Maxfield Parrish was born in Philadelphia in 1870 and died in New Hampshire in 1966. Norman Rockwell called him "my idol." This is 'Sheltering Oaks' from 1956.

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The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia?
(Bruce Springsteen)

Derek Jarman.
Keith Haring.
Marc Lida.

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Why are we regressing to look like the terribly called team in the first seven weeks and not looking like the team who has played the last four. Infuriating

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A not-so-happy Thanksgiving in the City of Brotherly Love.

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If her father's business explains the consumption of Indian plaid textiles in 1790s Philadelphia, the date of Mrs. Clymer's portrait also suggests the sartorial influence of Saint-Domingue refugees who flooded the city in the wake of the Haitian Revolution.

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I just listed my 2021 holiday card! Philadelphia has wonderful holiday traditions, but my favorite is the jolly trolly on Baltimore Ave. It's magical! When you're standing in the cold waiting for your trolly, and it pulls up in lights and wreaths, it just makes your day better!

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John Russell Young (20 Nov 1840 Jan 1899). US journalist, Minister to Qing Empire, 7th Librarian 1897-9! Invited by Ulysses S. Grant to accompany him on world tour to record his 2 year journey, which he published! 🪦Philadelphia https://t.co/FdYvbBKeK2

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🌄 The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports,.
Philadelphia: J. & T. Doughty.
https://t.co/VaZAnR8SeF

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A Philadelphia portrait of a very fashionable Martha Doz (1750-1808), attributed to James Claypoole, Jr. Now at the Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery

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Russell Craig is a painter from Philadelphia, now living in New York City. He is the co-founder of Right of Return USA, the first national fellowship dedicated to supporting formerly incarcerated artists.

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Dorothea Tanning
(US, 1910-2012)
She was painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer. She also designed sets and costumes for ballet and theater.

Birthday, 1942, self-portrait of the artist
Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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my cover for new issue of Anarcho-Syndicalist Review Winter 2021, Philadelphia
https://t.co/oO3nYSUiZh

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Bill Duckett Seated

This is a reproduction of a modification of “Bill Duckett Seated” of about 1889 by Thomas Eakins. The original photograph was taken at the Art Student’s League of Philadelphia: https://t.co/E8Gmbezkqb

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