When Curious George was published in 1941, the publisher omitted the author’s name from the cover.

Leaving her name off—they thought—would separate the title from a female-dominated field.

This is our post on H.A. and Margret Rey. https://t.co/4TCKG9Ed14

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Echo Flying from Narcissus, 1798
Guy Head 1753-1800 Detroit Institute of Arts
Illustrating the story of Echo from Greek mythology; Echo was a nymph who entertained the goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, with long stories so that he could pursue other nymphs.

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Check out Two vases with Chrysanthemums by Claude Monet Giclee Reproduction on Canvas https://t.co/j2nu00B9Rf

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"Portrait of a woman
yellow face, red dress" (detail)
Emil
Watercolor on paper 1930


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"Woman's head
reddish brown hair” (detail)
Emil
Watercolor on paper 1920


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At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance by Toulouse-Lautrec in the Philadelphia Museum shows the can-can dance as performed in the Moulin Rouge in 1890. Read more about this amazing work @ https://t.co/GLuXL6JfJh

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Happy Birthday to artist Ben Norris! During 1934-35 he was employed by the Disney Studios. Not long after that, he was a professor of art at the University of Hawaii after 1937 and a resident of Brooklyn, New York in the 1990s.

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We the Ways Tamara de Lempicka Is Awesome ⠀

From her name games to pioneering portraiture and scandalous social life, this Art Deco painter is one to know.⠀https://t.co/6bes4Ty1uU

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No time to waste as we fact our way to a unanimous decision on Tamara de Lempicka being an artist worth the most notable of notes. https://t.co/uQTHnljNQX

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Collected this fair beauty today for an upcoming exhibition. 'celebrity' by Sir Joshua Reynolds & we think it's never been on public display before!

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“A Knight & Cupid before a castle door”
1900

A knight & his steed bow their heads to cupid. At the hooves of the horse, human bones—the knight carries a crown, oak wreath & dragon head https://t.co/GfBLWwcCj4

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