Tag Archives: Drawing

1921: Sweet Monsters

Posted on March 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Rose O’Neill: Man and Earth (1921)—from a series entitled Sweet Monsters.

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1921: She Whipped up the Snakes and Ascended High Over the City

Posted on March 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

An illustration for Nathanial Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921). Found on Public Domain Review.

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1894: Versions

Posted on February 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Kobayashi Kiyochika: Our Naval Forces in the Yellow Sea Firing at and Sinking Chinese Warships (1894) Josh Cochran: Tritons (c. 2006) Kiyochika’s print is propaganda celebrating Japan’s military superiority in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Sources here and here. … Continue reading →

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1945: The Book of Alfred Kantor

Posted on January 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day—Yom HaShoah Alfred Kantor was 22 when he was sent to Theresienstadt, the ”model ghetto” 40 miles north of Prague that the Nazis had created for Czech Jews. He was then sent to Auschwitz and, later, … Continue reading →

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16th Century: Crab

Posted on December 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Parmigianino (1503-1540): A Crab Holding a Mussel Open with its Claws

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32,000 ya: Panel of the Lions

Posted on December 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chauvet Cave, Panel of the Lions (Aurignacian culture, ca. 30,000 – 32,000 ya) (source)

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2016: Diptych

Posted on November 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frank Mujica: Untitled (Diptych) (2016)

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1948: Kriophoros

Posted on November 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Craxton: Boy with Kid (1948); see this post.

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1904: Abandoned Town

Posted on November 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Fernand Khnopff: The Abandoned Town (1904)

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1939: Dog Fight

Posted on November 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Bill Traylor: Untitled (Dog Fight with Writing) (c. 1939-40) (source) Bill Trylor Bill Tralor Bill Traylor This Dryling Was Done By Bill Tralor old man 85 years old

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