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Klee Stars above the houses 1916
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Italy buys rare Caravaggio portrait for €30m The purchase is part of wider plans to prevent major artworks from being bought by private collectors.

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Klee Landscape with Poplars 1929💗

This is clearly fine with the GOP.

repaint, though it seems popular with the Doves, walking in and out of the small openings built in.’
#wildlife #biodiversity #birds #doves #Hampshire #illustrationartists #MartinDavey

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘White Doves Using a Dovecote’ Martin Davey. Oil on acrylic base on canvas board. 2013.
‘The Dovecote … was located in a field in Hampshire, UK. The roof is made up of a few pieces of corrugated metal and the wood sides are in desperate need of a ➡️

For #MARCH 2000
‘Tuor, Gelmir, and Arminas’ Ted Nasmith (b. 1956). Gouache on illustration board. 1998. Reproduced in *Tolkien Calendar 2000* (HarperCollins) for March.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #TedNasmith #JRRTolkien #Silmarillion

For #MARCH 1992
#3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Tuor at Vinyamar’ #TedNasmith (b. 1956)
Gouache on illustration board
*Tolkien - The Centenary Calendar 1992* (Grafton) for March
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JRRTolkien #Silmarillion #Tuor #wildlife #swans

Robert Murphy, “The Lady with the Cheetah”
*The Saturday Evening Post*, June 18, 1960
‘She was hunting for a husband with an exotic pet to capture the prey’
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #LynnBuckham #JuneWedding #cheetahs

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘“Pardon,” he said, “but I like cheetahs, and yours has beautiful conformation.”’
#Illustration by Lynn Buckham (1918-1982) for ➡️
#wildlife #biodiversity #cheetahs #illustrationartists #LynnBuckham

The choice of whiskey: Seagram’s V.O., internationally esteemed for its flawless form, its exceptional savor and balance.’
#Illustration by Bernie Fuchs (1932-2009)
*Esquire*, March 1959
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #BernieFuchs #Seagrams #whiskey #skiing #womensfashion

In #MARCH 1959
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‘International salute to flawless form’
‘At this moment you are a spectator at the North American Ski Championship at #SquawValley, California. You watch the skiers’ dazzling speed in the downhill race . . . and then join the crowd in toasts and celebration.➡️

#THISWEEK in 1954
‘Harvesting the Ice
No, these aren’t pictures out of a tintype album. This is Beaver Island, Michigan. And here a traditional American custom is still very much alive’
#Photographer #MartinIger
*Collier’s*, March 5, 1954
#BeaverIsland #Michigan #photography

‘Lincoln - The One Fine Car Designed for Modern Living - Powered to Leave the Past far Behind’
Lincoln Division - Ford Motor Company. March 1953.
#Lincoln #FordMotorCompany #automotivedesign

In #MARCH 1953
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‘A touch here. . . a touch there. . . and modern living comes to Life’
1. New 205 horsepower V-8 engine, with Hydra-matic transmission. 2. New power brakes. 3. New power steering. 4. World’s first four-way elevator seat.’

Elise Taye, “Someone should have told her”
*McCall's*, March 1951
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JonWhitcomb

In #MARCH 1951
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‘His intentions? Honorable? Not even the boy himself could say’
Illustration by Jon Whitcomb (1906-1988) for ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JonWhitcomb

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
“Black magic” against #sharks. Capsized in shark-filled waters, the luckless fisherman sees around him the dark fins and ugly snouts of the man-hungry marauders of the sea. …’ #Illustration by #JamesBingham (1917-1971).
*The Saturday Evening Post*, Dec. 10, 1949

‘U.S. Tourists Help Finance “Buy U.S.”’
‘Strategically located along the principal lane of world travel and trade, Panama is one of the world’s most fascinating bazaars. ...’
National City Bank of New York, March 1947
#imports #exports #globaltrade #internationalbanking #Citibank

In #MARCH 1947
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‘Painting by John Steuart Curry [1897-1946] - “Panama Bazaar”’
#tourism #Panama #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnSteuartCurry #AmericanArt #regionalism

‘Aleta, idly watching Amurath’s keen interest in Cidi, awakes from her dreaming with a start; for Cidi, that strange, quiet Eastern girl is gazing at Val, pain and passion in her dark eyes.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

#OTD in 1946
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Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, written & illustrated by Hal Foster - from no. 474, 10 March 1946
1: ‘Synopsis: From Lyon they proceed on their way up the Rhone, sunny, joyous days for Prince Valiant and his bride.’

#OTD in 1945
‘A residential section Tokyo that was destroyed following Operation Meetinghouse, the firebombing of Tokyo on the night of 9/10 March 1945’
#WW2 #blackandwhitephotography #Tokyo

#OTD in 1945
(‘...and see the world’ indeed)
Cover of The New Yorker, March 10, 1945
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #WW2 #sailor #snapshots

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In #MARCH of 1942
‘U.S. troops from the 160th Infantry Regiment are seen as they disembark from a landing craft during amphibious training on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in March of 1942’
#WW2 #blackandwhitephotography #SouthPacific #SolomonIslands

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘American Moose’ Boris Gilbertson (1907-1982). Marble relief. Department of the of Interior Building, Washington DC. Treasury Section of Fine Arts. 1939.
#wildlife #moose #biodiversity #basrelief #sculpture #BorisGilbertson #TheNewDeal

Shipping Cost and Breakage Unusually Low; Simple Maintanance.’
Urea-Formaldehyde - vs. previously developed Phenol-Formaldehyde (i.e. Bakelite) - plastics could be molded and given a full range of colors.
Plaskon Company, Inc. March 1938.
#lighting #Plaskon #plastics

In #MARCH 1938
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‘Plaskon molded color. Material: Plaskon
Product: Wakefield “Commodore” Illuminating Reflector
Diameter: 26’’ (Largest Plastic Molding Ever Produced)
Weight: 5 lbs. (lightest unit of Its Size Ever Produced) Remarks: Illuminating Efficiency Unusually High; ➡️

#Fortune for #MARCH 1938
Illustration by Stanley William Crane (1905-1973)
Cover of *Fortune*, March 1938
#FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SWCrane #battleship #USNavy #defenseindustry