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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1974: I Like America and America Likes Me
For his 1974 conceptual art piece I Like America and America Likes Me, the German artist Joseph Beuys flew to New York City and, wrapped in felt, was driven in an ambulance to the Rene Block Gallery. There, he spent … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Animals, Conceptual Art, Coyotes, Germany, Joseph Beuys, USA
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1942: Battlefields
Christopher R. W. Nevinson: Battlefields of Britain (1942) During the First World War, the painter and printmaker Christopher R. W. Nevinson served in Flanders and France as an ambulance driver with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was granted leave … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Aviation, Christopher R. W. Nevinson, Great Britain, John Gillepsie Magee, Painting, Poetry, The Sky, USA, WWII
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1997: Equal Height
Hans Hemmert’s art installation level (1997) consists of a shelf of platforms that guests attach to their shoes so that everyone is two meters tall (about 6′ 7″).
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Tagged 20th Century, Conceptual Art, Germany, Hans Hemmert, Shoes
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1933: As for Myself, I Calmly Continued to Paint
Diego Rivera writes about the reactions to his murals in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Thoroughly immersed in my labors though I was, I became conscious after a time, that whispers were beginning to circulate through the city concerning certain … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Detroit, Diego Rivera, Engineering, Father Charles Coughlin, Frida Khalo, Labor, Latino/as/x, Medicine, Mexico, Murals, Painting, Socialism & Communism, USA
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1934: Striker
Virginia Matthews, secretary of the Philadelphia branch of the United Textile Workers of America (1934) (source)
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Tagged 20th Century, Labor, Photography, Portraits, Strikes, Unions, Women
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1901: Max’s Monkeys
Gabriel von Max: Abelard and Heloise (after 1900). Max and his wife lived with as many as 14 monkeys. Here are some more examples of his work:
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Austria, Gabriel von Max, Monkeys, Painting, Portraits
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1931: Einstein / Einstein
When Einstein was teaching at the California Institute of Technology in the early 1930’s, he attended a puppet show at the Teatro Torito in nearby Hollywood that featured this puppet of himself. According to Retronaut, after the show “he reached … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Albert Einstein, Photography, Physics, Puppets
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1891: The Song
Thomas Wilmer Dewing: The Song (1891) More:
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Music, Painting, Portraits, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, USA
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1902: I Have in Me a Quite Unusual Intensity of Life
The opening of The Story of Mary MacLane: Butte, Montana January 13, 1901 I of womankind and of nineteen years, will now begin to set down as full and frank a Portrayal as I am able of myself, Mary Mac … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Autobiography, Books, Feminism, LGBTQ, Marie Bashkirtseff, Mary MacLane, Prose, USA, Women
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