International Museum Day May 18, 2025

International Museum Day

This International Museum Day, let"s immerse ourselves in Raoul Dufy"s 600 square metres fresco. The "La Fée Electricité" (The Spirit of Electricity) is housed at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. This stunning artwork was created for the Pavilion of Light and Electricity at the 1937 International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Modern Life. The painting was inspired by the poem "On the Nature of Things," written by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius. Raoul Dufy"s work vividly depicts the evolution of electricity through two main themes: the history of electricity and its applications.

© BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sunlight turning silver to gold
This museum sets the prairie on fire
May 18, 2024International Museum Day
May 18, 2026International Museum Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Finding beauty in ruins
Aug. 21, 2024Nazca boobies, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Stairway to where?
Mar. 8, 2025International Womens Day
Jan. 3, 2026J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Oct. 8, 2023World Octopus Day
Go hug a mountain, if you can
Nov. 10, 2025Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
Oct. 3, 2025Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
The lonely castle
Jan. 28, 2025Short-eared owl
Mar. 12, 2026Juvenile sunbittern displaying at nest, Ecuador
Aug. 16, 2025World Honey Bee Day
A gem in the Rockies
Jan. 25, 2025Porto, Portugal
Sep. 8, 2025International Literacy Day
Jan. 27, 2026Dalmatian pelicans, Lake Kerkini, Greece
Sanctuary among the trees
World’s largest tulip festival
Reflecting its stylish past today
Feb. 13, 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
Sunlight turning silver to gold
A pair of high achievers
Aug. 26, 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Central Pacific Ocean
Roll out the red carpet
Add wind, combine with water, and you’ll get...
Remembering D-Day
Aug. 16, 2024Canadian National Exhibition 2024
Sep. 15, 2024Ouimet Canyon in the Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park
Nov. 28, 2024Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia