Tuesday 30 April 2013

Conrad

Joseph Conrad, 1904
Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language.
Photo: George Charles Beresford
(National Portrait Gallery, London)

Monday 29 April 2013

Kick

"Revista de Revistas" April 17, 1932
Cover Art: Ernesto "El Chango" García Cabral

Sunday 28 April 2013

Doppeldeckzüge

Doppeldeckzüge
Operating 1936 - 1939
Poster Art: Peter Smith Templeton
(Boston Public Library)

Saturday 27 April 2013

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait, Santa Monica ca.1955
Photo: Paul Outerbridge
An American photographer prominent for his early use
and experimentation in colour photography.

Friday 26 April 2013

van Dyck

Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest
by Anthony van Dyck Ca.1620
Oil on oak

Thursday 25 April 2013

Frog Hollow

Frog Hollow, corner of Gloucester and Essex St
The Rocks, Sydney Australia 1901
(Powerhouse Museum Sydney)

Wednesday 24 April 2013

Moulin Rouge

P. Nory, Moulin Rouge Dancer
Paris France Ca.1900
Photo: Walery

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Blues Man

John Lee Hooker 1990
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
Photo: Mark Seliger

Monday 22 April 2013

Mudmen

Mudmen of the Asaro River area
Papua New Guinea
Postmark 1977

Sunday 21 April 2013

Tea at the Lido

Tea at the Lido
1920s or early 1930s
From the 'Amersham and Kent House, SE London Series'
England

Saturday 20 April 2013

Strindberg

August Strindberg 1881
Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter
(1849 – 1912)
Photo: Robert Roesler, Stockholm

Friday 19 April 2013

Lisa

Lisa Lyon 1982
A female bodybuilder from the United States
Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe

Thursday 18 April 2013

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Queen's Champion

Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, 1568
Queen's Champion and Master of the Armoury
under Queen Elizabeth I of England - by Anthonis Mor, oil on panel
(National Portrait Gallery, London)

Monday 15 April 2013

Lewis Carroll

The Rev. Thomas Childe Barker and his daughter - 1864
Photo: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
(Lewis Carroll)

Sunday 14 April 2013

The Artist's Mother

Portrait of the artist's mother at the age of 63
Albrecht Dürer 1514

Saturday 13 April 2013

Helvetia

Swiss 'Carte postale' with Basel-Bern post marks
Helvetia is the national female personification of Switzerland
Dated 27 May 1924

Friday 12 April 2013

Truman

Truman Capote 1974
American author 1924 – 1984
Photo: Richard Avedon

Thursday 11 April 2013

Great Book - Great Film

Book cover
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Published 1958

Albert Finney & Shirley Anne Field
Photo still from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Director Karel Reisz, 1960

Wednesday 10 April 2013

Café Bauer

Café Bauer, Unter den Linden, Berlin ca.1895
Photochrom Print
(Library of Congress)

Tuesday 9 April 2013

Utamaro

Portrait of a young Japanese woman wiping her face - 1798
by Utamaro
Woodcut, printed ca.1920

Monday 8 April 2013

São Paulo

Slaves with lady sitting in a litter
Province of São Paulo, Brazil ca.1860

Saturday 6 April 2013

Foyles

Foyles Bookshop
Charing Cross Road, London 1936
Photo: Wolf Suschitzky

Friday 5 April 2013

Thursday 4 April 2013

Mann & Auden

Erika Mann & W.H. Auden 1935
Photo: Alec Bangham
(National Portrait Gallery, London)

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Bacon by Newman

Francis Bacon 1975
Anglo-Irish figurative painter (1909 – 1992)
Photo: Arnold Newman

Francis Bacon's 'Figure with Meat' 1954
Oil on canvas

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Monday 1 April 2013

Barney Ross

American boxer Barney Ross ca.1934 (for Esquire)
World Light Welterweight Champion 1933 – 1935
Photo: Gilbert B. Seehausen