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Do I dare
Disturb the universe?

T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

(artwork by Tom Colbie)

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2018-09-26

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"L'apparizione della Vergine a San Bernardo" per la Badia Fiorentina, dipinta intorno tra 1504 e 1507, è tra i capolavori esposti nel nuovo allestimento della sala 41 degli Uffizi

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2018-08-21

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Godfrey Kneller (8 Aug 1646–19 Oct 1723), English painter of German birth.

"Kneller made a number of powerful full-length portraits in 1685, including this one of the English statesman and writer 'Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester' (London, N.P.G.)."

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2018-08-09

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John Robertson Reid (6 Aug 1851 - 10 Feb 1926), Scottish painter.

Reid was interested in group scenes and social interactions, and had a great ability to express individual character through subtleties of pose and expression. See 'The Thames - Evening' (1886; V&A).

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2018-08-07

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Andy Warhol (6 Aug 1928 - 22 Feb 1987), American painter, printmaker, sculptor, draughtsman, illustrator, film maker, writer, & collector.

🎨 'Camouflage Self-Portrait,' 1986. Phil. Mus. of Art.
🎨 'Gold Marilyn Monroe,' 1962. MoMA.
🎨 'Marilyn Diptych,' 1962. Tate.

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2018-08-07

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Marcel Duchamp (28 Jul 1887–2 Oct 1968), French artist, active also in the USA.

'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2,' 1912, was rejected by the hanging committee of Salon des Indépendants exhibition in Paris w/ remark: "A nude never descends the stairs—a nude reclines."

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2018-07-29

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Jim Davis (b. 28 Jul 1945), American cartoonist.

"Creator of U.S. Acres (1986-89), centering on a group of barnyard animals, & Garfield, featuring a fat, lazy cat with a dry sense of humor (1978-present; however, since late '90s work here is mostly by his assistants)."

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2018-07-29

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Charles Sheeler (16 Jul 1883–7 May 1965), American painter & photographer.

"'Self-Portrait' (1923), a conté drawing which represents himself as Dadaist mechanomorph in image of telephone, his manifesto for an impersonal art, one annexing photography’s finish & verism."

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2018-07-16

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John Quincy Adams (11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848), 6th president of the U.S. (1825–29) & eldest son of Pres. John Adams. Only president in history to serve in U.S. House of Representatives after leaving presidency.

📷 Philip Haas, 1843. Daguerreotype.
🎨 G.P.A. Healy, 1858.

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2018-07-12

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Käthe Kollwitz (8 Jul 1867 - 22 Apr 1945), German printmaker & sculptor.

"Influenced by prints of Max Klinger, she devoted herself to this form, giving up painting. She first produced etchings (see 'Woman with Dead Child,' 1903) & lithographs but later also woodcuts."

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2018-07-08

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Marc Chagall (7 Jul 1887–28 Mar 1985), French artist.

"Noted for consistent use of folkloric imagery & sweetness of color, characterized by a style that developed in years before WWI, underwent little progression throughout his long career. See 'I & the Village,' 1911."

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2018-07-07

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John Singleton Copley (3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815), American painter.

"Following a fashion set by Benjamin West and others, Copley began to paint historical pieces. His first foray into this genre was 'Watson and the Shark,' 1778."

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2018-07-03

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John Singleton Copley (3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815), American painter, "famous for his portrait paintings of wealthy and influential figures in colonial New England."

🎨 'Hugh Hall,' 1758.
🎨 'Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, c. 1763.
🎨 'Gulian Verplanck,' 1771.

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2018-07-04

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Peter Paul Rubens (28 Jun 1577 - 30 May 1640), Flemish artist.

"One of the last works executed by Rubens for a reigning prince was his painting of the 'Horrors of War' (1638; Florence, Pitti), commissioned by Ferdinando II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany."

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2018-06-28

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Sam Francis (25 Jun 1923 - 4 Nov 1994), American painter and printmaker.

"One of 20th century’s most profound Abstract Expressionists."

📷 Santa Monica, 1983. Jim McHugh.
🎨 'In Lovely Blueness,' 1955-7. Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne.
🎨 'Middle Blue,' 1957.

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