—“Under this mask, another mask”
“Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”Claude Cahun claimed their own name at age 24, dropping Lucie Renee Mathilde Schwob in favor of the intentionally gender-neutral Claude. Independance was natural for Claude, whose mother was institutionalized when they were four years old, and who changed schools after dealing with anti-Semitism at their provincial high school in Nantes. Read More
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850
Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted Ecce Ancilla Domini! - his interpretation of the Annunciation, in 1850, when he was 22 years old. His sister Christina Rossetti posed for Mary but Dante altered her hair colour: in this instance making it auburn to match the red palette. Dante's brother William Rossetti posed for Gabriel.Rossetti deliberately used a limited colour range for this oil painting. Read More
