Landscapes by American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). Various collections. Mostly with trees, one with just water.
Family portraits by American painter Eastman Johnson. Living from 1824 to 1906 he studied art in Düsseldorf, The Hague and Paris. One of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Dollhouses and other miniature worlds for today. My spring art series over on Substack and free to see.
smouldering on air on the tip of a scuba diver’s fin as in a far away neighborhood under a golden sun the children who live down the street sneak away and inch in through an unlocked door into the closed up art studios up on the corner . . . .no children it says but no one there now. . . .paint to spill in puddles to roller skate through and someone to climb up and open the net filled with feathery things .. . . supposed to pack things in it but not today . . .no a shower in light pink to run through and pretend it’s snowing .. . . life’s for fun . . .if you can’t have fun . . .well . . .who wouldn’t want to have fun . . . someone somewhere but them no one wants to be friends with.
https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/dollhouses-and-other-miniature-worlds-b9c
50 or so images including this one
Neo-Renaissance hand-fans decorated by French artist Edouard Moreau. Living from 1825 to 1878, he designed and decorated fans for Maison Alexandre and their competitors. Not just the leaves, he decorated up the sticks and guards, too.
Off to see the sights at the World’s Fair. The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair opened on April 30th, 1939 in Flushing Meadow, Queens and closed on October 26, 1940. Imagery from a photo album up for sale from rare book dealer James E. Arsenault.
The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair opened on April 30th, 1939 in Flushing Meadow, Queens. The first exposition to have a futuristic theme (“World of Tomorrow”), it hosted exhibits by sixty countries, the League of Nations, thirty-three U.S. states, several federal agencies, and the City of New York. By the time the fair closed on October 26th, 1940, over forty-four million people had visited the fair.
Life lived large and not so large. Aquatints by Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755-1828) of British people and places. 1800-1815 ish.
Hand-colored aquatint with stipple and etching on chine colle. M. N. Bate and Joseph Constantine Stadler after George Garrard. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23509
Imagery by John Ross Key of various expositions that were held in the United States between around 1892 and 1905. Living from 1832 to 1920, he studied art in Boston and New York before relocating west. Grandson of the author of the “Star Spangled Banner.”
Fans with animals to make your own breeze while sitting on the bench on your next visit to the zoo downtown. From Fan d’Eventails, Paris.
Cat and dog motif hand-fan. Wooden sticks and guards, the silk or satin leaf painted with a cat watching birds on one side and a dog carrying a basket of flowers on the other. ca. 1880-1890. Signed R de Q. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3853-cat-and-dog-fan-circa-1880-90.html
Feathery hand-fans to tickle your beaux with and make them sneeze. The better to flirt with, my dear. From Fan d’Eventails, Paris.
Dollhouses and other miniature worlds, April 12th issue in the 2024 show. . . .
my spring series over on my Substack with 50 odd great images and free to look at if you like.
https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/dollhouses-and-other-miniature-worlds-e15
lots and lots of pictures just like this one
Looking medieval when you are actually Victorian. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, British artist. Living from 1833 to 1898, he initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre painting. Keeper of the Royal Academy in London.
Imagery from “Modern Design for Jewellry and Fans.” Edited by Charles Holme and published in 1902 in London, Paris, and New York. Art Nouveau. These all being from the French chapter.
