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Frau am Brunnen (Woman at the well/fountain), Wiener Werkstätte color lithograph by Carl Krenek, ca 1907/8-14.  [If you click through the source link to see this at the Met you can blow it up to an incredibly huge, detailed size.]
(source: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Frau am Brunnen (Woman at the well/fountain), Wiener Werkstätte color lithograph by Carl Krenek, ca 1907/8-14.  [If you click through the source link to see this at the Met you can blow it up to an incredibly huge, detailed size.]

(source: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

— 3 weeks ago with 1 note
#Wiener Werkstätte  #carl krenek  #art  #illustration 
A Wiener Werkstätte “best wishes for the new year” postcard, by Lotte Frömel-Fochler, ca 1910.
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A Wiener Werkstätte “best wishes for the new year” postcard, by Lotte Frömel-Fochler, ca 1910.

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— 4 weeks ago
#Wiener Werkstätte  #Lotte Frömel-Fochler  #art  #illustration 
"Destroying is better than creating when we’re not creating those few, truly necessary things. If we can’t have everything, true perfection is nothingness. And how do you benefit from stringing together the tattered pieces of your life? Your vague memories, the faces of people that you were never able to love…"
Federico Fellini’s critic Daumier to Guido in Otto e mezzo (8 1/2)
— 1 month ago with 6 notes
#federico fellini  #life  #art  #otto e mezzo  #8 1/2  #daumier 
“The fashions of the Wiener Werkstätte” poster by Dagobert Peche, ca 1914-1915.
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“The fashions of the Wiener Werkstätte” poster by Dagobert Peche, ca 1914-1915.

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— 1 month ago with 15 notes
#Wiener Werkstätte  #dagobert peche  #Wiener Werkstätte fashion  #illustration  #art 
Wiener Werkstätte postcard no. 118, by Franz Lebisch, ca 1908.
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Wiener Werkstätte postcard no. 118, by Franz Lebisch, ca 1908.

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— 1 month ago with 4 notes
#Wiener Werkstätte  #franz lebisch  #postcard  #illustration  #art 
detail from Looms by Caitlin Grames (Xerox on cheesecloth), from SiTE: LAB’s letterpress night at the old Grand Rapids’ Public Museum.
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detail from Looms by Caitlin Grames (Xerox on cheesecloth), from SiTE: LAB’s letterpress night at the old Grand Rapids’ Public Museum.

(my photo)

— 1 month ago with 1 note
#SiTE: LAB  #caitlin grames  #art  #grand rapids  #xerox 
BRRR VIER HEXEN.  Illustration by Koloman Moser for Bilderbuch für die Nichte von Ditha Mautner von Markhof, 1904.
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BRRR VIER HEXEN.  Illustration by Koloman Moser for Bilderbuch für die Nichte von Ditha Mautner von Markhof, 1904.

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— 1 month ago with 15 notes
#Bilderbuch für die Nichte von Ditha Mautner von Markhof  #koloman moser  #kolo moser  #Wiener Werkstätte  #art  #illustration  #collage 
Fashion (Mode), color lithograph by Mela Koehler, ca. 1907-1914.
(via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Fashion (Mode), color lithograph by Mela Koehler, ca. 1907-1914.

(via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

— 1 month ago with 1 note
#art  #mela koehler  #Wiener Werkstätte  #dogs  #fashion illustration 
Postcard by Rudolf Kalvach, from Twenty Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte at 50 Watts.

Postcard by Rudolf Kalvach, from Twenty Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte at 50 Watts.

— 2 months ago with 1 note
#weiner werkstatte  #rudolf kalvach  #art  #illustration 
Textiles by Formafantasma, made with Turkish Red madder root dye.
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Textiles by Formafantasma, made with Turkish Red madder root dye.

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— 2 months ago with 3 notes
#textiles  #art  #madder root dye  #Turkish Red  #formafantasma 
mlysza:

Djenga  Print and Shirt
 “He scales the mountain because he’s not afraid of it. He slays the dragon because he’s not afraid of him. And he walks through hellfire because Broomhilda’s worth it.”


oh, this is über fantastic!

mlysza:

Djenga  Print and Shirt

“He scales the mountain because he’s not afraid of it. He slays the dragon because he’s not afraid of him. And he walks through hellfire because Broomhilda’s worth it.”

oh, this is über fantastic!

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— 2 months ago with 1280 notes
#django unchained  #art 
Shadow Dance, Martin Lewis, 1930.
Just saw this piece at the GRAM’s Real/Surreal exhibit.
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Shadow Dance, Martin Lewis, 1930.

Just saw this piece at the GRAM’s Real/Surreal exhibit.

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— 5 months ago with 3 notes
#drawing  #women  #art  #1930s  #30s  #Martin Lewis 
Grey Garden no. 2, watercolor painting by Golly Bard/Holly Ward Bimba.
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Grey Garden no. 2, watercolor painting by Golly Bard/Holly Ward Bimba.

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— 6 months ago with 6 notes
#painting  #art  #thistles  #watercolor  #Golly Bard  #etsy  #botanical 
Dorette’s Sister, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst.
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Dorette’s Sister, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst.

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— 7 months ago with 1 note
#art  #painting  #portrait  #Gerald Leslie Brockhurst  #woman  #girl  #beret