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1889: Artist-in-Residence
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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Tagged "Buffalo Bill" Cody, 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, France, Horses, LGBTQ, Mammals, Nathalie Micas, Native Americans, Painting, Photography, Portraits, Printmaking, Rosa Bonheur, Sheep, USA, Women
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1955: Tomorrow is Never
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.
1933: Dreams of the Third Reich
A selection from Charlotte Beradt’s Dreams of the Third Reich. Beradt was a journalist in Germany when Hitler took power and, inspired by the first dream below “set out to collect the dreams the Nazi regime had generated”—which she did … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Hitler, Books, Charlotte Beradt, Dreams, Fascism, Germany, Posters, Resistance, Shoes, Sophie Scholl, USA, Women, WWII
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1918: Munitions Girls
Stanhope Forbes: The Munitions Girls (1918)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Factories, Great Britain, Labor, Painting, Stanhope Forbes, Women, WWI
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1966: Dublin Sky
Evelyn Hofer: Dublin Sky (1966); from Dublin: A Portrait (1967).
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Cityscapes, Dublin, Germany, Ireland, Photography, Rivers, The Sky, USA, Women
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1957: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow
Kay Sage: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow (1957)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Art, Kay Sage, Painting, The Sky, USA, Women
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1953: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur
Leonora Carrington: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Animals, Children, Dogs, Leonora Carrington, Mammals, Mexico, Mythology, Painting, Women
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2018: New City
Rim Lee: New City (2018); from a series.
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Architecture, Art, Asian-Americans, Korea, Miniatures, Painting, Rim Lee, USA, Women
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1927: Festival
Maruja Mallo: La Verbena [The Festival] (1927)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Festivals, Maruja Mallo, Painting, Spain, Women
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370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself
The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, 3rd Century, 4th Century BC, Animals, Art, Astronomy, Birds, Crows, Democritus, Great Britain, Greece, Hippolytus, Leonora Carrington, Mexico, Philosophy, Printmaking, Pseudo-Hippocrates, Women
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