Käthe Kollwitz
#botd July 8, 1867
Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Käthe Kollwitz established herself in an art world dominated by men by developing an aesthetic vision centered on women and the working class.
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Novels about public spaces...
The Flamethrowers | Rachel Kushner
Reno rides her Moto Valera motorcycle from Nevada to Utah, to take part in land-speed trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats. A community gathers in its own risky pursuit of transcendence...
"Imagination is not a state: it is human existence itself"
Widely considered one of England’s most influential artists and poets, a new biography of William Blake offers a glimpse into his visionary mind. His timeless work has never been more relevant.
https://t.co/1rE6qduFuw
Le Bal élégant, La Danse à la campagne
Marie Laurencin
Exhibited at the Salon des Independants, Paris, 1913
The International Surrealist Exhibition opened in London #otd in 1936, and had over 30,000 visitors during its three-week run.
Participants included Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Picasso, Man Ray…
Catalogue: https://t.co/w3HgYTEJlg
"Throughout her career, Bridget Riley has challenged the ways we see and understand the world around us.
In 1968 she became the first British contemporary artist — and the first woman — to win the Venice Biennale's International Prize for Painting…"
https://t.co/jQ3zGQdHjq
Nature Morte avec Pot Bleu
Paul Cézanne
Watercolour over graphite, c. 1900-06
