Birthdays occurring on April, 20

1840

Odilon Redon was born on April 20, 1840 French Symbolist painter, lithographer and etcher. 1840-1916 While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt. More quotations from Odilon Redon

Deaths occurring on April, 20

1967

Konrad Adenauer died on April 20, 1967 German Statesman He was the first Chancellor of Federal Republic of West Germany, 1876-1967 We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon More quotations from Konrad Adenauer

1982

Archibald MacLeish died on April 20, 1982 American poet and critic. 1892-1982 We have learned the answers, all the answers:/ It is the question that we do not know. More quotations from Archibald MacLeish

1991

Sean O'Faolain died on April 20, 1991 Irish writer, best known for his carefully crafted short stories about Ireland's lower and middle classes. 1900-1991 There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen. More quotations from Sean O'Faolain