12 August
Born in 1904 – Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter.
Above: Extents, 1976
Also, born in 1905, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss theologian and priest.
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Previously on August 12, George Bellows and Walter Dean Myers.