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 +[[Image:Whistler, “Symphony in White, No.1 The White Girl, painted 1862.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[James Whistler]]'s painting ''[[Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl]]'' ([[1862]]) caused [[controversy]] when exhibited in London and, later, at the ''[[Salon des Refusés]]'' in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the [[realism|accurate portrayal of the natural world]].]]
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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
 +*[[1763]] - [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]] marries [[Marquis de Sade]].
*[[1863]] - [[Salon des Refusés]], [[Paris]], organized by painters who had been refused at the official Salon *[[1863]] - [[Salon des Refusés]], [[Paris]], organized by painters who had been refused at the official Salon
-*[[1965]] - 2nd Festival of Free Expression opens at the [[American Center]], [[Paris]]+*[[1893]] - Premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's ''[[Pelléas and Mélisande]]''.
 +*[[1965]] - 2nd [[Paris Festival of Free Expression ]] opens at the American Center in Paris
 +*[[1968]] - ''[[Histoires extraordinaires]]'' premieres at Cannes, France.
 +*[[1978]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s stolen body found
 +*[[1990]] – The General Assembly of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) eliminates [[homosexuality]] from the list of psychiatric diseases.
 +==Births==
 +*[[1866]] - [[Erik Satie]], French composer (d. [[1925]])
 +*[[1873]] - [[Henri Barbusse]], French novelist and journalist (d. [[1935]])
 +*[[1904]] - [[Jean Gabin]], French actor (d. [[1976]])
 +*[[1935]] - [[Dennis Potter]], English writer (d. [[1994]])
 +*[[1936]] - [[Dennis Hopper]], American actor and director
 +*[[1942]] - [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], American musician
 +*[[1965]] - [[Trent Reznor]], American musician ([[Nine Inch Nails]])
-== Births == 
-*[[1866]] - [[Erik Satie]], French musician and composer 
-*[[1873]] - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist 
-*[[1935]] - [[Dennis Potter]], English dramatist  
== Deaths == == Deaths ==
-*[[1999]] - [[James Broughton]], American artist+*[[1510]] - [[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter (b. [[1445]])
 +*[[1999]] - [[James Broughton]], American artist (b. [[1913]])
 +*[[2004]] - [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish artist (b. [[1920]])
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.

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