Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
John Charles Van Dyke

Born: 1861
Died: 1931 (aged 70)
Bio: John Charles Van Dyke was an American art historian and critic. He was born at New Brunswick, New Jersey, studied at Columbia, and for many years in Europe. He was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1877, but never practiced law.
Known for:
- A text--book of the history of painting (1894)
- The secret life of John C. Van Dyke
- The autobiography of John C. Van Dyke