The daughter of a Sikh aristocrat and a Hungarian opera singer was never going to be ordinary. But Amrita Sher-Gil – in her art, in her adventuress life, and in the photographs taken of her by her pioneering father in the early 1900s – proved truly remarkable.
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From left to right, Maiko Kohisa, Maiko Momotarō and Maiko Fumiryō.
Three maiko (apprentice geisha) from Kyoto, admiring a camera.
Warning, major spoilers for the season three finale ahead!
The way that Margaret Bowland depicts little girls with their faces painted white, wearing cotton wreaths on their heads or how she paints little people in a grand style that's reminiscent of Manet, the famous 19th Century French painter, conjure up ideas about deeply rooted beliefs and societal prejudices. Bowland speaks about her work as a reaction to common mainstream belief structures. She identifies this societal ideal as “One must be tall, thin and white. One’s features must be diminutive and regular.” Read more after the jump!
Jean-Baptiste Regnault - The Three Graces (detail)
Walter (Walther) Firle [German painter 1859-1929] Oil on canvas 19 x 26.5'' ___ Many thanks to Sofi for her kind permission to use this image: flic.kr/p/9H6Pq4
'The Dance', depicting a woman and three children dancing in a domestic interior, taken by Gertrude Käsebier in about 1905
Part 18 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II
In the Spring of 1908, three women walked onto the Longchamp racecourse in Paris and jaws dropped. The elite society event was known for debuting the latest couture creations to the public, but no one had seen fashion quite like this before. Dressed in blue, white and havane brown creations, accordi
Photographed by Sayaka Maruyama
(Part II) Portrait Of A Child Elisabeth (or Cornelia) Vekemans As A Young Girl A Nobleman And Three Children Portrait Of A Young Girl Family Portrait Anthony Reyniers And His Family Family Portrait…
Leopold Kowalsky. French (1856-1931)
Quentin Gréban
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