John Kelly was Special

"Maleana" by John Kelly
"Banana Girl" by John Kelly Menu by John Kelly

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John Melville Kelly (1878-1962), a shy Irishman, arrived in Hawaii in 1923 from San Francisco.

From the 30's through the 50's he painted and made prints of the Hawaiian people. His etchings and aquatints remind me of Mary Cassatt's famous series of prints. Hers were inspired by Japanese prints and both of these artists have the same sense of elegance, fine lines and reverence toward women in subject matter.

John Kelly

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BibliOdyssey

I found this striking image called "Europe Supported by Africa and America" on

the BibliOdyssey Blog. It's a beautiful place to wander...full of hand-colored engravings and illustrated pages from old books- "Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart"

BIBLIODYSSEY

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Very Unusual Tarot Card Deck 1945

"The University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies has scanned and published a full set of tarot cards created in 1945 by an inmate at the Dachau subcamp known as Allach. They are the size of normal playing cards.
Boris Kobe (1905 - 1981) – Slovenian architect and painter was a political prisoner at the concentration camp of Allach, a sub-camp of Dachau. (...) As a whole, this work of art represents a visual summary of life in a concentration camp, the main vehicle of which consists of Kobe's tragic and humiliating sequences spiced with acrid humor. At the same time, this tiny exhibit is a miniature chronicle of the twilight of humanity brought about by Nazism, which regarded a human being, and therefore the artist himself, as a mere number." Link. (Thanks, Yaffa)

Thanks Xeni Jardin, boingboing

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Ophelia

"Ophelia" by Millais

"Ophelia" Copyright 2004 Amy Crehore ,"Little Pierrot Series"

One of my earlier paintings in my "Little Pierrot" Series is called "Ophelia" and it takes it's cue from Sir John Everett Millais' famous and unforgettable painting of "Ophelia", 1851. Read about the Ophelia character in Hamlet. Surely Hamlet drove her mad with his skitso behavior, although the reason for her death is debated.
Ophelia

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Vintage Circus Posters 1930's

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I always loved old circus posters with lots of half-naked figures tumbling and contorting themselves. Check out the "Famous Nelson Family" on the top poster - they were "Miracles of Action and Infallible Calculations". You can buy or look at many different kinds of wonderful authentic antique posters here:

Charles Michael Gallery

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Vintage Side Show Banners

Here are some choice Vintage Sideshow Banners including a Tattooed Girl with 1037 designs!

Eeka is quite the animal, reminds me of some erotic pop art I've seen.

Everyone loves sideshow banners.

Follow link for artists' names and more work:
Carl Hammer Gallery
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Roman Funerary Portraits

Roman Era Funerary Portaits. A whole page full of them. They are fascinating and beautiful. I love the eyes on these.

Thanks to Adam at Drawn! for finding this link:

Tour Egypt

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