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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1938: Einstein on the Bridge
Born in Lithuania, Ben Shahn learned fresco painting as an assistant to Diego Rivera in the 1930s. As one of the artists commissioned for the New Deal Arts Project’s national mural program, Shahn created murals across the country that emphasized … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Albert Einstein, Ben Shahn, Charles Steinmetz, Diego Rivera, Immigration, Judaism, Murals, New Deal, Painting, Raphael Soyer, USA
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1928: What Work Is
August Sandler: Bricklayer (1928) (source)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, August Sandler, Germany, Labor, Photography
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1918: Song of the Thunders
Song of the Thunders Sometimes I go about pitying myself while I am carried by the wind across the sky. —Chippewa (Ojibwe) song from The path on the rainbow, an anthology of songs and chants from the Indians of North … Continue reading
1902: Island
Gustav Klimt: Island in the Attersee (1902)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Austria, Gustav Klimt, Painting, Water
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1939: How to Handle a Bison
“A Museum staff member prepares a model diorama for one of the iconic scenes in the Hall of North American Mammals in 1939.” —American Museum of Natural History (source)
1935: Renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci spent the last years of his life (1513-1519) in central France, in the town of Amboise, where he was supported by King Francis I. Although likely ailing from a stroke, Leonardo continued working, constructing a mechanical lion … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 20th Century, Ameleto Cataldi, Art, France, Italy, King Francis I, Leonardo da Vinci, LGBTQ, Sculpture
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2040: Better Get Ready
Jack Kirby: 2001, A Space Odyssey Vol 1, No. 5 (April, 1977) (detail). From this gallery.
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Tagged 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Comics, Jack Kirby, Science Fiction
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1937: Mother and Child
Dorothea Lange: Wife and child of tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation (1937) (source)
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Tagged 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Children, Mothers, Women
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1922: Setting Sun
Leon Spilliaert: Seascape with Setting Sun (1922)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Belgium, Léon Spilliaert, Painting
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1946: Twins
Dale Nichols: The Twins (1946) (source)
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