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Thibodaux Minerva Thibodaux, Louisiana Saturday, July 23, 1853

Happy birthday Maral Rahmanzade. The painter & book designer, famous for her linocuts, an affection for painting oil fields & being the People's Artist of Azerbaijan, was born today in 1916. #Azerbaijan

Happy birthday Nassos Daphnis. The eclectic artist and sculptor, remembered for serving during World War II as a camouflage painter, creating geometric abstraction paintings, and as a prolific breeder of tree peonies, was born today in 1914.

The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Tuesday, July 22, 1913

Happy birthday Carole Byard. The gifted artist, illustrator, and photographer, best known as a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King award-winning illustrator of children's books, often focusing on African heritage and Black stories, was born today in 1941.

Happy birthday Charles F. Comfort. The Canadian writer, artist, illustrator, and educator, remembered as a war artist, a mural painter, and an active member of the art community, including serving as director of the National Gallery of Canada, was born today in 1900.

Happy birthday Walter Ballmer. The prolific industrial, type & graphic designer, most known for the classic work he did while at Olivetti, and who continued to create widely acclaimed work as an independent designer, was born today in 1923. #graphicdesign #Swissdesign

Daily Independent Journal San Rafael, California Friday, July 21, 1972

Happy birthday Keiichi Tanaami. The prolific painter, graphic designer, & educator, famous for all the things, including colorful psychedelic/pop-art infused paintings, album covers, posters, films & animation, was born today in 1936. #popart #illustration

Happy birthday Herbert Marshall McLuhan. The educator, philosopher & author, famous for his studies & pioneering ideas on media theory, including the now ubiquitous notion: “the medium is the message” was born today in 1911. #designthinking #philosophy

Happy birthday Krzysztof Lenk. The graphic designer and educator, famous for prolific careers in both practice and pedagogy, including teaching at RISD and founding Dynamic Diagrams, an information design firm, was born today in 1936. #graphicdesign

Happy birthday Alain Grée. The active writer, illustrator & graphic designer, known for his authorship and illustration of 300 children's books, as well as his work as an illustrator for magazines, and later in his 80s, as a graphic designer and editor, was born today in 1936.

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. —Julia Cameron Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential. —Winston Churchi #sundaycomics #graphicdesigncomic

Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, July 20, 2001

Happy birthday Hércules Barsotti. The protean artist and graphic and stage designer, noteworthy for so many things, including founding an ad agency and an art gallery, theater work, textile design, and painting on shaped canvases, was born today in 1914.

Happy birthday Douglas Crawford McMurtrie. The typeface and graphic designer, historian, and author, remembered for printing and typographic scholarship, serving as editor of Ars Typographica, and advocacy of charities for the disabled, was born today in 1888.

Happy birthday László Moholy-Nagy. The Hungarian painter & photographer, best known for his enthusiastic experimentation with technology & art as well as teaching at the Bauhaus, was born today in 1895. #bauhaus #modernism

Happy birthday Jan Balet. The painter, commercial artist, art director & illustrator, known for his distinct & whimsical style & as an illustrator of children's books, was born today in 1913. #illustrationartists janbalet.com

Happy birthday Nicolete Gray. The art scholar, curator, & lettering historian, famous for authoring numerous books on the history of letterforms, was born today in 1911. #typography #designcriticism

The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Sunday, July 19, 1964