Tag Archives: Art

1880: Ironworkers

Posted on October 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Anshutz: The Ironworkers’ Noontime (1880)

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1913: Sunset

Posted on October 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Félix Vallotton: Sunset (1913)

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1830: The Boy After this Excited Much Wonder

Posted on October 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

From John Fanning Watson’s Annals of Philadelphia, being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, from the days of the Pilgrim founders (1830): The good people of Caledonia [Scotland] have so long and exclusively … Continue reading →

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1942: Convoy

Posted on October 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Norman Wilkinson: The “Ohio” in the Malta Convoy (1942)

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1918: Sunset

Posted on October 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Félix Vallotton: Sunset at Grace, Orange and Violet Sky (1918)

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1321: Kleptomania

Posted on October 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Some Observations Made in Travelling Through France, Italy, &c. in the Years 1720, 1721 and 1722, Edward Wright relates being told in Florence about one of Dante’s bad habits: This great man, we are told, had a most unhappy … Continue reading →