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Tag Archives: 1940’s
1944: The Drop
Albert Richards: The Drop (1944)
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1943: Balloon Site
Laura Knight: A Balloon Site, Coventry (1943)
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1943: Self-Portrait
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Heinz Geiringer was a Jewish teenager in Amsterdam when the Nazis invaded the city in 1940. For two years, the family lived in hiding, with Heinz’s sister and mother separating from him and … Continue reading
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1946: First They Came
Although this is one of the world’s most famous poems, there is no definitive version of it. Indeed, there is no clear evidence that its author, the Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller, ever put it into poetic form. Several variations exist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Christianity, Disability, Fascism, Germany, Harold Marcuse, Holocaust, Judaism, Martin Niemöller, Museums, Poetry, Religion, Socialism & Communism, Unions, WWII
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1946: Fight That Man!
The Challenger—a tough-talking comic book hero from the 1940’s who fights fascism at home: “The man who wants to smash the unions or attack racial or religious minorities is a fascist! Never forget that, and never forget to fight that … Continue reading
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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) (1943) Jean-François … 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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1943: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Dorothea Tanning: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1943) Artspeak If Art would only talk it would, at last, reveal itself for what it is, what we all burn to know. As for our certainties, it would fetch a dry yawn then take … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 2010's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Dorothea Tanning, Flowers, Painting, Poetry, USA, Women
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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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1942: Fog
Stefan Johansson: The Bridge in Fog (1942)
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Art, Painting, Stefan Johansson, Sweden, Water
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