Detail of a painting of my Grandpa, 1946. He was 19.
My Grandpa, 1946.
Daily Diversion #172: My Grandpa
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Category Archives: Art
Books in Art: Dreams by Vittorio Matteo Corcos
Dreams by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1896
Dreams by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1896
Shopping for the Bookworm: George Bernard Shaw Edition
George Bernard Shaw Quote Postcard by Art by Nessa. $2.50
LIFE Magazine Cover with George Bernard Shaw at Covenants. $11.00
George Bernard Shaw Earrings by Wendy Ferguson Designs. $12.00
George Bernard Shaw Biographical Drawing by Pagazine. $62.39
Inspiration Board: 2nd November
Gallery
This gallery contains 12 photos.
Happy Halloween!
I’m taking the evening off to help my husband celebrate his birthday! Have a great Halloween!
Buster Keaton in The Haunted House, 1921.
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 1: The Masque of the Read Death
The Masque of the Red Death by Harry Clarke, 1919
“The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.”-The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 2: The Fall of the House of Usher (Clarke)
The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke, 1919
“While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened-there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind-the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight-my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder-there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters-and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the “HOUSE of USHER.”-The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 3: The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum by Harry Clarke, 1919
“I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.”-The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 4: The Raven (Manet)
The Raven by Édouard Manet, 1875.
“And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/Shall be lifted-nevermore!”-The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 5: The Premature Burial
The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke, 1919.
“THERE are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.”-The Premature Burial, Edgar Allan Poe
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