See ya, 2020! Sliding into a new year! Happy 2021! Image: A child sleds in Pocantico Hills, New York, 1922, Rockefeller family photographs, RAC. #Winter #Happy2021 #HappyNewYear #WinterInNewYork #NewYorkHistory #HudsonValley #HudsonValleyHistory #Sledding #HistoryPic #Rockefeller #PocanticoHills 
Henri Matisse, the French avant-garde artist whose vibrant colors and flat, decorative patterning revolutionized early twentieth-century European art, was born #OTD in 1869. Though most well-known for his paintings and drawings, Matisse experimented with three-dimensional and decorative arts throughout his career. His final work was this 1954 stained glass rose window at the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, commissioned in memory of MoMA co-founder Abby Aldrich Rockefeller by her family. Matisse created the window in a style reminiscent of his "cut-outs" series. Photograph: Jaime Martorano/Union Church, RAC. #ThisDayInHistory #Matisse #StainedGlass #ArtHistory #Fauvism #HenriMatisse #Cutouts #ModernStainedGlass #henrimatisse #modernart #rockbrosfdn #unionchurch 
We send a calming winter wish to all as we prepare to say farewell to 2020. Image: A snow-covered Peking Union Medical College, China Medical Board records, RAC. #Snow #Winter #ChineseHistory #China #Beijing #ChineseArchitecture #BeijingHistory #HistoryPic #Archives 
Happy Kwanzaa! Today begins the celebration of African American community and culture. Mahindi (corn) is one of several Kwanzaa symbols, and represents children celebrating the holiday. This festive photo is from the Rockefeller Foundation's global agricultural program. Image: Rockefeller Foundation records, RAC. #Kwanzaa #Mahindi #Corn #HappyKwanzaa #HistoryPic 
Sending cozy winter wishes to all. Happy Christmas! Image: Christmas in St. Barthelemy, Quebec, 1966, David Rockefeller photographs, RAC. #Winter #Snow #HistoricCabin #Christmas #HistoryPic #Archives #Quebec #Noel 
Merry Christmas to all celebrating. We wish you a meaningful and peaceful holiday. Image: Riverside Church, the home congregation of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and family, pictured in 1941. Rockefeller Brothers Fund records, RAC. #HistoricChurch #RiversideChurch #MorningsideHeights #Rockefeller #ChristmasEve #NYCHistory #HistoryPic #Archives