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[via Patchwork] Gustav-Adolf Mossa Pierrot S’En Va - 1888...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:42 -0400

Gustav-Adolf Mossa

Pierrot S’En Va - 1888 [Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice]

Gustav-Adolf Mossa was born in Nice on 28th January 1883. His father Alexis Mossa (1844-1926), was himself a painter from Nice who produced many posters for the Carnival of Nice at the end of the 19th century and would strongly influence the career of his son. Up to 1900, Gustav-Adolf studied at l’École des Arts Décoratifs de Nice where he familiarised himself with Art Nouveau. At the same time, his father introduced him to landscape art, the use of watercolours, and the surroundings of Nice, thus enabling him to develop a pictorial technique. As early as 1900, however, after the visit of the universal exposition, he was taken by the Symbolist movement and Art Nouveau.

In 1901, Mossa created his first major Symbolist canvas: Salomé or the Beginning of Christianity. Also at this time he undertook a series of trips to Italy in company of his father, where he visited Genoa, Pisa, Siena and especially Florence. It is also at this time that, in the tradition of his father, he produced his first works for the carnival in Nice. At the end of 1902, Gustav-Adolf Mossa returned to Nice where he submitted his works to the Carnival competition. In 1903, he returned to Italy with his father, visiting Mantua, Padua and Venice. 1904 to 1911 was a particularly productive period; his output included Symbolist paintings, carnival scenes, watercolour landscapes, plus poems and plays. In 1908, he married Charlotte-Andrée Naudin. In 1911, he discovered Flemish primitive art and abandoned symbolism.

In 1914, during the First World War, Mossa was mobilised and gravely injured. Drawing from this experience of war, he went on to produce a canvas that he completed in 1916: The Sad Hours of the War. He divorced in 1918 and the following year his mother died. His work on landscapes, illustrations and manuscripts continued, but with a lot less than intensity. He remarries in 1925 with Lucrèce Roux, who remained his wife until her death in 1955. After the death of his father in 1926, Gustav-Adolf Mossa took his place as curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice. After the death of his second wife, he married for a third time in 1926, to Marie-Marcelle Butteli, who Mossa renamed Violette.

Only after Gustav-Adolf Mossa died in Nice on 25th May 1971, was his Symbolist work rediscovered. It had been kept concealed by Mossa from a public that had known him essentially by his work as a printmaker for the Carnival of Nice.

Don’t talk about it, be about it. [via Hustlevision]

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:11:41 -0400

Don’t talk about it, be about it.

[via Hustlevision]

Lewis Hine’s 1920 Power house mechanic working on...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:24:41 -0400

Lewis Hine’s 1920 Power house mechanic working on steam pump, one of his “work portraits”, shows a working class American in an industrial setting. The carefully posed subject, a young man with wrench in hand, is hunched over, surrounded by the machinery that defines his job. But while constrained by the machinery (almost a metal womb), the man is straining against it—muscles taut, with a determined look—in an iconic representation of masculinity.

fairytalemood: “The Bloody Chamber” by Erika Steiskal Inspired...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:52 -0400

fairytalemood:

“The Bloody Chamber” by Erika Steiskal

Inspired by the story of the same name by Angela Carter.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:07 -0400

MissInfo.tv » Watch: Kanye West “New Slaves” (Full Video and Lyrics)

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:46 -0400

MissInfo.tv » Watch: Kanye West “New Slaves” (Full Video and Lyrics):

This song was debuted around the world, projected on 66 different buildings. Don’t tell me this wasn’t inspired by the marketing for Michael Jackson’s HIStory album.

Angie Miller and Adam Lambert perform “Titanium”

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:07 -0400

Angie Miller and Adam Lambert perform “Titanium”

ourtimeorg: “Kids these days…”(Thanks to Elspeth Reeve &...

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:20:43 -0400

ourtimeorg:

“Kids these days…”

(Thanks to Elspeth Reeve & The Atlantic Wire for a century of magazine covers: http://bit.ly/15Tta9s)

stoutpants: yamino: lalondes: crystalzelda: ameliaelizabeth...

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:54:16 -0400

stoutpants:

yamino:

lalondes:

crystalzelda:

ameliaelizabeth:

TIME’s new cover makes me so mad I could write essays about it, but instead I’m going to keep job hunting since in today’s world a university degree means nothing and therefore like much of my generation, I’m stuck choosing between minimum wage jobs and internships that I can’t afford to accept in an attempt to pay off my tens of thousands of dollars worth of student debt.

I’d be interested in reading this article to see exactly what makes us entitled and lazy. Are we lazy because more of us are completing high school and going to college than ever before? Are we entitled because our standard of living is declining? Do we live with our parents because we’re too slothful to leave or is because our education costs are getting steeper and steeper while we’re getting less and less aid?

Tell us, Time Magazine, about how we’re narcissistic little slugs when we’re faced with an economic crisis that resulted in a lowering of our standard of living, an increase in tuition costs and how when we get out of our very expensive schools, more and more of us are going to end up working minimum wage jobs.

I also want to note that it’s really frustrating that the face of “lazy, entitled narcissism” is a young woman.

Let’s blame ALL the victims of economic collapse instead of the people who actually caused it.

The age of the average narcissist is 51.

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Beyonce - “Grown Woman.” Live at Bercy, Paris. April...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:13:58 -0400

Beyonce - “Grown Woman.” Live at Bercy, Paris. April 25, 2013.

crissle: the beyonce medley

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:25:51 -0400

crissle:

the beyonce medley

http://instagram.com/p/ZFOlwMFMTc/

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:28:30 -0400

http://instagram.com/p/ZFOlwMFMTc/:

syvokon’s photo on Instagram

Take what you need.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 10:29:20 -0400

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Tue, 07 May 2013 00:55:37 -0400

gatsbymovie: Prepare for the Summer of Gatsby: watch the live...

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:48:41 -0400

gatsbymovie:

Prepare for the Summer of Gatsby: watch the live stream of The Great Gatsby premiere LIVE from New York City! Click here to watch now on your desktop or mobile device.

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Thu, 02 May 2013 09:47:34 -0400

notesonascandal: virtuouslyvindicated: viarachellllle: Q.U.E.E...

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:46:11 -0400

notesonascandal:

virtuouslyvindicated:

viarachellllle:

Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Video Premiere)

YESSSS!!! LIFE RECEIVEDDD!!!

YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.

This is fucking AMAZING. Get into those lyrics, tho.

crissle: Beyonce - Grown Woman (Live)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:40:15 -0400

crissle:

Beyonce - Grown Woman (Live)

airows: The time is…

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:40:56 -0400

airows:

The time is…

mckelvie: ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ by Janelle Monae ft. Erykah BaduNew...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:28:50 -0400

mckelvie:

‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ by Janelle Monae ft. Erykah Badu
New Janelle Monae.