I really almost stood and mimicked this chick at breakfast today. I really almost tried to REASON with Thursday over my cereal like all, “listen here now,” “be good to me,” “let’s hope I don’t die alone.”
Alrightttt, fine, really the last one is for any day of the week.
No judgment.
Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird can be found at the University of Texas in Austin, thanks to Nickolas Muray. What might surprise you is, Muray and Kahlo had an affair that lasted ten years (TEN YEARS!), and this was painted at the end of it, in 1940.
Muray wanted to marry her…and she paints this.
Welp, I’ll hand it to you, Frida! I’ll be sure to send this to all my no-longer-attractive Bumble matches…and there’s a lot of them. That’ll send the right message!
Well, whaddya know, I embrace the regular, everyday lives like Sally Nixon does in her works. Though, I’m going to let you in on a secret: my fridge has way more Coors Lite in its door from a goodbye rager house party I had back in goddamn December, and I end up grabbing frosting from the pantry over a Diet Coke.
So we’re clear (and sorry, Mom), I’ve made up my mind to just cover my arms in children book’s characters. And apparently, I have Ursula Nordstrom to thank. She’s the editor behind Where the Wild Things Are‘s Maurice Sendak, The Giving Tree‘s Shel Silverstein, and Goodnight Moon‘s Margaret Wise Brown.
At this point, Nordstrom’s portrait will be prominently displayed on my forearm, along with Harold’s purple crayon and Max in a wolf costume…I’m still debating the bowl full of mush.
Just kidding…this is so bad ass.
Easily the most iconic movie poster around, this work was originally on the book cover. Artist Roger Kastel painted the work, and used stuffed sharks from the NMNH and a model named Allison Stern (who now has part of the damn Central Park Zoo named after her).
No one knows where the original 20×30 inch work has ended up; it disappeared in the 70s. I’m more surprised that Kastel let the movie use the image FOR FREE. Yeesh! I don’t know anything about royalties, but darn!, seems like a good one gone, if you ask me.
Now, one thing I might like more than a skinnydipper featured on a movie poster, is a minimalist one.
Or a Lego one…
More poster designs here.
Le Bon Bock, painted by Edouard Manet in 1873, was exhibited in the Salon the same year. Bock is a springtime lager, and is known for celebrating better times and the move from winter.
How lovely! You’re telling me that one of the works behind the shift in Impressionism also features something brewed for patio drinking?!
You can cheers this jolly fellow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It’s part of the Carroll S. Tyson, Jr. Collection. Fun fact: Tyson married the granddaughter of John A. Roebling, who designed the Brooklyn Bridge. You’ll sound so smart at happy hour today!
THREEEEEE DAYYY WEEKEND!
The harpsichord is really just a lead-in to the mayhem.
Sweet Jesus, HOW HOT is Egon Scheile?!
Schiele once documented 180 women visiting his studio in just 8 months. Schiele was faithful to his wife, Edith Harms, for the first few months…
…till she got fat, and Schiele started using her sister Adele as a model instead.
Whatever, still hot.
Manet’s Pont des Arts was sold in a prominent 1875 auction at Hôtel Drouot, a famous Parisian auction house. It was purchased for about $800 in today’s cash money.
Cool.
There are some sensational moments in this work, but I really think my favorite is how Caillebotte paints “PHARAMACIE” in the corner building, painted in two-point perspective. That and the ho hum boredom this girl clearly demonstrates walking arm-in-arm with this guy.
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