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

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.

Saturday, 9 November 2013

Friday, 8 November 2013

Deakin

John Deakin, ca.1970
English photographer
Photo: Luke Kelly
Bromide print

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Lucian Freud

John Deakin, 1964
by Lucian Freud
Oil on canvas

Lucian Freud, 1947
Photo: Clifford Coffin

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

A Warning

The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951
Directed by Robert Wise

Monday, 4 November 2013

Seaside Snap

Seaside family snap
1920s or early 1930s
From the 'Amersham and Kent House, SE London Series'
 England

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Utamaro

Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, ca.1788
From Utamakura (Poem of the Pillow)
Sheet from a wood block colour printed album.
by Kitagawa Utamaro

Saturday, 2 November 2013

S.S. Great Eastern

The S.S. Great Eastern as gargantuan
advertising billboard at North Wall, Dublin ca.1886
(National Library of Ireland)

Friday, 1 November 2013

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Snap

Elsa taking pictures at Salève near Geneva in Switzerland, 1921
Photo: Berit Wallenberg
(Swedish National Heritage)

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Picasso

Untitled, 1923
by Pablo Picasso
Oil on canvas

Picasso, 1923
Photo: Man Ray

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Miami Beach

Seymour Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
Postcard - Issued 1930-45

Monday, 28 October 2013

Sunday, 27 October 2013

Cézanne

Paul Cézanne's portrait of his son
ca.1887
Oil on canvas

Saturday, 26 October 2013