Tag Archives: 20th Century

1958: Work

Posted on December 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Kazuo Shiraga: Work II (1958)

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1948: Fence and Tree

Posted on December 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Albert Reuss: Fence and Tree (1948)

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1922: Seek the Kingdom of Heaven through Contempt of the World

Posted on December 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Melchior Lechter’s frontispiece, title page, and first chapter title page for a 1922 edition of Thomas à Kempis’s Imitation of Christ. Written in the early 15th century, the work promotes piety, simplicity, and devotion as the key to a personal … Continue reading →

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1937: Local 174

Posted on December 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

This mural showing the early history of UAW local 174 was painted by Walter Speck and Barbara Wilson in 1937 and originally hung in the local’s union hall at 2730 Maybury Grand St., in Detroit, Michigan. After moving with the … Continue reading →

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1944: The Removal of Sewell Avery

Posted on November 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1942, in an effort to avoid strikes in war-related industries, Franklin Roosevelt reinstated the War Labor Board and directed it to oversee and arbitrate negotiations between unions and employers. Most unions had also agreed not to strike during the … Continue reading →

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1954: Morning on the Volga

Posted on November 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

Georgy Nissky: Morning on the Volga (1954)

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1967: The Flying Nun

Posted on October 19, 2019 by corvusfugit

Sally Field as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun (1967)

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1943: Mountain Landscape

Posted on October 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Konstantin Bogaevsky: Mountain Landscape The painting is undated; Bogaevsky died in 1943

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1922: An Unusual Scheme

Posted on October 4, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1922, the Greek government concocted an unusual scheme for dealing with a large deficit in the country’s budget. Largely caused by the expense of WWI, the deficit had soared exponentially, and the government could neither tax nor borrow itself … Continue reading →

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1920: Bombyx

Posted on October 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jehan Frison: Le Bombyx (1920)

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