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Meet Rondo Hatton or With a Face like that, You ought to be in Movies

Meet Rondo Hatton or With a Face like that, You ought to be in Movies

His looks fascinated people and he became an iconic cult figure with horror buffs. ...
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Émile Zola’s Photographs of Turn-of-the-Century Paris

Émile Zola’s Photographs of Turn-of-the-Century Paris

I dare… to tell the truth, with all the force born of the revulsion of an honest man, since the normal channels of justice have failed to do so. - Émile Zola ...
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The Horror, The Horror! Dark and Disturbing Paintings of Death and Disease

The Horror, The Horror! Dark and Disturbing Paintings of Death and Disease

At one point in his life, Richard Tennant Cooper had dreams of some day being recognised as one of the best artists in the world. ...
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Sunsets by Félix Vallotton (1865 – 1925)

Sunsets by Félix Vallotton (1865 – 1925)

Félix Edouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss painter and ...
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Four Photographs of Toulouse-Lautrec Defecating On A Beach – 1898

Four Photographs of Toulouse-Lautrec Defecating On A Beach – 1898

In 1898, revolutionary French artist Toulouse-Letrec went to the toilet on a French beach. His friend took these four photographs ...
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Buy Prints Eugene Atget – The Photographer who Walked Fin de Siècle Paris

Eugene Atget – The Photographer who Walked Fin de Siècle Paris

Atget (1857-1927) wandered the streets of Paris dressed in a large black cloak and floppy hat, his camera slung on its tripod over his shoulder. He drifted until something triggered a response which he stopped to photograph. ...
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Capturing the Present in the Lush Polaroids of Celebrated Cinematographer Robby Müller

Capturing the Present in the Lush Polaroids of Celebrated Cinematographer Robby Müller

  Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller (1940-2018) was a "master of light". Whilst working with Wim ...
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The Intimate Interiors of Jean-Édouard Vuillard – Paysages et Intérieurs (1899)

The Intimate Interiors of Jean-Édouard Vuillard – Paysages et Intérieurs (1899)

“I’ve invented a language that must necessarily spring from a new conception of poetry. I ...
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Stay Broke, Shoot Film: Alain Bibal’s Iconic Rock Photography

Stay Broke, Shoot Film: Alain Bibal’s Iconic Rock Photography

Born in France in 1964, Bibal started taking photographs in his late-teens and early-twenties but "nothing really serious." Any dreams he harboured were sidelined when he started work and focussed on having a regular life. This, of course, all changed on his fiftieth birthday. ...
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Art Power: 30 Fantastic Posters and Flyers From The Paris Uprising – May 1968

Art Power: 30 Fantastic Posters and Flyers From The Paris Uprising – May 1968

These posters, flyers and hand-outs were made by Marxist group The Atelier Populaire, who occupied the lithography studios at the École des Beaux-Arts during the Paris uprising of May 1968 ...
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The Extraordinary WW2 Sketchbook of Victor Lundy

The Extraordinary WW2 Sketchbook of Victor Lundy

For D-Day Lundy and his company were thrown into the infantry. Lundy couldn't believe it and recalled during an oral history interview that during lectures, he "never listened, I was busy sketching." But soon, "I sort of took to it. ... war experience just hypnotizes young men." ...
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Paul Sougy : Wonderful Illustrations On The Human Body

Paul Sougy : Wonderful Illustrations On The Human Body

In the mid 20th Century, French teachers would teach science with these delightful wall hangings ...
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