Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #6:
I’m Leavin in the Mornin by Faith Ringgold
2004 / Acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border / 82″x65″ / Private collection
Tag Archives: Writer
June 23~ Pride Month
George Platt Lynes, Monroe Wheeler, and Glenway Wescott
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Wescott was the author of novels, poetry, short stories, and essays…He met Wheeler, his life partner, in 1919 in Chicago; they settled in France in 1925, but returned to the U.S. in 1934, establishing residence in New York City. In 1927, [photographer George Platt Lynes] met Wescott and Wheeler and they formed an intimate threesome that endured for nearly twenty years. ~https://www.lib.umd.edu/kaporter-correspondence/individuals/glenway-wescott-monroe-wheeler-and-george-platt-lynes
1. Self Portrait, George Platt Lynes, n.d. / Gelatin silver print / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
2. Monroe Wheeler c.1930-49 / Gelatin silver print / National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
3. Glenway Wescott, n.d. / Gelatin silver print / Keith de Lellis Gallery, NY, NY
June 14~ Pride Month
Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland
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The art critic <<<Elizabeth McCausland sought out Berenice>>> in 1934 and transformed her life. For
thirty years, until McCausland’s death, the two women were devoted companions and professional soul mates. ~The Paris Review
In 1937 the Museum of the City of New York mounted an exhibition, Changing New York, of Abbott’s photographs for the FAP. This prompted interest in publishing a Changing New York book that would include both the photographs and captions written by Elizabeth McCausland, a writer, art critic, and Abbott’s longtime partner.
~MCNY Blog: New York Stories
McSorley’s Ale House, 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan by Berenice Abbott
1937 / Silver gelatin print / from the Book Changing New York
June 4~ Pride Month
Maria Dulębianka and Maria Konopnicka
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In 1889, <<<[Dulębianka] met Maria Konopnicka>>>, a mother of eight children and a writer, who was living independently and separated from her husband, Jarosław Konopnicki. Dulębianka was almost 30 at the time, and Konopnicka was 19 years her senior. The two became inseparable and from the time of their meeting, Konopnicka became the main subject of Dulębianka’s paintings…Dulębianka died on 7 March 1919 in Lviv and was buried in Konopnicka’s tomb in Lychakiv Cemetery…[her] remains were later re-interred in a separate grave. ~Wikipedia
Portrait of Maria Konopnicka by Maria Dulębianka
Before 1896 / Oil on canvas / National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
June 3~ Pride Month
Louise Catherine Breslau and Madeleine Zillhardt
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< <<Madeleine Zillhardt was a French artist, writer, decorator and painter. Her life and her career are linked to another artist, the German-Swiss painter Louise Catherine Breslau >>>, of whom she was the companion, the muse and the inspirer. They lived together for more than forty years… ~Wikipedia
La Vie Pensive by Louise Breslau
1908 / Oil on canvas / Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Place Louise-Catherine-Breslau-et-Madeleine-Zillhardt is situated in the 6th arrondissement of Paris…named in memory of German paintor Louise Catherine Breslau and French writer [and artist] Madeleine Zillhardt, by vote of the Council of Paris. ~Wikipedia
June 2~ Pride Month
Nathalie Micas and Rosa Bonheur and Anna Klumpke
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The most popular artist of nineteenth-century France, Rosa Bonheur was also one of the first renowned painters of animals and the first woman awarded the Grand Cross by the French Legion of Honor. A professional artist with a successful career, Bonheur lived in two consecutive committed relationships with women.~ringlingdocents.org
Rosa Bonheur lived for over forty years with her childhood friend
Nathalie Micas (1824-1889.) In the final year of her life she became close with [painter] Anna Klumpke (1856-1942), the author of her “autobiography.” Bonheur, Micas, and Klumpke are buried together at Père Lachaise Cemetery. ~findagrave.com
Normandy landscape with grazing sheep by Nathalie Micas
1874 / Oil on canvas / Private collection
The Horse Fair by Nathalie Micas (possibly) and Rosa Bonheur
1855 / Oil on canvas / The National Gallery, London, UK
Rosa Bonheur’s original version of The Horse Fair (now in the The Met in NY) was four times the size of the National Gallery picture, painted when the work of women artists was largely disregarded by critics. It caused a sensation at the 1853 Paris Salon, toured Britain and the US and brought Bonheur international fame. This smaller autograph version was painted to facilitate the making of prints for sale during the tour. ~The Horse Fair, The National Gallery
Rosa Bonheur by Anna Klumpke
1898 / Oil on canvas / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
The Portrait That Forged a “Divine Marriage” Between Two 19th-Century Women Painters~
https://hyperallergic.com/437985/the-portrait-that-forged-a-divine-marriage-between-two-19th-century-women-painters/
February 15, 1751~ Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein is born
Goethe in the Roman Campagna
by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
1787 / Oil on canvas / 64 1/2”x81” / Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
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“Having a bad day? Always remember: someone painted a life-sized portrait of Goethe with two left feet.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZ5a8fF2fK/
January 7, 1929~ The action-adventure comic strip “Tarzan” debuts
“The Ape-Man and the Princess” by Hal Foster
April 9, 1933 / Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan, as drawn by Hal Foster
Image from http://www.erbzine.com/mag8/0810.html
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Also debuting in newspapers on January 7, 1929~ Buck Rogers, drawn by Richard ‘Dick’ Calkins
Image from https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/01/06/first-and-last-buck-rogers-comic-strip/
Previous January 7 posts:
Winter~ January 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/7~
November 30, 1953~ French artist Francis Picabia dies
Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turn Quickly) by Francis Picabia
1916-1918 / Brush and ink with watercolor and shell gold over a 19th-century French lithographic illustration; laid down on canvas / 19 1/2”x12 7/8” / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Previous November 30 posts:
November 30~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/30~
November 27, 1910~ Pennsylvania Station opens in New York City
Penn Station at War Time by Joseph Delaney
1943 / Oil on canvas / 34”x48 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
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Previous November 27 posts:
November 27~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/27~
