Born #onthisday in 1828 Dante Gabrielle Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. His early poetry was influenced by John Keats and William Blake, while his later poetry was characterised by the complex interlinking of thought and feeling.
Frank Auerbach
Frank Helmut Auerbach was born #onthisday in 1931. He is a German-British painter, born in Germany, and has been a naturalised British subject since 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.
