Oil on canvas.
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“Snow (Twilight in Winter),” Jakub Schikaneder, 1899
Oil on canvas.
“Death on a Horseback,” Odilon Redon, 1899
I do realize that I’ve been posting a lot of work lately by French symbolist Odilon Redon. Just let me know if starts getting Redondant.
Advertisement for Cognac Bisquit, by Alfons Mucha, 1899
“Saudade,” José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, 1899
“Longing.”
My dudes, this looks like the ghost train I was trying to find out by Brandon Avenue!
Full disclosure — there is no ghost train in Roanoke, Virginia … at least as far as I am aware. In our Propaganda Era, I am loathe to start even a harmless urban legend. (Santa Claus is quite real, however.)
Christmas card, Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company, 1899. Commercial color lithograph.
“Cognac Bisquit,” Alfons Mucha, 1899
Cover to “The Inland Printer,” William Bradley, Christmas 1899
Advertisement for “Deutsche-Kunst und Dekoration,” circa 1899
The artist here is a little tough to nail down. Most websites attribute it to Alfons Mucha, but a few attribute it to German graphic designer Joseph Rudolf Witzel.
“Girl’s Head,” Koloman Moser, 1899
Indian ink on cardboard.
What’s most striking to me about Moser’s turn-of-the-century art is how often it can resemble an especially cool 1960’s album cover.
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