341

Dec 9, 2020

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Patapios of Thebes (fl. 4th century AD) was born in Thebes of Egypt, situated in the fourth province of Upper Egypt, approximately 419 miles south of Cairo, and lived in the Kemetian desert sometime during the fourth century. His father was a governor of the region and a descendant of a well known Egyptian family.…