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German Symbolist artist Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926)


Illustrations for ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ (Flowers of Evil) by Charles Baudelaire, Paris, 1900

1) Death
2) Dusk

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2021-04-10

German Symbolist artist Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926)


Illustrations for ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ (Flowers of Evil) by Charles Baudelaire, Paris, 1900

1) Benediction
2) Damned Women

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2021-04-10

Charles Baudelaire (#BOTD in 1821) produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. He was 1 of the 1st translators of Edgar Allan Poe. His book of poetry titled "Les Fleurs du mal" expresses the changing nature of beauty in Paris during the mid-19th century

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2021-04-09

Leonora Carrington - Portrait of Max Ernst, 1940

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2021-04-07


“I never suffer from I suffer much from the idea that my loneliness might be taken away from me by a lot of mercilessly well-meaning people.”

Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) in

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2021-04-07


"The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope while the left eye peers into the microscope."

Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) in

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2021-04-07


"The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope while the left eye peers into the microscope."

Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) in

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2021-04-07

Hans Richter

Blauer Mann, 1917

Rhythmus 21
Considered by many to be the first completely abstract film (1921)
https://t.co/XmYl1TLBYg

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2021-04-06

"I love to laugh. It's the only way to live. Enjoy each day - it's not coming back again!" ~ Doris Day.
Remembering the Legendary Actress on the anniversary of her birth.

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2021-04-03


"Art & shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another."

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) in

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2021-04-03

the late & much-missed
Dennis Etchison (1943-2019), whose work as both author & editor is some of the finest the horror genre has ever seen. I wrote about his ‘80s brilliant short fiction a few years ago:

https://t.co/dSuVAiaC9g

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2021-03-31

Happy Birthday to the artist Dora Carrington !!

I have a 7 page comic in the print edition of about her letters, which had a big impact on me!

Out now: https://t.co/5ACahNVcAR

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2021-03-29

The exquisite, inimitable, artistic genius Sir Anthony van Dyck was in 1599. Whether painting portraits, religious or mythological subjects, he kicked butt. HARD.
Proof:
Portrait of Nicholas Lanier (1628)
Lamentation over the dead Christ (1635)
Cupid & Psyche (1638)

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2021-03-22

Remembering MARY TAMM

1950-2012

& loved by many for her portrayal as alongside as the first onscreen incarnation of the assistant in

of in style by TDO

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2021-03-22