What Was It Like to Be an Artist in USSR
This post was originally published on this siteA guest blog post by Goda Smilingyte from Art Goda The powerful and secluded empire of the Soviet […]
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Touching Picture of American Soldiers Paying Tribute to All the Horses That Lost Their Life in World War I
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s not just human soldiers who fought for their country. Millions of horses and other animals also served […]
45 Crazy Covers From “Hara Kiri”, the Magazine So ‘Stupid and Nasty’ That Was Banned by the French Government
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1960, Georges Bernier and François Cavanna created the monthly satirical magazine Hara Kiri. The magazine, specifically the […]
The Worst of Classic Album Cover Art: A Collection of 30 Creepy Bad Album Covers!
This post was originally published on this siteThese terrible album covers will make you laugh and then violently cringe! Classical musicians have long had a […]
History of Money Design: How Did American Dollar Bills Change?
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s not just paper. From the first notes issued by the Continental Congress to the latest star-spangled bills […]
Haunting Paintings of Victor Brauner, the Great Romanian Surrealist
This post was originally published on this siteAn iconic Romanian painter, Victor Brauner (1903–1966) was a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. Through his unique […]
Paintings by Hilma af Klint, the Swedish Woman Who Found Abstraction Before the Modernists
This post was originally published on this siteWhen Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) began creating radically abstract paintings in 1906, they were like little that had […]
15 Found Photos That Show Pin-up Bombshell Nose Art of World War II Bombers
This post was originally published on this siteThe inscription of art work on military planes dates to World War I, when paintings were usually extravagant […]
The Surreal Photographs by Kansuke Yamamoto, the Pioneer of Japanese Surrealist Photography
This post was originally published on this siteIn the act of appropriating the political voice and thematic structure of European Surrealism and melding it with […]
Dream of Venus: Inside Salvador Dali’s Surrealist Funhouse From the 1939 World’s Fair
This post was originally published on this siteIn June 1939 Salvador Dalí designed a pavilion for the New York World’s Fair built by the architect […]
Stunning Portrait Photography From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1839 a new means of visual representation was announced to a startled world: photography. Although the medium […]
A Wonderful Hollywood Movie Star Scrapbook From the 1930s and 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteWho so keepeth a scrapbook keepeth a good thing, and the manner in which it is kept is […]
A Day on the Airway: Vintage Cigarette Cards Depict a Flight From London to Amsterdam in Their Early Days From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteA set of vintage cigarette cards depicting a flight from London to Amsterdam in the early days of […]
How To Take a Steam Bath, And Other Victorian Visual Health Guides
This post was originally published on this siteThis French edition of Friedrich Eduard Bilz’s 1888 naturopathic medicine guide Das Neue Naturheilverfahren (The New Natural Healing) […]
27 Cute and Silly Animal Cigarette Cards From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteFrom the mid 19th century to about the 1940s, cigarette cards were a common feature of cigarette packets. […]
50 Fun-Loving and Sexy Pin-Up Girls Illustrated by Enoch Bolles From the Art Deco Era
This post was originally published on this siteEnoch Bolles (1883-1976) was one of the best known of the Art Deco era pin-up artists, mostly because […]
Photographer Time-Travels and Adds Herself With a Digital Camera and a Smartphone in Some of the Most Iconic Photos
This post was originally published on this siteFlóra Borsi is a young fine art photographer from Hungary. She uses exquisite photo manipulation to create surreal […]
Ukrainian Digital Artist Flawlessly Restores Heavily Damaged Vintage Photos, And Brings Them Back to Life!
This post was originally published on this siteHave you ever seen an old photograph that has been damaged so badly that the image is no […]
These 15 Animated Classic Album Covers Are Mesmerizing and Hilarious!
This post was originally published on this siteAnimated album covers are a fanart meme in which fans of a band or type of music create […]
“We Can Do It!” – Meet the Woman Who Inspired the Famous Wartime Propaganda Poster in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee to […]
28 Colorful Psychedelic Advertisements From Between the 1960s and Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this sitePsychedelic art is any art or visual displays inspired by psychedelic experiences and hallucinations known to follow the […]
25 Incredible British Propaganda Posters During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteBritain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate […]
From the Rude and Dirty Puns to Just Plain Creepy, 35 Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards With Funny Quotes You Might Not Want to Read
This post was originally published on this siteApparently our ancestors declared their feelings with cutesy animals and creepy-looking children – as well as a load […]
30 Vintage Sexy Hammond Organ Album Covers From the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured […]
20 Ridiculously Bad Vintage Album Covers From the Netherlands
This post was originally published on this siteRock on to the worst in funny, creepy bad album cover art from the Netherlands. Dutch singles are […]