Edward Muybridge 1830 - 1904

Edward Muybridge

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Muybridge was born Edward James Muggeridge at Kingston-upon-Thames, England. He is believed to have changed his first name to match that of King Eadweard as shown on the plinth of the Kingston coronation stone, which was re-erected in Kingston in 1850....

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Paralytic child walking on all fours ( from Muybridge )

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Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), 1961Francis Bacon In Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), a naked body on hands and feet is finding its way around a bare space. Human or animal? The ambiguity creates tension and...

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Three Studies of Henrietta Moraes, 1969

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Henrietta MoraesFrom the 1960s on, Bacon regularly painted portraits of his drinking cronies. Moraes said she had been the subject of more than twenty, including the 1969 triptych entitled Three Studies of Henrietta Moraes. Bacon met Henrietta Moraes...

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Your timeless to me

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Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966

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Isabel Rawsthorne (1912 - 1992)also known as Isabel Lambert, was a model and painter. Isabel Nichols was born in the east end of London, but brought up in Liverpool where she studied at the Liverpool School of Art. Jacob Epstein used her as a model in...

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Goya's Capriccios

Goya

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When there are no more feathers left, throw them out.Others will come.

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I like this City I live in.

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Goya Capriccios around 1880

Goya Capriccios

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Goya " Los Caprichos' Spanish: Todos Caeran English: All Will Fall They who are to fall are never stopped by the examples of those who have fallen before them. It is no use, they will all fall.

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Goya's The Capriccios

Goya

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Sp ani sh titel: Y se le quema la Casa English titel: And his house is burning " He couldn't take his pants off nor could he stop playing with the candles till the firemen saved him. This is what drink can do. "

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Goya's The Capriccios

Goya

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Sp ani sh titel: Bien tirada està English titel: They must fit tightly " Auntie is no fool. She knows well that stockings must fit tightly around the leg. "

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