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1943: Mountain Landscape

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

Konstantin Bogaevsky: Mountain Landscape The painting is undated; Bogaevsky died in 1943

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1922: An Unusual Scheme

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

In 1922, the Greek government concocted an unusual scheme for dealing with a large deficit in the country’s budget.  Largely caused by the expense of WWI, the deficit had soared exponentially, and the government could neither tax nor borrow itself … Continue reading →

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1899: The Fools

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

František Kupka: Les Fous (1899)

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1920: Bombyx

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

Jehan Frison: Le Bombyx (1920)

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1920: Copper Mill

Posted on October 1, 2019 by

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

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

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

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