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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · May 18

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Mar 29

Wayne Thiebaud
American (1920-2021)
Paderewski at the Piano (1954)
Oil on board ,172.7 × 121.9 cm

#worldpianoday

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Mar 29

Edward Burra (English, 1905-76) was born 120 years ago today.
Dancing Skeletons, 1934, Gouache and ink wash on paper, 78.7 x 55.9 cm.

jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Mar 5

Do molotov cocktails count as essential?

jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Mar 5

Don't want to watch the State of the Union? I don't blame you. Here's a short summary and transcript of King Rapesalots speech:

www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/adolf-hitler...

Adolf Hitler’s First Speech as Chancellor of Germany

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 28

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Bats and Umbrellas (1882).

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 27

Clemens Gröszer (German, 1951-2014)
"Café Liolet", 1986

jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 26

FRANZ MARC (1880-1916), Katzen, Rot und Weiß, (Cats, Red and White), oil on panel, 52 x 35 cm. Painted in October 1912.

“What can be more mysterious to the artist than the idea of how nature is mirrored in the eye of an animal?” Franz Marc via Christie’s.

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 24

"Witness my Act and Deed", 1882 - Frank Paton, British (1855 - 1909)

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 24

Abraham Rattner
American (1895–1978)
The Emperor(1944)
Oil on canvas,73.2 × 60.2 cm

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 24

George Grosz
German-American (1893–1959)
Peace,II(1946)
Oil on canvas, 118.7 ×

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 23

George Tooker
American, 1920–2011
"Children and Spastics", 1946
Egg tempera on gesso panel
24½ x 18½ in. (62.2 x 46.9 cm.)
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 22

Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

Kneeling Woman in Orange-Red Dress, 1910

Black chalk, gouache on paper, 44.6 x 31 cm

Leopold Museum, Vienna

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 21

Jean Dupas (French, 1882-1964) was born on this day.
"Deux femmes à la faune exotique", ca. 1929
#ArtDeco

jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 19

M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972)
Witch on the Bridge, 1932
Woodcut print | 9 x 6 5/8 in. (229 x 168 mm)

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jbrownepiano.bsky.social @jbrownepiano.bsky.social · Feb 15

Max Weber (1881-1961)

Russian-born American painter, sculptor, printmaker, and writer

The Liberty Tower, New York, 1912

Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 33.3 cm

The Boston Museums of Fine Arts