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Showing posts with label Style & fashion of the past. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Style & fashion of the past. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2026

ODDNESS by different artists, part 4

a flying man dismounting a 1948 Santa Monica beach trampoline
a "Daring Young Man" dismounting a 1948 Santa Monica beach trampoline
            
O D D N E S S
                         
an 1873 children's book illustration of a man joining a crowd of monkeys
from an 1873 children's book, a man joins monkeys to survive but he's
beaten and relegated to a low position       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Guy Billout art, an unusual water dam
Guy Billout art       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
1980 cinema GROG monster
1980 cinema ... 'GROG'
       
O D D N E S S
                          
Marie Dressler in an unusual 1909 Hollywood photograph
Marie Dressler in 1909 Hollywood       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Liu Bolin art, bodies on a beach
Liu Bolin art       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
1922 animorphic parsnip roots
1922 animorphic parsnip roots
       
O D D N E S S
                         
a Henri Cartier-Bresson unusual photograph
a Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
an unusual Frank Herfort photograph in Moscow
a Frank Herfort photograph in Moscow       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
an unusual man at the 1925 Paris Industrial Arts Exposition
at the 1925 Paris Industrial Arts Exposition
       
O D D N E S S
                          
1914 shooting artillery in an unusual photograph
1914 artillery       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Alex Chinneck art, an upside down car
Alex Chinneck art       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Alex Chinneck art
Alex Chinneck
       
O D D N E S S
                       
1935 school children in Halloween costumes
1935 school children in Halloween costumes       see full size 
        
O D D N E S S
                         
Claes Olderburg art, a soft water sink
Claes Olderburg art       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Tomasz Jura art, plants with female forms
Tomasz Jura art
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Helena Hafemann art, a blue china plate dissolves
Helena Hafemann       see full size
          
O D D N E S S
                         
Helena Hafemann art, a china plate dissolves
Helena Hafemann       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
a William Mortensen photograph 1935 a William Mortensen photograph,  1935
       
O D D N E S S
                         
a Frank R. Paul 1928 illustration of a human head kept alive
a Frank R. Paul 1928 illustration       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Charles Burns art, a big floating brain
Charles Burns
       
O D D N E S S
                         
motorcycle chariot racing in 1936 Australia
motorcycle chariot racing in 1936 Australia       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                          
1920s Charlie Chaplin child star Jackie Coogan later in life portrayed 'Uncle Fester' on the 1960s television comedy 'The Addams Family'
Charlie Chaplin's 1920s child star Jackie Coogan later in life portrayed 'Uncle Fester'
on the 1960s television comedy 'The Addams Family'
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Franz von Stuck art, disturbing mythology
Franz von Stuck       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Alfred Kubin 1919 art
Alfred Kubin, 1919
       
O D D N E S S
                         
a 1962 cigarette advertisement for Alpine cigarettes, showing a sexy woman in a hat made of cigarettes
a 1962 cigarette advertisement       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Brecht-Vandenbroucke art
"I am Mr. Potato Head"   "A tortilla?"   "Now I am Mr. Tortilla Head" 
girl crying "My cat got run over by a car"     Brecht-Vandenbroucke art
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Heinrich Krenes art, lust as a beast
Heinrich Krenes art       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                          
Maybel Dwight art, at the public aquarium a giant fish looks at a man
Maybel Dwight art       see full size
       
O D D N E S S
                         
Abigail Rorer art
Abigail Rorer art
       
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Sunday, January 12, 2025

RETRO-FUTURE, by different artists part 3

1930s Soviet retrofuture transit, soviet future city
a 1930s Soviet Russian future ... past predictions of the future are
called RETROFUTURE.  They commonly showed a bright wonderful
tomorrow,  and always in the style of the illustrator's own times
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a 1958 future city, retrofuture
1958 ... most scenes were of fantastic cities and odd looking vehicles
see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Jetsons Hanna Barbera 1962, Rosie the Robot
previous futures were mostly optimistic, but now days are dark ...
'The Jetsons',  Hanna Barbera 1962       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Ed Emshwiller illustration 1960, Jenny's Junk
an Ed Emshwiller illustration, 1960
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Albert Robida retrofuture, public transit
public transit will never change       Albert Robida      see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
Richard Arbib 1956 Astra-Gnome concept car
Richard Arbib's 1956 Astra-Gnome ... it had wheels and burned gasoline
see full size
     
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Albert Robida retrofuture
listening to poetry in the 20th Century,  by 1800s Albert Robida
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Frank R. Paul 1931 future construction
a Frank R. Paul 1931 illustration of future construction
see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
an Andrey Sokolov 1950s Russian future
Andrey Sokolov,  1950s Russia       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
Arthur Radebaugh illustration, a giant road creating machine
an old Arthur Radebaugh illustration       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a William Robinson Leigh retrofuture illustration 1908
a William Robinson Leigh illustration,  1908
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
a Syd Mead illustration of the future or retrofuture
a Syd Mead illustration       see full size
    
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Syd Mead retrofuture transportation
Syd Mead       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Syd Mead retrofuture illustration
Syd Mead       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
1940s retrofuture
1940s
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a John Berkey illustration of a space ship
a John Berkey illustration       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a John Berkey illustration, a future sports stadium
John Berkey       see full size 
            
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
John Berkey neighborhood retrofuture
John Berkey       see full size
     
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
John Berkey illustration of a future city
John Berkey
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Soviet Russia retro-future transit
1961 Soviet Russia future transit       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a Frank R. Paul illustration
a Frank R. Paul illustration
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
an Ed Emshwiller illustration
an Ed Emshwiller illustration ... and of course,  long live glorious Zarkon
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
retrofuture urban giant elevator
no information on this       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
retrofuture transit
future transit       see full size
     
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
André Devambez illustration
André Devambez       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Disney Gyro Gearloose with Helper, Dell comics
1960s Disney's 'Gyro Gearloose' the inventor, and 'Helper' sitting on his knee
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Alexander Leydenfrost 1951 retrofuture
an Alexander Leydenfrost illustration,  1951       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a Yevgeni Voishvillo children's book illustration, 1965 Russia space exploration
a Yevgeni Voishvillo children's book illustration,  1965 Russia
see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Yevgeni Voishvillo 1965 Russia retro-future
Yevgeni Voishvillo,  1965       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
1922 retro-future, 10,000 years in the future
1922 ... 10,000 years in the future
       
    
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