Katya ReimannMay 4, 20222 minLives & PlacesBaladine KlossowskaElse Dorothea Spiro (1886 - 1969) is one of those artists of the early 20th century whom time has not served well. I just re-wrote her...
greenivygraphicsApr 20, 20221 minLives & PlacesDorothy Carleton SmythDorothy Carleton Smyth (1880 – 16 February 1933) "...the Golden Age of Book Illustration occurred in London at the end of the 19th...
Katya ReimannMar 11, 20221 minLives & PlacesUkraine is Packing up its MuseumsI saw this article from CNN yesterday: Museums race against time to save Ukraine's cultural treasures. It seems a timely introduction to...
Katya ReimannMar 4, 20223 minLives & PlacesSoviet 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...
Time & placeSometimes it's about when you read some piece of writing that it becomes totemic. Sometimes it's just the writing. "The past," he...
Life BookshelfIt's May. I've written these words before: 'I spend a lot of time thinking about books, writing, and what it means for an artist to have...
What mighty fraud diverts our souls from deeds of honor? No doubt I have made errors in transliteration, but here is a lovely piece by the Italian poet Petronilla Paolini Massimi (1663-1728), as...