Tag Archives: USA

1889: Artist-in-Residence

Posted on December 5, 2020 by corvusfugit

The celebrated 19th century French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur was known for wearing men’s pants, shirts, and ties, as well as participating in traditionally masculine activities such as hunting and smoking. She lived with her lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas … Continue reading →

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1961: A Song Bob Dylan Never Wrote

Posted on December 4, 2020 by corvusfugit

From Dylan’s Chronicles Volume One (2004): I can’t say when it occurred to me to write my own songs. I couldn’t have come up with anything comparable or halfway close to the folk song lyrics I was singing to define … Continue reading →

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1965: The Girl Who Took Care of the Turkeys

Posted on November 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

The Girl Who Took Care of the Turkeys Now we take it up. (audience)Ye——s indeed. There were villagers at the Middle Place and a girl had her home there at Wind Place where she kept a flock of turkeys. At … Continue reading →

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1932: New Art Saves Strange Beasts

Posted on September 13, 2020 by corvusfugit

A headline from this article in Popular Science Monthly, January 1932:

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1969: Better Than Those Motherfuckers

Posted on August 28, 2020 by corvusfugit

Wadsworth Jarrell: Compared to What – I Am Better Than Those Motherfuckers and They Know It (1969) My painting Compared to What: I Am Better Than Those Motherfuckers and They Know It was critiqued. The form consists of graffiti-style words … Continue reading →

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1957: Arketex

Posted on August 25, 2020 by corvusfugit

Arketex Ceramics Corporation catalog, 1957.

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1895: Long Beach

Posted on August 16, 2020 by corvusfugit

George Howell Gay: Surf, Long Beach, Rockport; I made up the date.

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1955: Tomorrow is Never

Posted on August 12, 2020 by corvusfugit

Kay Sage: Tomorrow is Never (1955) DESTINY If I turn back at least I shall not have the sun in my face. But then there will always be the long shadow of myself before me.

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1978: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali

Posted on August 8, 2020 by corvusfugit

Who would win in a fight—Superman or Muhammad Ali? The two duked it out in a 1978 comic. An evil space alien named Rat’Lar brings an armada to earth and claims that Earthlings’ warlike ways pose a threat to his … Continue reading →

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1874: Seascape

Posted on August 6, 2020 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Seascape (1874)

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