Tag Archives: 1940’s

1944: World’s Most Beautiful Leg

Posted on September 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Nazi Propaganda Poster (1944)

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1941: Degenerate Art

Posted on September 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Nolde: Meer bei Abenddämmerung [Sea at Dusk] An anti-Semite who believed in the cultural superiority of “Germanic” art and supported the Nazi Party beginning in the 1920’s, Emil Nolde was surprised when his own paintings were targeted in the … Continue reading →

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1940: Resistance

Posted on September 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hand-cranked mimeograph machine used by the Belgian resistance to produce underground newspapers and pamphlets during the Nazi occupation. (source)

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1942: Canal

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Algernon Cecil Newton: Regent’s Canal, Maida Vale, London (1942)

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1947: Monk

Posted on September 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, NY (ca. Sept. 1947)

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1945: Tadayori Kihara’s Suitcase

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

When the first atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, Tadayori Kihara was riding his bicycle onto a bridge; this suitcase was mounted behind his seat. The blast threw Kihara off his bicycle and onto the bridge walkway. Most of the skin … Continue reading →

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1942: Ch for R1 Space Modulator

Posted on September 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

László Moholy-Nagy: Ch for R1 Space Modulator (1942)

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1945: The House by the Canal

Posted on September 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Algernon Cecil Newton: The House by the Canal (1945)

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1940s: Singing on the Mountain

Posted on September 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hugh M. Morton: “Singing on the Mountain” Preacher (1940s – 1950s); unidentified preacher at “Singing on the Mountain” gospel festival, Grandfather Mountain, NC. (source)

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1940: The White Horse

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Eric Ravilious: Train Landscape (1940) The background of this painting features the Westbury White Horse, a figure on the slope of Salisbury Plain in England. As the earliest documentation dates from 1742, the horse was likely created in the first … Continue reading →

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