29 December

Born in 1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter.

Above: Madre campesina, 1924

Also, born in 1876, Catalan cellist and conductor Pablo Casals, who said:

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

and

The most important thing in music is what is not in the notes.

Previously on December 29, Albert Tucker & Francisco Palau.