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Sunday, June 28, 2015

W O M E N . . . by different artists

Robert Crumb
     
W O M E N
         
a Byam Shaw illustration for The Garden Of Kama 1901
a Byam Shaw illustration for The Garden Of Kama,  1901    
click image twice for full size
     
W O M E N
                
Adam Connelly art, a pixilated nude
Adam Connelly art
       
W O M E N
                   
an Edward Hopper painting, three windows at night
an Edward Hopper painting      
see full size
        
W O M E N
                
Otto Dix woman 1955
Otto Dix,  1955
        
W O M E N
              
Walter Schnackenberg, a woman dancer
Walter Schnackenberg theatre costume design
       
W O M E N
            
Walter Schnackenberg, an East Asian woman dancer
Walter Schnackenberg
       
W O M E N
             
a bookplate by A. Cossmann
a bookplate by A. Cossmann      
see full size
        
W O M E N
            
a 1928 bookplate
a 1928 bookplate
        
W O M E N
            
Gail Brodholt art, train station
Gail Brodholt art      
see full size
         
W O M E N
                   
a Fred Barnard illustration of a senior woman seated
a Fred Barnard illustration
   
W O M E N
          
an Alexej von Jawlensky painting of a woman 1912
Alexej von Jawlensky,  1912
        
W O M E N
            
a Charles Santore 1969 fashion illustration for Redbook Magazine
a Charles Santore 1969 illustration      
see full size
        
W O M E N
         
a Joseph Clement Coll illustration of a strong woman
a Joseph Clement Coll illustration
     
W O M E N
         
a Mila Von Luttich illustration of a laughing woman with a book and cigarette
a Mila Von Luttich illustration
         
W O M E N
         
a Toulouse-Lautrec painting of a woman
a Toulouse-Lautrec painting      see full size 
         
W O M E N
         
a 1905 Julius von Klever painting of a woman standing in an autumn forest
a Julius von Klever painting,  1905
         
W O M E N
         
Gustav Klimt painting
a Gustav Klimt painting      see full size
         
W O M E N
         
Johnny Craig 1960s comic art of persecution, Creepy, Eerie
a Johnny Craig horror story panel from a 1960s comic 
see full size
         
W O M E N
         
a Eugen Bracht painting of a woman working outside
a Eugen Bracht painting,  1800s
         
W O M E N
         
Juan Gris painting of seated woman in blue
a Juan Gris painting      see full size
                   
W O M E N
         
Walker Evans photo 1929 urban woman
a Walker Evens photograph,  1929      see full size
         
W O M E N
        
Chuck Close art
a Chuck Close painting      see full size
         
W O M E N
        
John Buckland-Wright
         
W O M E N
        
Alexej Von Jawlensky art 1909
an Alexej Von Jawlensky painting,  1909      see full size
         
W O M E N
     
a 1901 German illustration of a sneering woman
a 1901 German illustration
         
W O M E N
     
Glen Barr art Betty Rubble
Glen Barr art      see full size
         
W O M E N
        
Jozsef Rippl-Ronai art - 1900?
Jozsef Rippl-Ronai art - 1900?      see full size
         
W O M E N
        
a clear old photograph of a Versailles palace statue
a Versailles palace statue,  1600s
                        

Sunday, June 21, 2015

P O V E R T Y

1841 poorhouse in England, exterior view illustration
Unable to pay their debts,  a family is sent to an 1841 poorhouse in England
1841 poor house enforcing discipline
"enforcing discipline"  on family members
1841 poor house one of the poor men
"one of the poor men"
1841 poor house diet and master
1) "Daily Diet:  6 ounces of bread with 3 pints of oatmeal/potato gruel"   2)  "The Master"
"The poor man's convoy",   human bodies from the poor house were sent to medical students
for dissection
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1844 Glasgow tenements, a description of poverty
an 1844 article about Glasgow tenements describes foul air and fluids
        
P O V E R T Y
        
Excursion In The Paris Sewers
"Excursion In The Paris Sewers"   'Slumming' was the 1800s activity of visiting impoverished or unusual areas out of curiosity or for amusement ... let's continue
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1870 Paris Sewers Tourism, an illustration of slumming
tourism in the 1870 Paris sewers       click twice
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1861 London mud-larks, a description of poverty
1861 London mud-larks, a description of poverty page 2 of 2
1861 London 'mud-larks' ...  in summer and winter children and adults crawled through low-tide mud looking for small pieces of coal,  wood, or  trash
        
P O V E R T Y
        
The House of Commons,  an 1861 cartoon about social class
"The House of Commons"   an 1861 cartoon about social class
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1880 fry pan repair kit Magical Patching-Plate
"Magical Patching-Plate"    an 1880 repair kit for frying pans 
click image to enlarge
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1886 street boys shoes
1886 boys      see full size
    
P O V E R T Y
               
1890 flophouse, the least expensive overnight beds
1890,  the least expensive overnight beds
    

P O V E R T Y
              
1800s New York Slums detailed descriptions, some 1800s New York slum buildings had no waste drainage
some 1800s New York tenement buildings had no waste drainage
    
P O V E R T Y
              
"What a Search of the Lodgers brought forth"
      
P O V E R T Y
        
1800s New York Tenements, a photograph and mention of gangs
1800s New York
      
P O V E R T Y
              
1800s New York tenement building designs
      
P O V E R T Y
              
a 1902 slums neighborhood photograph, dens of death
1902
      
P O V E R T Y
             

"Often with a very fair show to the outsider the block becomes a sort of pandemonium."
a 1904 article about London tenements describes violence, dirt, noise, quarrels, and drunkenness
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1909 USA tenement Christmas, a photograph of poverty
a photograph of a 1909 USA tenement showing an improvised Christmas tree
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1912 Lewis Hine photo of children at city dump
a 1912 Lewis Hine photograph      click twice
        
P O V E R T Y
        
a 1924 Brazil childrens book, a poor sad farmer
from 1924 Brazil childrens book
      
P O V E R T Y
        
a 1929 Canadian cartoon about poverty
"For Heaven's sake Ma!  Here's something aesthetic!"   a 1929 Canadian cartoon
        
P O V E R T Y
        
Mabel Dwight art, two poor homeless men picking through a garbage can
Mabel Dwight art
        
P O V E R T Y
        
1930s shacks in a poor shanty town, an aerial view photograph
somewhere in 1930s USA       click twice
        
P O V E R T Y
        
a Charles Addams cartoon of a little poor girl selling snow in a snow storm
a Charles Addams cartoon    "Snow 5 cents"
        
P O V E R T Y
        
a Daniel Teoli Jr. photograph 1972, a homeless man asleep
a Daniel Teoli Jr. photograph,  1972       see full size