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Katya has told STORIES,
BUILT WORLDS, & CREATED the ART to go with them for most of her life.
THE CONTENT HERE REFLECTS HER DIVERSE INTERESTS
OVER TIME.
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CONDITA EST ANNO MCMXCV
KATYA REIMANN ◦ WRITER & ARTIST
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Soviet Postcard Art — Anna Ostapivna Gorobievskaya (А.О. Горобийскауа)
For the last few years, I have become increasingly passionate about the postcard art of the USSR, and increasingly interested in the...

Katya Reimann
Mar 4, 20223 min read
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May Howard Jackson -- Katya's Biography Project, as of 2022
May Howard Jackson (September 7, 1877 – 1931) was an African American sculptor and artist. She was known as "one of the first black...

Katya Reimann
Feb 17, 202210 min read
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Katya's Biography Project, 2022
When, in 1986, I signed up for my required Literature Seminar in "English Literary Biography," I had no idea what I was letting myself in...

Katya Reimann
Feb 16, 20223 min read
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Sargent & Tonks: A Favorite Artist, & a Long Friendship
One of my favorite artists is John Singer Sargent, who is best known, perhaps, for his society paintings. "Portrait of Madame X,"...

Katya Reimann
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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Helen Sadowy Reimann, Portrait of the Artist's Daughter, ~1972
When I was young, my mother did a number of bad portraits of me. Or so I thought, at the time she was doing them. My feral child self...

Katya Reimann
Jan 30, 20201 min read
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William Merritt Chase
My mother took this photograph of me and my Dad in 2016. We were visiting the William Merritt Chase exhibition at the Boston MFA. We got...

Katya Reimann
Nov 15, 20191 min read
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Baroque Pearls
I find these forms irresistible. This one => is in the Wallace Collection in London, England. I'll be visiting London in January, 2020...

Katya Reimann
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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Nancy Carlson's Daily Doodles
Carlson's books were not household favorites when my kids were young, but what she's going through right now—I have empathy for it. A...

Katya Reimann
Nov 24, 20181 min read
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Visiting the Art Institute of Chicago: Great Horses' Asses in World Famous Paintings
I still play the game "what piece of art would I take home with me?" when I visit museums or galleries. This year, I found myself...

Katya Reimann
May 27, 20142 min read
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