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Remedios Varo, 1957
Portrait of Dr. Ignacio Chávez
Varo described this painting to her brother, Dr. Rodrigo Varo, saying: “This is the painting I did for Dr. Chavez. The person in the crystalloid cave is the doctor himself (I used his most distinctive features, but it was not my intention to paint an actual portrait). I dressed him in somewhat priestly garb to suggest that his profession is perhaps a kind of priesthood. He is holding a key in his hand. read more
Portrait of Dr. Ignacio Chávez, Remedios Varo
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on March 12
Elaine de Kooning, The ArtistsPortrait of Elaine de Kooning

Elaine de Kooning

Writer, teacher, and a natural painter

1918 – 1989
Anton Raphael Mengs, The ArtistsPortrait of Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs

1728 – 1779

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