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Walt Disney's second feature film, Pinocchio, premiered in 1940. Here is concept art done by fairy tale illustrator Gustaf Tenggren.

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2021-02-08

Celebrating the birthday of H.R. Giger, born Feb. 5th, 1940. His art is a window into the biomechanical heart of darkness, where man, machine and Alien fuse in an orgiastic dream.
💀💙⚙

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2021-02-06

Night Fisherman - Renato Natali , 1940.
Italian,1883-1979

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2021-02-06

A sad day today when an old man has left for paradise and a much younger one has been condemned to a form of hell. Stay safe, love your nearest and dearest, and sleep well.
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), American artist.
Moonlight in the Adirondacks, c.1940.

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2021-02-03

Thursday My take, in ink, of self portrait by Robert Colquhoun, painted in oils on canvas around 1940.

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2021-01-28

a portrait of vivien leigh by her good friend, artist roger furse and a photograph of vivien leigh with her cat circa 1940.

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2021-01-17

13 January 1940. First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-1 (I-26), WWII Soviet fighter aircraft, single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings.

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2021-01-13

Whether it's 1941 or 2021, in challenging times some things never change. Public Information Pamphlet 1940.

"...Protect your country, yourself, and your family..."
"Hold fast in your own home."
"Don't believe rumours. Don't help spread them."

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2021-01-06

Gorgeous scans of mushroom chromolithographs in “Flora agaricina danica,” produced by Danish mycologist Jakob E. Lange, 1935-1940. https://t.co/Wg5w8QA84Q

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2021-01-02

Enhorabuena a Alcalá Subastas por su buena venta ayer de contemporáneo!

Carlos Alcolea. Woman in pool, 1971. 65.000€
Angel Ferrant. Cabeza de mujer, 1940. 35.000€
Joan Massanet. Paisatge. La Costa Brava, c. 1930-1934. 25.000€
Jose Maria Sicilia. Bastilla 2, 1984. 25.000€

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2020-12-23

Captain America went on sale 80 years ago today: 12/20/1940. Here’s to the original super soldier (created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon) and his eight-decade mission to punch Nazis (and other oppressors) at every opportunity.

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2020-12-21

The magical colors of a Manhattan rainy afternoon: "Rainy Day, New York," by Austrian-born painter Leon Dolice in 1940.

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2020-12-17

Frost fairies glide through nature leaving their trace.

This is what happens out there on cold mornings.

Fantasia, 1940.

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2020-12-09

Charles Alston.
(American, 1907-1977)
Three Figures, c.1940.
Watercolor and pencil on wove paper.

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2020-12-06

Terrence Vance Gilliam 1940...who should've directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!

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2020-11-23

The magical colors of a Manhattan rainy afternoon: "Rainy Day, New York," by Austrian-born painter Leon Dolice in 1940.

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2020-11-02

Oscar Dominguez (1906-1957) ~ EL Soplo, 1940.

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2020-10-31

'A Sussex Farm', George Soper, woodcut printed on wove paper. 1940.

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2020-10-14