Monday, April 15, 2019

Notre Dame




Notre Dame by Eugene Atget, French, 1857-1927.  Top photo, 1899, bottom photo, 1927.  Notre Dame Cathedral, architect unknown.  Construction started 1160, largely completed, 1260.  Partially destroyed, April 15, 2019.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Bourbon Street



At the bar, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, 1955, by George S. Zimbel, American, 1929-.

Idaho Falls



Idaho Falls, 1974, by Stephen Shore, American, 1947-.

Nude In Cactus



Nude In Cactus, 1999, by Kim Weston, American, 1953-.

Lillian Roditi



Portrait of Lillian Roditi, 1930, by Man Ray, born Emmanual Radnitzky, photographer, painter, American, 1890-1976. 

Red River



French advertising poster for Red River, 1948, designer unknown.  Red River, 1948, directed by Howard Hawks, American, writer, film producer, director, 1876-1977. 

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Elizaveta Yakoleva



Portrait of Elizaveta Yakoleva, 1930's, attributed to Maria Dzhagubova, Russian, dates unknown.  Oil on canvas.

Christ Preaching at the Cookham Regatta



 Christ Preaching at the Cookham Regatta: Punts By the River, 1958, by Stanley Spencer, English, 1891-1959.  Oil on canvas

Pather Panchali



Advertising poster for Pather Panchali, 1955, designer unknown.  Pather Panchali, 1955, directed by Satyajit Ray, Indian, writer, composer, film director, 1921-1992.

Nuba



Portrait of a Nubian warrior, 1975, by Leni Riefenstahl, born Helene Bertha Riefenstahl, German, dancer, actress, film director, writer, photographer, 1902-2003.

Murder at the Feast of San Genaro



Murder at the Feast of San Genaro, 1939, by Weegee, born Usher Fellig,  American, born Austria-Hungary, now Ukraine, 1899-1968.