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Friday, 29 November 2013
The Honey Thief
Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief, 1530
by Lucas Cranach the Elder
German Renaissance painter and printmaker.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
August Strindberg
August Strindberg, Stockholm, 1912
Photo: Sven Åsberg
Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist,
poet, essayist and painter.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Vero Beach
People bathing at Vero Beach, Florida
Postcard - Issued 1930-45
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Manuel Álvarez Bravo, London, 1980
Mexican photographer
Photo: Bill Jay
Monday, 25 November 2013
Señor de Papantla
Man from Papantla, 1934
(Mexico)
Photo: Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop at Harvard Square Theatre, 1977
Photo: Paul McAlpine
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Portrait by Rembrandt
Portrait of Remonstrant Minister
Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644)
by Rembrandt, 1633
Oil on canvas
(Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
Friday, 22 November 2013
Mujeres Presas
Untitled, 1991-93 - 'Mujeres Presas' Series
Photo: Adriana Lestido
Adriana Lestido is an Argentine photographer and photojournalist.
Her black-and-white photographs document the often difficult place
of women in society.
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Toulouse-Lautrec
Poster advertising Aristide Bruant
in his Cabaret at the Ambassadeurs, 1892
by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Film Noir Poster
Touch of Evil, 1958
Directed by and co-starring Orson Welles
A still from 'Touch of Evil'
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Monsieur Daguerre
Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris,
includes the earliest known photograph of a person.
Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French artist and physicist recognized
for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.
Monday, 18 November 2013
Burroughs
William S. Burroughs, 1990
Photo: Gottfried Helnwein
Sunday, 17 November 2013
August Sander
August Sander, Self-Portrait, 1925
German portrait and documentary photographer
Gelatin silver print
Middle-Class Children, Germany, 1925
Photo: August Sander
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe, 1957
Photo: Richard Avedon
Friday, 15 November 2013
Disfarmer
Unidentified Young Woman, ca.1940s
Probably from Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Photo: Mike Disfarmer
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley, ca1895
English illustrator
Photo: Frederick H. Evans
The Savoy No. 8.
Don Juan, Sganarelle and the Beggar
by Aubrey Beardsley 1896
Graphite and ink
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Six Masted Schooner
George W. Wells, 1900
Photo: Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Edward Weston
Pepper, #30
1930
Photo: Edward Weston
Silver gelatin contact print
Monday, 11 November 2013
Rembrandt
Pharisees in the Temple
(Jews in the synagogue), 1648
by Rembrandt
Etching
Sunday, 10 November 2013
J. P. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan, 1903
Photo: Edward Steichen
Note retouched Rhinophyma and how Steichen lit
the chair's arm to look like a knife.
John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan (1837 – 1913)
was an American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector.
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