It's About Time: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Picking pumpkins in 1898 Delaware

In the Pumpkin Field at Lewes, Delaware (Photographer's Wife, Daughter, and Friends) 1898 James Bartlett Rich (Philadelphia, 1866-1942)

Friday, October 24, 2014

Women in Red across the centuries

1619 Unknown Artist, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Swedish Queen, Princess of Brandenburg

1621 Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c 1562-1636) Susanna Temple later Lady Lister

Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Girl in Red

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). Girl Friends 1916

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch artist, 1853-1890) La Mousme

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) At the Salon - The Divan

Egon Schiele (1890–1918) Reclining Woman With Red Blouse Reclining-Woman-With-Red-Blouse

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1919) Woman's Head

Friedrich von Amerling (Austrian Academic Painter, 1803-1887) Barbara Gräfin von Castiglione, 1858

Abraham Leon Kroll (American artist, 1884–1974) The Red Jacket

Alfred Émile Stevens (Belgian painter, 1823-1906) Mrs Deering Howe

John Everett Millais (English Pre-Raphaelite painter, 1829-1896) Bright Eyes

Chaïm Soutine (Belarusian-born French artist, 1893-1943) Woman in Red 1923-24

Thomas P Anshutz (American painter, 1851-1912) A Rose 1906

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French artist, 1864-1901)

John Singer Sargent (American expatriate artist, 1856-1925) Mrs Leopold Hirsch

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794-1872) Clara Bianca von Quandt 1820

Marc Chagall (Russian-born French artist, 1887-1985) The Acrobat 1930

Sunday, October 19, 2014

The somber, even angry, Women of the Depressed 1930s

1930 Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch (Austrian artist, 1898-1937) Portrait of the Mother

Felice Casorati (1883 –1963) Daphne a Pavarolo 1934

1930 Cagnaccio di San Pietro, Portrait of Signora Vighi

1930 Josef Scharl (German painter, 1896-1954) Street Scene in Paris

1930 Manfred Hirzel (German artist, 1905-1932) Melitta

Karl Hubbuch (German artist, 1891–1979) Theater Loge c 1930

1931 Antonio Donghi (Italian Painter, 1897-1963) Portrait of a Woman in Hat

1931 Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Woman with Red Hair

1932 Amedeo Bocchi (Italian artist, 1883–1932)

1932 Conrad Felixmüller, Bildnis Frau Sofie Isakowitz

1932 Conrad Felixmüller (German Expressionist painter, 1897-1977) A Russian Imigrant from Baku (Frau Ginda Krettingen)

1932 Max Beckmann (German Expressionist Painter, 1884-1950) Quappi in Pink

1933 Karl Hubbuch (German artist, 1891–1979) Afternoon Tea

1935 Antonio Berni (Argentine artist, 1905-1981) Woman in Red Sweater

1935 Doris Clare Zinkeisen (British artist, 1898-1991) Self-Portrait

1935 Marcello Dudovich (Italian artist, 1878-1962] Ritratto di signora

1935 Werner Schramm (German artist, 1898-1970) Portrait of a Lady on the Pont des Arts

1937 Rita Angus, Self-portrait

1938 Diego Rivera, Portrait of Lupe Marín

1939 Paul Citroen (German-born Dutch artist, 1896-1983) Portray of Corry Mohlenfeldt

Friday, October 17, 2014

Ladies of the Night by German artist Otto Dix 1891-1969

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Lady with Mink and Veil, 1920

It is nearly Halloween. Time for a few truly grotesque portraits of a few prostitutes in the Weimar Republic, the federal republic & amp; semi-presidential representative democracy established in Germany in 1919 to replace the imperial form of government. It lasted 14 years.

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) In the Café, 1923

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969)

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Another veil here

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969)

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Another veil

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Doncellas en domingo (1923).

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Another veil

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Girl with Rose Otto Dix - 1923

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969)

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Leonie 1923

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969)

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) Salon 1927

Why blog & share resources?

On March 4, 2011, Emile de Bruijn of the National Trust in the UK, wrote on his blog "Treasure Hunt" of making history & art available to all: "Traditionally art history has been inherently elitist & exclusive, both socially & intellectually. Art tended to be commissioned by the upper classes. Connoisseurship was seen as a superior, refined skill & the products of art-historical scholarship were guarded almost as fiercely as the art itself."

On May 29, 1012, William Noel, now Director of Special Collections Center & Director of Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. University of Pennsylvania, told The TED Blog, "...digital data is not a threat to real data, it’s just an advertisement that only increases the aura of the original, so there just doesn’t seem to be any point in putting restrictions on the data. There is the further fact that the data is funded by taxpayers’ money. So it didn’t seem fair to limit what taxpayers could do with the data that they paid for."

On February 7, 2017, Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced a new policy: all images of public-domain artworks in the Museum's collection are now available for free & unrestricted use. "We have been working toward the goal of sharing our images with the public for a number of years. Our comprehensive & diverse museum collection spans 5,000 years of world culture & our core mission is to be open & accessible for all who wish to study & enjoy the works of art in our care. Increasing access to the Museum’s collection & scholarship serves the interests & needs of our 21C audiences by offering new resources for creativity, knowledge, & ideas."