Category Archives: Art

Art Du Jour

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Caravaggio, The Seven Works of Mercy, 1607 Click on the image to enlarge.

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Art Du Jour

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Max Ernst, Napoleon in the Wilderness (1941)

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Vintage Advertising Du Jour

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Ad for Tussy Medicare acne cream, 1959 Click on the image to enlarge.

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Art Du Jour

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Frederick Childe Hassam, A New Year’s Nocturne, New York  (1892) Best New Year’s wishes to all our readers and contributors. Related More great 19th-century American art and architecture. Another famous Hassam, The Avenue In The Rain, although the guy on whose office … Continue reading →

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Virtual Art Gallery Du Jour

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the images to enlarge. A collection of female reclining nudes with (as you’ll quickly notice by the titles) a special emphasis on the odalisque. Related Although not all academic paintings, I was inspired to put together … Continue reading →

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: I hope all our readers had a merry Christmas. Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera composed especially for television. It was commissioned by NBC for a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. “Nemesis” (1837) by Alfred Rethel

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This is Our 1,000th Post

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “Exposition internationale des art et techniques à Paris” (1937) by François Kollar. Thanks for reading and dropping by.

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Art Du Jour

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. “Three models dressed in Ladurée macaron colours” (1948) by Cecil Beaton

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Three Erotic Tarzans

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912): To Jane the strange apparition of this god-like man was as wine to sick nerves. From the description which Clayton and her father and Mr. Philander had given her, she knew that … Continue reading →

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