Tag Archives: 1920’s

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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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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1947: Iridescence

Posted on September 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

Andrey Avinoff: Iridescence (1925-1947) The entomologist Andrey Avinoff emigrated from Russia to the USA after the revolution and worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for 20 years, eventually becoming its director. He turned to painting only later in … Continue reading →

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1929: ’ixtˈ

Posted on September 7, 2019 by corvusfugit

Every Tlingit clan in every major village was supposed to have its own shaman (’ixtˈ), who might also be a clan or house chief, uniting supernatural power with economic and ceremonial leadership….The functions of the shaman were several. He fought … Continue reading →

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1924: Queen of the Clouds

Posted on May 27, 2019 by corvusfugit

Otto Kuhler: Queen of the Clouds (1924)

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1920: Robe

Posted on May 10, 2019 by corvusfugit

James White Calf (attrib): Elkskin Robe (ca. 1920); the robe is a record of the war honors of Mountain Chief, a Blackfeet chief.

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1920: Seascape

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Ludwik Cylkow: Untitled Seascape (c 1920)

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1921: Outnumbered and Outgunned

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

In the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Irish republicans were vastly outnumbered and outgunned by British forces—yet they won, fighting to an eventual truce and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. How did they do it? In … Continue reading →

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