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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1937: The Building of Tidewater
John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)
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Tagged Labor, Painting, 20th Century, USA, Art, 1930's, Industry, Rivers, John Noble
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1918: Young Crow
Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)
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1927: East River
Georgia O’Keeffe: East River from the Shelton (East River No. 1) (c. 1927-28)
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1907: The Boat of the Ideal
Constant Montald: The Boat of the Ideal (1907)
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1946: Beauty and the Beast
Jean Cocteau, director: La Belle et la Bête (1946)
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1947: Iridescence
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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1910: Fifth Avenue at Twilight
Birge Harrison: Fifth Avenue at Twilight (ca. 1910)
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