Tag Archives: 20th Century

1920: Copper Mill

Posted on October 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Hans Müller: Duisburg Copper Mill (ca. 1920)

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1920: Mother and Father Had Turned Into Cabbages

Posted on September 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

A selection from Charles William Kimmins’s book Children’s Dreams (1920): A lady was sitting on my bed, and the King and Queen were under the bed eating bread and butter, and a lot of ladies with them. The sun and … Continue reading →

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1910: Victory Over Struggle

Posted on September 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Charles Allen Winter: Allegory of Victory over Struggle; I made up the date.

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1900: Landscape

Posted on September 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Giuseppe Pelizza da Volpedo: Landscape (1900)

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1937: The Building of Tidewater

Posted on September 20, 2019 by corvusfugit

John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)

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1918: Young Crow

Posted on September 19, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)

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1927: East River

Posted on September 18, 2019 by corvusfugit

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

Posted on September 17, 2019 by corvusfugit

Constant Montald: The Boat of the Ideal (1907)

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1946: Beauty and the Beast

Posted on September 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jean Cocteau, director: La Belle et la Bête (1946)

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1947: Iridescence

Posted on September 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

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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