Nice Compositions

Felice Casorati, "Concerto"
Las Mellizas by George Owen Wynne Apperley
Conversazione Platonica by Felice Casorati
I love these two mysterious paintings of nudes by Felice Casorati. I have blogged about him before, but Femme Femme Femme found some examples of his work that I hadn't seen before. Also, here is a nice composition by George Apperley who painted quite a few flamenco dancers (more examples on Femme). I prefer the simple, surreal and classic forms of the Casorati paintings, but Apperley did some very nice portraits of women. Flamenco dancers make colorful subjects.

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Painter of Women: Julio Romero de Torres

'"Venus de la Poesía" was painted in Madrid in 1913 by Romero de Torres. It is among his best nudes. As on other occasions, the artist used several models, each one for a different part of the body. Thus, the face belongs to the famous singer of light lyrics, Francisca Márques López, known as Raquel Meller. The composition was inspired by a Titian painting'...Museo Bilbao

Read more about Julio Romero de Torres (1870 - 1940) and see dozens of gorgeous paintings here:

Museo Julio Romero de Torres

(Click on the British flag for English version)

Thanks to Femme ,Internet Weekly

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Dancing Around the Pole

Oops. These beauties got all tangled up. Maybe they need to practice again before May Day.

View some lovely vintage postcards of Maypole dancers here.

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One Very Talented Girl

I think I found this on flickr, but can't be sure.

Anyhow, it's a nice hokum image!

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A Memphis Jug Band Song by the Hokum Scorchers

Memphis Jug Band

National mandolin style one 1930
National plectrum style one 1928
"You May Go, but This Will Bring You Back", was originally done by the Memphis Jug Band in 1930. The Hokum Scorchers' version has Lou playing a vintage National mandolin. I am playing a National plectrum guitar. The actual instruments we used are shown in these photos. We recorded this song in 1995 for our Yanna's Donut tape.
Listen to "You May Go" here:

Hokum Scorchers

Also, my website has couple more tunes (scroll down):
MUSIC of The Hokum Scorchers Band
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Eat Your Peas, Please!

You might say that she is too pretty to eat.

There is more where she came from:

Rico & Coco

Thanks for the link, Dinosaurs and Robots

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Vintage Vogue Covers

There is an exquisite collection of vintage Vogue Magazine covers on flickr. It makes me yearn for the days when fashion magazines had illustrated covers and spreads. They were not afraid of a little bit of stylized female nudity in print, right on the cover. I guess I'm just an art deco girl at heart. I love the designs of that era. (Thanks, Thombeau59)

Vintage Vogue

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