Tag Archives: 1910’s

1914: Futurist Composition

Posted on September 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jules Schmalzigaug: Futurist Composition (1914)

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1910: Broadway at Night

Posted on September 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alvin Langdon Coburn: Broadway at Night (c. 1910)

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1912: Magnets for the Queen

Posted on September 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ernest Board: William Gilbert Demonstrating the Magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598 (1912)

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1920: Acts of Mercy

Posted on September 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy (1916–20); it seems the first two paintings are referred to as The Orphans, while the second two are referred to as The Doctor.

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1912: In the Rain

Posted on September 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Franz Marc: In the Rain (1912)

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1915: Das Ghetto

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jan Bulhak: Das Ghetto (1915); Vilnius, Lithuania

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1913: Cocteau

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jacques-Émile Blanche: Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1913)

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1915: Sunset

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tom Thomson: Sunset (1915)

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1925: The Sleeping Factory

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Daniel Vázquez Díaz: La fábrica bajo la niebla [The Factory in the Mist] (c. 1920) La fábrica dormida [The Sleeping Factory] (1925) In February 1919, after eight workers were fired for political reasons from a hydroelectric plant in Barcelona, … Continue reading →

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1913: Gallery

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Fold-out letter from Alfred Joseph Frueh to his fiancée Giuliette Fanciulli, Jan. 10, 1913. Frueh was an American caricaturist, cartoonist and illustrator. (source)

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