Saturday, December 18, 2021

Hard, Fast, and Beautiful!


   

Advertising poster for Hard, Fast, and Beautiful, 1951, designer unknown.  Hard, Fast, and Beautiful, 1951, directed by Ida Lupino, American, born England, actress, writer, film director, 1918-1995. 

Coty


   

Fashion ad for Coty lipstick, 1934, by Edward Steichen, born Eduard Jean Steichen, American, born Luxembourg, painter, photographer, 1873-1973. 

A Vision


  

A Vision, 1925, by Joseph Stella, born Giuseppe Stella, American, born Italy, 1877-1946.  Oil on canvas. 

City Landscape


   

City Landscape, 1955, Joan Mitchell, American, 1925-1992.  Oil on linen. 

Polka Dot


 

 Untiled photograph from the Polka Dot Series, 1976, by Francesca Woodman, American, 1958-1981. 

High Steppers


  

High Steppers, 1938, by Walter Richard Sickert, English, born Germany, 1860-1942.  Oil on canvas.  

Frieda


  

Frieda, 1920, by George Clausen, English, 1852-1944.  Oil on canvas. 

Tyneside


 

 Tyneside Shipyard, 1943, by Cecil Beaton, English, diarist, photographer, painter, stage and costume designer, 1904-1980. 

Billy Mann


  

Portrait of Billy Mann, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1968, by Larry Clark, American, photographer, writer, film director, 1943-. 

Winter Evening


 

Winter Evening, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997, by Alexey Titarenko, Russian, 1962-. 

Tired Butterfly


  

In My Studio, Evelyn Nesbit, Tired Butterfly, 1909, by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr., American, 1862-1932.   Evelyn Nesbit, born Florence Evelyn Nesbit, American, artist's model, chorus girl, actress, 1884-1967.  

Nelly Chaliapin


  

Portrait of Nelly Chaliapin, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1932, by Alfred Eisenstaedt, American, born Germany, 1898-1995. 

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Gypsy Palmist


 

Gypsy Palmist, 1934, by Dora Maar, French, born Henriette Theodora Markovitch, painter, photographer, 1907-1997.  

Madame Georges P. Vanier


 

Portrait of Madame Georges P. Vanier, 1939, by Lucian J. Simon, French, 1861-1945.  Oil on canvas.  Madame Georges P. Vanier, born Pauline, Archer, Canadian, 1898-1991.  

The Dark Mountains


 

 The Dark Mountains, 1890, by James craig Annan, Scottish, 1864-1946.  Photogravure. 

Couple Kissing


  

Couple Kissing, 1986, by Lewis Koch, American, 1949-. 

Mathematics


  

Mathematics, 1948, by Max Ernst, French, born Germany, 1891-1976.  Oil on canvas. 

Little Tinker Child


  

Little Tinker Child, 1965, by Alen MacWeeney, Irish, 1939-. 

Dwarf Beans


  

Dwarf Beans, 1900, by Charles Jones, English, 1866-1959.  

Nazi Justice


 

Nazi Justice, 1937, by George Grosz, born Georg Grosz, American, born Germany, 1893-1959.   Watercolor and ink on paper.  

Tipple Boy


 

Tipple Boy, Turkey Knob, West Virginia, 1908, by Lewis Hine, American, sociologist, photographer, 1874-1940. 

Champs-Elysees


  

On the Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, 1950, by Christer Stromholm,  Swedish, 1918-2002. 

Girl in Yellow Sweater


  Girl in Yellow Sweater, 1936, by Prudence Heward, Canadian, 1896-1947.  Oil on canvas. 

His and Hers


  

His and Hers, 1971, by Ray Yoshida, American, 1930-2009.  Acrylic on canvas. 

With Lulu


 With Lulu in the Bois de Boulogne, 1931, by Jacques Henr-Lartique, French, 1894-1986.  On the left, Renee Perle, French, born Romania, model, painter, 1904-1977. 

Monday, November 1, 2021

Found Art



  Drawing found on the street, Los Angeles, California.  From my collection. 

Friday, October 15, 2021

Houses and Billboards


  

Houses and Billboards, Atlanta, Georgia, 1936, by Walker Evans, American, 1903-1975.  

Hilde Zoepffel


 

Portrait of Hilde Zoepffel, 1928, by Anita Ree, German, 1885-1933.  Oil on canvas. 

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Rothenburg ob der Tauber


 

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1928, by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, American, born Hungary, artist, photographer, 1895-1946.  

She Is


 

She Is, 2001, by Anne Wallace, Australian, 1970-.  Oil on canvas. 

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

The Vampire II


 

The Vampire II,  1895, by Edvard Munch, Norwegian, 1863-1944. Lithograph and woodcut on paper. 

Untitled



Untitled, 1956, by Carl Chiarenza, American, 1935-.

Self Portrait


  

Self portrait by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1907, German, 1876-1907.  Oil on canvas. 

Wilderness Storms


 

Wilderness Storms, 1976, by Roger Brown, American, 1941-1997.  Oil on canvas. 

Sleeping by the Seine


 

 Paris, Sleeping by the Seine, 1935, by Lisette Model, born Elise Amelia Stern,  American, born Austria, 1901-1982.  

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Streetwalker


 

Street With Red Streetwalker, 1925, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, painter and print maker, 1888-1938.  Oil on canvas. 

The Seaport at Gavrilovo


  

The Seaport at Gavrilovo, 1920s, by Vasiliy Ulitin, Russian/Soviet, 1888-1976.  

Curly Top



 Swedish advertising poster for Curly Top, 1925, designed by Eric Rohman, Swedish, 1891-1949.  Curly Top, 1935, directed by Irving Cummings, American, actor, writer, film director, 1888-1959. 

The Message of the Forest


 

The Message of the Forest, 1936, by Toyen, born Marie Cerminova, Czech, 1902-1980.  Oil on canvas. 

8 Suns


 

Eight Suns, Time Lapse at Sunrise Point, Greenland, 1913-1917, by Donald Baxter MacMillan, American, explorer, writer, photographer, 1874-1970.  

Komsomol Girl


 

Komsomol Girl, 1936, by Georgi Zelma, Russian/Soviet, 1906-1984. 

Friday, August 13, 2021

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame


  

Advertising poster for I Kiss Your Hand, Madame, 1929, designer unknown.  I Kiss Your Hand, Madame, 1929, directed by Robert Land, Czech, director, writer, 1887-1942. 

Maria-Therese Duncan at the Acropolis


  

Maria-Therese Duncan at the Acropolis, 1921, by Edward Steichen, born Eduard Jean Steichen, American, born Luxembourg,  painter, photographer, 1878-1973.   Maria-Therese Duncan, born Maria-Therese Kruger, American born Germany, dancer, teacher, choreographer, 1895-1987. 

Anna May Wong



Portrait of Anna May Wong, 1932, by Carl Van Vechten, American, writer, photographer, patron, 1880-1964.  Anna May Wong, born Wong Liu-tsong, American, actress, 1905-1961. 

My Man


  

My Man, 1943, by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American, born Japan, 1889-1953. Casein on board.