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noxaeternaetc · 4 months

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N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) Old Kris Kringle, 1925.

'The annual, climactic orgy of imagination in the Wyeth household was Christmas, the culmination of NC's campaign to trace "a fascinating mystic pattern on the minds of the children." The excitement, the exhilarating terror of the supernatural brought to life, was almost traumatic, "Magic!" Wyeth says. "It's what makes things sublime. It's the difference between a picture that is profound art and just a painting of an object."'

Source: Richard Meryman, Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life, Harper Collins, 1996.

#n. c. wyeth #andrew wyeth #christmas #wyeth family #20th century american illustration

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oldpaintings · 1 year

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Dark of the Moon, 1953 by Hannes Bok (American, 1914-1964)

#hannes bok #20th Century #american #art #Illustration

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lionofchaeronea · 5 months

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The Apparition of the Grail to Percival, Pinckney Marcius-Simons, ca. 1904

#art #art history #Pinckney Marcius-Simons #mythological painting #Arthurian mythology #Arthurian legend #Arthuriana #Grail Cycle #Holy Grail #Sir Percival #illustration #Richard Wagner #Parsifal #Symbolism #Symbolist art #American art #20th century art #oil on panel #private collection

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eirene · 1 year

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Giséle, 1908 Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott

#Giséle #Gisele #art #painting #art history #fashion #portrait #illustration #female painter #female artists #american art #1900s #early 20th century

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arthistoryanimalia · 3 months

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#TurtleTuesday:

Jacques Hnizdovsky (Ukrainian-American, 1915-1985)

Turtle, 1962

woodcut, 15 3⁄4 x 23 1⁄4 in. (40.0 x 59.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum 1967.77.7

(probably a Radiated Tortoise)

#animals in art #20th century art #illustration #Jacques Hnizdovsky #Smithsonian American Art Museum #print #woodcut #graphic art #graphic design #turtle #tortoise #Radiated Tortoise #Turtle Tuesday

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sassafrasmoonshine · 5 months

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Elizabeth Green (American, 1857-1964) ) • Giséle • Ilustration in Harper's Magazine • 1908

#illustration #art #illustrator #artwork #magazine illustration #sassafras and moonshine #golden age of illustration u.s.#comic book art #early 20th century illustration #vintage magazine illustrations #american artist #sassafras and moonshine blog #old harper's magazine #illustration history #history of illustration

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permament-witzelsucht · 1 year

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Charles E. Martin The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cover Art for The New Yorker, 1969

#Charles E. Martin #Architecture #cityscape #art #art history #20th century art #20th century #Illustration #american art #american artist #american painter #watercolor art #painting #new york

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edwardian-girl-next-door · 10 months

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Harrison Fisher, "The Web of the Golden Spider" (1909)

via artvee

#harrison fisher #art #illustration #illustrations #historical fashion #fashion history #fashion illustration #american art #american artist #20th century art #20th century fashion #1900s #edwardian era #edwardian fashion #edwardian art #gibson girl #edwardian aesthetic #vintage illustration #e

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frogshunnedshadows · 2 months

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Early 20th century American home styles.

#architecture #homes #design #illustration #drawing #art #houses #usa #american #vintage #1930's #1940's #early 20th century

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solcattus · 2 months

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Variety of grapes

Watercolour paintings of different grape specimens by Ellen Isham Schutt

#art #painting #fine art #classical art #american art #american artist #american painter #watercolourpainting #watercolor art #watercolor #watercolour art #still life #illustration #20th century art

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petalpetal · 6 months

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Artist I Like Series

Rowena Morrill 1944 - 2021 an American artist known for her science-fiction and fantasy illustration, and is credited as one of the first female artists to impact paperback cover illustration.

#rowena morrill #20th century art #21st century art #illustrator #female artists #american #fantasy art #contemporary art #artist I like #art history #art #fave

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noxaeternaetc · 4 months

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N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) Hey kiddies, here we go again, Judge Magazine, 1921.

'NC Wyeth was re-creating his mother's Old World, Swiss-German Christmases in Needham, but he pumped up the rituals with the adrenaline of horror. Old Kris became an awesome sorcerer, at once benign and terrifying - in fact, an exaggerated version of NC himself. "Old Kris was always this marvelous merry spirit," Wyeth says, "and also a huge, terrifying giant. I thought he was evil. I thought he was punishing me when I didn't get things I wanted for Christmas. I thought he knew more than he should have about my intimate thoughts, I sensed that in my father, too."'

Source: Richard Meryman, Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life, Harper Collins, 1996.

#n.c. wyeth #santa #andrew wyeth #wyeth family #christmas #20th century american illustration

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oldpaintings · 10 months

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Edward Mason Eggleston (American 1885--1941)

#Edward Mason Eggleston #20th century #american #art #illustration

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lionofchaeronea · 4 months

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King Arthur Meets Lady Guinevere, illustration by Howard Pyle for his book The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, published in 1903

#art #art history #Howard Pyle #illustration #King Arthur #Guinevere #Queen Guinevere #Arthurian legend #Arthurian mythology #Arthuriana #American art #20th century art #b&w

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eirene · 1 year

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Shot in the Dark, 1943 Tom Lovell

#Tom Lovell #american art #modern art #art #painting #portrait #illustration #20th century #art history #fashion #1940s #pulp fiction

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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For #WorldTunaDay:

"TUNA LEAPING OVER MR. BERRY'S BOAT." Plate 18 in the fun-titled book Fish stories alleged and experienced, with a little history natural and unnatural by C. F. Holder & D. S. Jordan, 1909. Biodiversity Heritage Library.

#fish #tuna #book illustration #book plate #lithograph #illustration #natural history art #animal holiday #World Tuna Day #animals in art #Biodiversity Heritage Library #20th century art #American art #1900s

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