Stunning Photography by Man Ray in the 1920s and ’30s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1890 as Emmanuel Radnitzky in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American visual artist Man Ray spent most of his […]
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40 Antique Cigarette Cards From the Early 20th Century Featuring Colorful Chinese Opera Masks
This post was originally published on this siteFace-changing, or “bian lian” in Chinese, is an important subgenre of Chinese opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes […]
These Embroidered Portraits on Found Photographs May Look Half Creepy But Are Fully Captivating!
This post was originally published on this siteMasks can be creepy, but they can also be fun. Artist Jessica Wohl modifies vintage photographs by embroidering […]
The Dream Collector: Photographer Used His Camera to Recreate Children’s Nightmares From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteChildhood dreams were what interested American photographer Arthur Tress when, in the late 1960s and ’70s, he created […]
Pére Ubu by Dora Maar, 1936
This post was originally published on this siteWhat kind of creature is in this photograph? Is it a big monster or something smaller? This photograph […]
Garden in Hell: Inside Diana Vreeland’s Glossy Red Apartment in New York City
This post was originally published on this siteDiana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989) was a French-American columnist and editor in the field […]
25 Candid Photographs of Salvador Dalí Painting in His Studio
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1930, the Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) bought a small fisherman’s hut in the isolated village of […]
How to Make Shadow Puppets, ca. 1930
This post was originally published on this siteProfiles of birds and beasts can be made with hands, a light and a screen. This feature explains […]
David Bowie in ‘Mime’ at the Middle Earth Club, London in May 1968
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1968 the choreographer and mime artist Lindsay Kemp let Bowie appear in his show Pierrot in Turquoise, […]
20 Amazing Black and White Self-Portraits by Claude Cahun
This post was originally published on this siteClaude Cahun’s photographic self-portraits present a dizzying kaleidoscopic mix of mystery, exuberance, and sobriety. She was a Surrealist […]
Fabulous Hand Painting Art by Mario Mariotti
This post was originally published on this siteThough we sometimes forget, art doesn’t have to be sophisticated, or grand, or expensively made. Never was this […]
22 Vintage Portraits of Maude Adams as Napoleon II in Edmond Rostand’s “L’Aiglon” (1900)
This post was originally published on this siteL’Aiglon is a French play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, […]
Art to Wear by Julie Schafler Dale
This post was originally published on this siteThese wonderful images are extracted from the coffee table book “Art to Wear” which was published in 1986, […]
Japan’s 1918 Pandemic Prevention Posters Suggested Some Rules to Avoid Spreading and Contracting the Flu
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1918 Influenza epidemic began in Japan in late August 1918 and became a national epidemic in November. […]
Francesca Woodman: The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1958 in Denver, Colorado from a family of artists, American photographer Francesca Woodman began her studies at […]
Discovery of the Statue of Antinous at Delphi in 1894
This post was originally published on this siteOn July 1, 1893, at the excavation of Delphi near the Temple of Apollo, archaeologists uncovered a near-perfectly […]
Beautiful Illustrated Vintage Travel Posters in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this site Take a look at these 25 beautiful vintage travel posters of the ‘30s: America. Cairo. Chicago World’s […]
Beautiful Illustrated Travel Posters of the London North Eastern Railway in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteTake a look at 30 beautiful vintage illustrated posters, produced for the London North Eastern Railway to promote […]
Exhibition Catalogue for Levi Straus Denim Art Contest Held in 1973
This post was originally published on this siteThe early 1970s were all about decorating your favorite jeans and denim jackets, to make these pieces truly […]
Amazing Mid-20th Century Illustrations by Walter Molino
This post was originally published on this siteThese illustrations of people in various states of peril were painted by the extremely prolific Italian artist Walter […]
18 Gorgeous Vintage Public Health Posters From the 1930s and 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteFrom 1936–1943 the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned over 200,000 works from American […]
Will We Move Around the Town Like This?
This post was originally published on this site (Illustration by Walter Molino, 1962) Translation from Italian: “Will we move around the town like this? Here’s […]
6 Feet Covers: Duo Artists Re-Designed Iconic Album Covers to Promote Social Distancing
This post was originally published on this siteL.A. artists Paco Conde and Beto Fernandez have redesigned a series of album covers to raise awareness about […]
Death, Blood, and Mayhem: A Collection of 48 Scary Vintage Dutch Workplace Safety Posters
This post was originally published on this siteThese posters, which represent over 50 years of finger-wagging, are mostly terrifying, but each is also pretty gorgeous […]
A Collection of 20 Vintage Soviet Health Propaganda Posters
This post was originally published on this siteThe USSR really cared about its citizens – well at least about their health – because if they […]