Tag Archives: 19th Century

1891: After the Deluge

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Frederic Watts: After the Deluge (The Forty-First Day) (1886–1891)

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1842: Faustine

Posted on August 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henri Lehmann: Faustine Léo (1842) (sources here and here)

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1870: Storm in the Mountains

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Albert Bierstadt: Storm in the Mountains (c. 1870) (source)

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1855: Your Very Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor … Continue reading →

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1898: The Keeper of the Threshold

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Elihu Vedder: The Keeper of the Threshold (1897-1898)

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1884: Joseph Arch’s Hands

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Born the son of a farmworker, Joseph Arch started work at the age of nine—first as a crow-scarer, then as a plough-boy. Eventually, he mastered a range of skills that allowed him to move around the Midlands and South Wales, … Continue reading →

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1892: School

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Antonio Parreiras: Outdoor School (1892)

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1864: Blue Morpho

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Blue Morpho Butterfly (c. 1864)

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1953: Painter / Spy

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tomás Harris: Mallorca Series No.9 (1953) Tomás Harris trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and the British Academy in Rome before deciding to follow in his wealthy father’s footsteps and become an art dealer in London. Early in … Continue reading →

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1815: Wretched Forebodings

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francisco Goya: Tristes Presentimientos de lo que ha de Acontecer [Wretched Forebodings of Things to Come] (1814-1815)

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