Tag Archives: Painting

1889: Fallen Angel

Posted on August 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Ensor: The Expulsion of the Fallen Angel (1889)

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1919: Buffer Girls

Posted on August 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Rothenstein: Buffer Girls (1919) “Buffer girls” were women workers in the Sheffield metal industries who polished cutlery and silverware.

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1896: Well-Deserved

Posted on August 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jean-Léon Gérôme: Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind (1896)

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1894: Ministered to by Angels

Posted on July 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Tissot: Jesus Ministered to by Angels (1886-1894)

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1918: The Heavens Are Telling

Posted on July 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Carlsen: The Heavens Are Telling (1918)

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1865: Northern Lights

Posted on July 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederic Edwin Church: Aurora Borealis (1865) “Some art historians have suggested that Church painted Aurora Borealis as a subdued tribute to the end of the Civil War, with the drapery of auroral light forming an abstract representation of the American … Continue reading →

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1939: Education

Posted on July 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Krusoe: Spirit of Education (WPA Mural, Lincoln High School, Cleveland) (1939) (source)

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1873: Distant Lighthouse

Posted on July 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Seascape with Distant Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1873)

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1877: Hope Deferred, And Hopes And Fears That Kindle Hope

Posted on July 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles West Cope: Hope Deferred, and Hopes and Fears that Kindle Hope; exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1877.

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1909: Altar

Posted on July 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: The Altar (1909)

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