Jiří Horák. The Rhythm of Empty Houses. Hněvkovského Street,...
Jiří Horák. The Rhythm of Empty Houses. Hněvkovského Street, Brno, Czech Republic. 1984
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Noel Rubie. Sono Osata, Ballets russes de Colonel W. de Basil....
Noel Rubie. Sono Osata, Ballets russes de Colonel W. de Basil. 1940
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Geoff Strong. Global Repair. 1981I Am Collective Memories • ...
Geoff Strong. Global Repair. 1981
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Anonymous. Prussian Baroness, Gisela Josephine von Krieger with...
Anonymous. Prussian Baroness, Gisela Josephine von Krieger with her 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Roadster and the Hindenburg Zeppelin above. 1936
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Bernard Plossu. Agostes. 1975
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Keld Helmer-Petersen. Untitled. 1943I Am Collective...
Keld Helmer-Petersen. Untitled. 1943
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20 Years of Lines and Colors
As of today, August 22nd, 2025, I have been writing Lines and Colors for 20 years!
It started on August 22nd, 2005 with an article on the Art Renewal Center.
On August 22nd, 2015, I celebrated with a post about the first 10 years, in which I gave a retrospective and described my aims in writing the blog. I’ll point you to that article rather than repeating things here, as my intentions haven’t changed.
For today’s post, I’ve taken a sample image from August 22nd (or as close as I can get) for each of the intervening years, oldest first. As is somewhat...
Waterhouse’s other Lady of Shalott
‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott, oil on canvas, roughly 40 x 29 inches (100 x 74 cm). Link is to image on Britannica.com. The original is in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.
John William Waterhouse, a late 19th century English painter often associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who preceded him, is known in particular for his incredibly beautiful painting of the Lady Of Shalott floating downstream, in which she is depicted in an attempt to get to Camelot after triggering the curse she was under.
Waterhouse also painted another, less well known depiction of the literary...
Anonymous. Autographed Portrait of Wilma Goich. 1970s
Anonymous. Autographed Portrait of Wilma Goich. 1970s
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Paul Cohen-Portheim. The Caledonian Market, Islington, London. 1930s
Paul Cohen-Portheim. The Caledonian Market, Islington, London. 1930s
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