LONDON.- Nicknamed La Mélinite after a powerful form of explosive, the dancer Jane Avril (1868-1943) was one of the stars of the Moulin Rouge in the 1890s. Known for her alluring style and exotic persona, her fame was assured by a series of dazzlingly…
Street Cries: Depictions of London’s Poor on View at the Museum of London
LONDON.- A display of significant paintings, prints and drawings are on display at the Museum of London from the 25 March 2011. The images, by artists including Gustave Doré, Théodore Géricault, Thomas Rowlandson and Paul Sandby, consider how the ur…
Street Cries: Depictions of London’s Poor on View at the Museum of London
LONDON.- A display of significant paintings, prints and drawings are on display at the Museum of London from the 25 March 2011. The images, by artists including Gustave Doré, Théodore Géricault, Thomas Rowlandson and Paul Sandby, consider how the ur…
Exhibition Focuses on Berlin’s Weimar Era in Jeanne Mammen: City of Women
DES MOINES, IA.- The Des Moines Art Center opened an exhibition entitled Jeanne Mammen: City of Women, which runs through December 12, 2010 in the Blank One Gallery. Working as a magazine illustrator in the years just before World War II, Jeanne Mammen…
Exhibition Focuses on Berlin’s Weimar Era in Jeanne Mammen: City of Women
DES MOINES, IA.- The Des Moines Art Center opened an exhibition entitled Jeanne Mammen: City of Women, which runs through December 12, 2010 in the Blank One Gallery. Working as a magazine illustrator in the years just before World War II, Jeanne Mammen…