22 May

Born in 1733 – Hubert Robert, French painter.

Above: Project for the Transformation of the Grande Galerie du Louvre, 1796

Also, born in 1813, German composer Richard Wagner.

The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

Previously on May 22, Amalia Lindegren and Gérard de Nerval.