Tag Archives: Art

1862: Till Hell Freezes Over

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

The phrase “until Hell freezes over” seems to originate during the civil war, as the earliest examples in print date from that time. In his 1869 book, The Life and Campaigns of General U.S. Grant, from Boyhood to his Inauguration … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1875: New Jersey

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francis A. Silva: Sunrise, Barnegat Beach, New Jersey (1875) Born the son of an immigrant barber in New York City, Francis Augustus Silva never received formal training as an artist. He displayed talent at an early age, exhibiting ink drawings … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1924: Island

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lawren Harris: Pic Island (ca. 1924) (source)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1890: That Kind of Day

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Moreau: A Dead Poet being Carried by a Centaur (c. 1890)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1943: Day Shift

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francis Criss: Day Shift (1943)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1877: Lights

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Atkinson Grimshaw: Scarborough Lights (1877)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1877: Self-Referential

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Émile Friant: Tube of Gouache (1877)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

1884: Two More Rats

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vincent van Gogh: Two Rats (1884)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1920: Gobi

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Panoramic view of the Gobi Desert taken during one of Roy Chapman Andrews’ Central Asiatic Expeditions in the 1920s. (source)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1937: The Daily Worker

Posted on August 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Clive Branson: Selling the “Daily Worker” outside Projectile Engineering Works (1937)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment