![]() They had both been, according to Jill Johnston, patients at Bellevue Mental Hospital, although presumably not at the same time. Gene and Ann also had something in common. They were both homosexual during an era in which homosexuality was either suppressed or kept secret. Ann left Bill for Gene after, in the words of Jill Johnston, Ann had "fallen in love" with Gene, leaving Bill to raise his and Ann's three children on his own.īill and Gene had something else in common besides Ann. A perusal of the poster leads to an examination of Swenson's life in general and some of the people who were involved with him besides Warhol - namely the critic, dancer and Warhol star, Jill Johnston, the artist Ann Wilson, and Ann Wilson's husband the art writer and collector, William S. Swenson was considered a genius by some, a madman by others - or both by some people in the art world. What is usually described as a poster (below) for the Stable Gallery show included a photograph of Andy Warhol and text by the art writer Gene Swenson. (See "Andy Warhol's Box Sculptures at the Dwan Gallery" here.) He had previously exhibited some of the box sculptures in a group show at the Dwan Gallery in February 1964. While it was rumored that two of the children had survived, it was later proven through DNA analysis - when their bodies were found - that the entire family had been killed.Gene Swenson, Andy Warhol and the Personality of the ArtistĪndy Warhol exhibited his box sculptures at the Stable Gallery from April 21 to May 9, 1964. In 1918, in the year of Angus Alexander Sinclair's passing, in July, Russian revolutionaries executed the former Tzar Nicholas II and his immediate family. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1909, at the age of merely 13 years old, Angus was alive when William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. The United States, along with Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia, had business interests in China and these countries all sent troops to put down the Rebellion and keep China open to their presence and to Christian missionaries. ![]() ![]() The Boxer Rebellion took place in China, where the presence of "outsiders" (foreigners) was resented. In 1900, Angus was just 4 years old when the U.S. Walter Arnold of Kent England was fined 1 shilling plus costs - for going 8 mph. In 1896, in the year that Angus Alexander Sinclair was born, on January 28th, the first ticket for speeding - called "furious driving" - was issued. ![]() Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Angus' lifetime. ![]()
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