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Tag Archives: 1930’s
1938: Fire
Teresita Fernández: Fire (2005) Fire and heat provide modes of explanation in the most varied domains, because they have been for us the occasion for unforgettable memories, for simple and decisive personal experiences. Fire is thus a privileged phenomenon which … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, 2000's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Books, France, Gaston Bachelard, Latino/as/x, Psychology, Teresita Fernández, Textiles, USA, Women
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1943: Workers and Paintings
Honoré Sharrer: Workers and Paintings (1943) I can’t identify all the paintings in this painting. Leave a comment if you can fill in the blanks: Hugo Gellert : Free Man’s Duties (No 4) … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 1850's, 18th Century, 1930's, 1940's, 19th Century, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Dance, Diego Rivera, François Boucher, France, Grant Wood, Honoré Daumier, Honoré Sharrer, Hugo Gellert, Jean-François Millet, Labor, Madame de Pompadour, Mirrors, Netherlands, Pablo Picasso, Painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Portraits, Printmaking, Spain, USA, Women
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1939: A Cat Standing on Its Hind Legs
Louis Wain: A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the “Early Greek” style (1925-1939).
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Cats, Drawing, Great Britain, Louis Wain
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1936: Untitled
Amy Nimr: Untitled (1936)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Amy Nimr, Art, Death, Egypt, Fish, Painting, Syria, Women
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1933: Landscape
Franz Sedlacek: Evening Landscape (1933)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Austria, Franz Sedlacek, Landscapes, Painting
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1939: That Mighty Obstruction
Ernest Vincent Wright’s 1939 novel, Gadsby, was written without words that contain the letter “e.” Here is the opening: If youth, throughout all history, had had a champion to stand up for it; to show a doubting world that a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Books, Ernest Vincent Wright, John Keats, lipograms, Novels, USA, Writing
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1939: Typewriter
This giant Underwood typewriter was on display in the Business Systems and Insurance Building at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It weighed 14 tons and worked—letters could be typed on stationery measuring 9 by 12 feet.
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Tagged 1930's, 1940's, 20th Century, Engineering, Miniatures, USA, Writing
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