Tag Archives: Women

1463: Portrait

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Luca della Robbia: Portrait of a Young Lady (1463)

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2009: Prescription

Posted on January 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

Margaret Owen: Daily Painting #214 (2009) (source)

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1944: Factory

Posted on December 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederick William Elwell: A Munitions Factory (1944)

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1953: Daisy

Posted on December 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Robert Frank: Mary With Large Daisy In Her Hair (1953)

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1883: Umbrella

Posted on December 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

“What is it I am painting ? A little girl who has put her black petticoat over her shoulders, and is carrying her umbrella open. I am working out of doors, and it rains almost every day.” Marie Bashkirtseff: The … Continue reading →

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1915: Swan

Posted on December 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hilma af Klint: The Swan, No. 19, Group IX-SUW (1914-1915)

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1585: A Young Daughter of the Picts

Posted on December 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues: A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585) An engraving based on this miniature appeared in the section on Picts and ancient Britons in Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land … Continue reading →

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1972: Boycott Gulf

Posted on December 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

An anti-colonialist poster from the early 1970’s produced by the Pan-African Liberation Committee in Brookline, Massachusetts: “There are but two sides in a war—she fights on the side of African freedom – Gulf finances the other.” At the time, Angola … Continue reading →

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2016: I Saw the Danger and Still I Pased along the Enchanted Way

Posted on December 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Melita Denaro: I Saw the Danger and Still I Pased along the Enchanted Way (2016)

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1914: Factory

Posted on December 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Ginner: The Dressmaking Factory (c. 1914)

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