The Hypnotic Séance, 1887 by Richard Bergh (Swedish, 1858–1919)
The painting depicts a woman undergoing hypnosis in an attempt to communicate with spirits

The Hypnotic Séance, 1887 by Richard Bergh (Swedish, 1858–1919)
The painting depicts a woman undergoing hypnosis in an attempt to communicate with spirits
John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, c.1885. Oil on canvas
The Polyhedron and Tatlin's Tower
"I appreciate it. It's a brilliant monument to the aspiration of the human mind."
Pathologic 2 / Camilla Grey, The Russian Experiment in Art / Vladimir Tatlin / Ice Pick Lodge / Baron & Tuchman The Avant Garde in Russia: New Perspectives / Pathologic Classic HD / Ice Pick Lodge / Vladimir Tatlin / Pathologic Classic HD / Model of the Monument to the Third International in Leningrad's Mayday Parade 1925
in 1888, artist James Ensor created an etching titled "My Portrait in the Year 1960". this was that portrait:
Arthur Wardle (1864-1949) An Idyll of Summer, 1911
Arthur Wardle Self-portrait
this person got a train ticket in their merch package, which lead them to the reddit user profile of “FyodorVitin”, which as of now (April 16) has only the letter from Daniil posted. If anyone has a non-google translate version of the letter please let me know or I can see if any of my friends feel like getting paid to translate it in full. I’ll keep abreast of that post for any new updates there…
No one has commented on the post containing the letter even though it seems like commenting is open, is that like gauche in ARGs or whatever this kickstarter merch thing is? The FyodorVitin account was made February 3rd, 2023 and the letter was posted March 21, 2023. I’m not yet sure of the significance of the username, I would think vitin would be pronounced витин but when I’m looking into this spelling by itself first and then adding Фёдор later I’m not sure if anything is relevant yet. sorry I’m sure someone else has already made some writeup on this but I haven’t checked the tags in years and I just do this blog for fun now with blinders on like a horse I guess lol.
Mrs Mary Robinson (1758–1800), as ‘Perdita’ John Hoppner (1758–1810) (attributed to) Chawton House
Koloman Moser, from Jugendschatz, 1897
scanned by 50watts.com
from what i understand this was basically the movement right
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Directed by: Robert Wiene
George Sherwood Hunter (UK 1846-1919 )
Jubilee Procession in a Cornish Village 1897
Rare photographs reveal British soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns in full drag in World War II.
“There is this taboo of the rule of silence in cinema, which you are helping to put an end to, and there is what is at the heart of your story, the taboo of ‘paedophilia’, which we prefer to call ‘paedo-criminality’. It has an echo because what has troubled and divided the cinema industry at the beginning of the MeToo movement in France is the case of the filmmaker Roman Polanski.”
Adèle Haenel on Roman Polanski and society’s systemic violence towards women.
Louis-Léopold Boilly (French: 1761 – 1845) Self portraits.
These are delightful! I’ve seen his paintings before but I’ve never seen these.