Tag Archives: The Sky

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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2017: The Sky

Posted on July 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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1942: Battlefields

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christopher R. W. Nevinson: Battlefields of Britain (1942) During the First World War, the painter and printmaker Christopher R. W. Nevinson served in Flanders and France as an ambulance driver with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was granted leave … Continue reading →

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1920: Thomas Shields Clarke Leaves his Autochromes

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

    The Autochrome Lumière—patented in 1903 by the brothers Lumière in France and first marketed in 1907—was the first method of making color photographs, and quickly become popular among amateur photographers like Thomas Shields Clarke, an American painter and … Continue reading →

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2017: The Sky

Posted on June 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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2017: The Sky

Posted on June 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Today’s addition to the gallery.

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