Writers and their Cats

Edward Gorey and family

I'm a sucker for this. Not only are the photos in black and white, but its a whole blog devoted to Writers and Kitties

Follow the link and you will find some excellent photographs such as the one shown above.

Thank you! It warms my heart to see these images.

The Art of Amy Crehore

New R Crumb Interview

Artist Robert Crumb (Aline makes an appearance, too)
Associated Press LINK

Teenar's Cousin

What are "Jazzers"?

Made by Dean's Rag Book in England 1932, these Mickey Mouse Jazzers were fitted to the tone arm of a gramophone by an adjustable clip. They danced to the music of the period.

via Calico Teddy where you can see more Mickey plush .

(Thanks to artist Kim Deitch and his wife Pam- interviewed on this link)

Illustrated Books of German Expressionists

A Pierrot by Alfred Kubin

A Beckmann Pierrot

Flip thru illustrated books of the German Expressionist Collection at MoMA .

Kirchner, Kandinsky, Beckmann, Corinth, Klee, Kokoschka and more. 1907 to 1947.

LINK

Dolly Haas: Al Hirschfeld's other half

Who was this Louise Brooks-style cutie pie photographed playing the accordion, wearing trousers and smoking a cigarette or a little pipe? It was Dolly Haas and she was a famous actress (born in Germany in 1910) who married a famous American illustrator in 1943. They were married until she died in 1994. She did European films, acted on Broadway and was in an Alfred Hitchcock film. Al Hirschfeld, her illustrator-genius husband, lived to be 99 years old. LINK

Read about Dolly here: European Film Star Postcards.

The Art of Amy Crehore

"Song of the Sirens" Show Opens Tonight NYC

Detail of my painting, "Vulnerable Seascape" (Amy Crehore)

REMINDER: "SONG OF THE SIRENS" ART SHOW

Here is the online preview link. If you are in NYC, please try to go to this show. It's at Paul Booth's Last Rites Gallery, 511 W. 33rd, 3rd floor. Opening is tonight from 7pm-12pm. The show will be on display from March 26th to April 23rd, 2011. I have a new painting in it, "Vulnerable Seascape".(blogged here)

You can see a much larger version of my painting on my website homepage: LINK. I worked very hard on this piece for a couple of months.

The Art of Amy Crehore