Tag Archives: 1880’s

1880: Rainy Moon with Steamboats

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kobayashi Kiyochika: Rainy Moon at Gohonmatsu (1880)

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1889: Clogs

Posted on September 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vincent van Gogh: A Pair of Leather Clogs (1889)

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1886: Pet

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edvard Munch: Red-Haired Girl with White Rat (1886)

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1884: Joseph Arch’s Hands

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Born the son of a farmworker, Joseph Arch started work at the age of nine—first as a crow-scarer, then as a plough-boy. Eventually, he mastered a range of skills that allowed him to move around the Midlands and South Wales, … Continue reading →

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1884: Two More Rats

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vincent van Gogh: Two Rats (1884)

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1885: Bridge

Posted on August 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Atkinson Grimshaw: Battersea Bridge (1885)

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1883: Educate! Agitate! Organize!

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Educate! Agitate! Organize!” This slogan apparently first appeared in print in 1883—in a pamphlet produced by a British organization called the Democratic Federation. The artist and writer William Morris was the treasurer of the group and included the phrase on … Continue reading →

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1887: Lake

Posted on August 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Olson Hammerstad: Lake Michigan (c. 1887)

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1880: The House

Posted on August 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Illustration from The Children’s Object Book (F. Warne & Co., 1880’s) (source)

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1889: Fallen Angel

Posted on August 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Ensor: The Expulsion of the Fallen Angel (1889)

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