21 September

Born in 1904 – Hans Hartung, German-French painter.

Above: T-50 Painting 8, 1950

Also, born in 1866, English novelist, historian, and critic H. G. Wells.

"We were making the future," he said, "and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!"

—from Wells’ 1899 novel, The Sleeper Awakes