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1890: That Kind of Day
Gustave Moreau: A Dead Poet being Carried by a Centaur (c. 1890)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, France, Gustave Moreau, Mythology, Painting, Poetry
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1942: Pamphlet
Since the conquest of Poland, 300,000 Jews have been murdered in this country in the most bestial way… The German people slumber on in dull, stupid sleep and encourage the fascist criminals. Each wants to be exonerated of guilt, each … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Activism, Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Fascism, Germany, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Willi Graf, WWII
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1943: Day Shift
Francis Criss: Day Shift (1943)
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1877: Lights
John Atkinson Grimshaw: Scarborough Lights (1877)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Great Britain, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Painting, Ships & Sailing, Water
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1877: Self-Referential
Émile Friant: Tube of Gouache (1877)
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1884: Two More Rats
Vincent van Gogh: Two Rats (1884)
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1920: Gobi
Panoramic view of the Gobi Desert taken during one of Roy Chapman Andrews’ Central Asiatic Expeditions in the 1920s. (source)
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1836: These Abhorred Vermin Seemed to Become my Friends
We report [the following] on the authority of a letter of Joseph Purdew, an observer, equally exact and judicious. “This morning,” he says, “while reading in bed, I was suddenly interrupted by a noise similar to that made by rats, … Continue reading
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1937: The Daily Worker
Clive Branson: Selling the “Daily Worker” outside Projectile Engineering Works (1937)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Clive Branson, Factories, Great Britain, Labor, Painting, Socialism & Communism
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1885: Bridge
John Atkinson Grimshaw: Battersea Bridge (1885)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Bridges, Digital Art, Great Britain, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Painting, The Moon, Water
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