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Tag Archives: Painting
1927: The Pat, Pat, Pat of the Sleepy Sheep
From Katherine Morris Lester’s Great Pictures and Their Stories, Book Three (1927): Picture Study is rapidly becoming an important factor in our public school education. “Nearly every progressive city,” says the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., “is making use of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Anton Mauve, Art, Books, Children, Dogs, Katherine Morris Lester, Labor, Mammals, Netherlands, Painting, Sheep, USA, Women
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1923: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
John McKirdy Duncan: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (also known as The Queen of Sheba) (1923)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Apes, Art, Birds, Camels, Christianity, Cows, Deer, Elephants, Great Britain, John McKirdy Duncan, Mammals, Monkeys, Painting, Peacocks, Religion, Scotland
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1890: Low Tide
Thomas Alexander Harrison: Low Tide, Brittany (c. 1890)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, France, Painting, Seascapes, Thomas Alexander Harrison, USA
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1732: The Morals of Chess
Although Benjamin Franklin likely composed his essay “The Morals of Chess” as early as 1732, it was first published in 1786, during the height of interest surrounding Wolfgang von Kempelen’s mechanical chess-playing Turk; Franklin himself had lost to the machine … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 18th Century, 19th Century, Art, Automata, Benjamin Franklin, Caroline Howe, Chess, Digital Art, Diplomacy, Edward Harrison May, France, Great Britain, Negotiations, Painting, Richard Howe, Thomas Jefferson, USA, William Temple Franklin, Wolfgang von Kempelen
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1885: Wave
Thomas Alexander Harrison: Wave (1885) (source)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, France, Painting, Seascapes, Thomas Alexander Harrison, USA
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1896: Beach
Eero Järnefelt: Rantamaisema Porkkalasta [Beach Scene, Porkkala] (1896)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Eero Järnefelt, Finland, Painting, Seascapes
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2002: Old Books with Candlestick
Guillermo Muñoz Vera: Libros antiguos y palmatoria (2002)
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Art, Books, Chile, Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Painting
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1897: Riverside
Pekka Halonen: Riverside (1897)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Finland, Landscapes, Painting, Pekka Halonen, Rivers
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1917: Games
Ettore Tito: I Giochi [Play] (1917)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Ettore Tito, Italy, Painting
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1924: Pastoral
Frederick Cayley Robinson: Pastoral (1924) (source)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Frederick Cayley Robinson, Great Britain, Mammals, Painting, Sheep
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