Author Archives: corvusfugit

1899: The Fools

Posted on October 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

František Kupka: Les Fous (1899)

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1920: Bombyx

Posted on October 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jehan Frison: Le Bombyx (1920)

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1920: Copper Mill

Posted on October 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Hans Müller: Duisburg Copper Mill (ca. 1920)

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1920: Mother and Father Had Turned Into Cabbages

Posted on September 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

A selection from Charles William Kimmins’s book Children’s Dreams (1920): A lady was sitting on my bed, and the King and Queen were under the bed eating bread and butter, and a lot of ladies with them. The sun and … Continue reading →

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1910: Victory Over Struggle

Posted on September 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Charles Allen Winter: Allegory of Victory over Struggle; I made up the date.

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1900: Landscape

Posted on September 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Giuseppe Pelizza da Volpedo: Landscape (1900)

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1807: No Less Sacred to Them than the Tie of Marriage

Posted on September 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

I passed a few days in the valley of one of those streams of northern Vermont, which find their way into Champlain. If I were permitted to draw aside the veil of private life, I would briefly give you the … Continue reading →

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1937: The Building of Tidewater

Posted on September 20, 2019 by corvusfugit

John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)

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1918: Young Crow

Posted on September 19, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)

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1927: East River

Posted on September 18, 2019 by corvusfugit

Georgia O’Keeffe: East River from the Shelton (East River No. 1) (c. 1927-28)

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