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H Sperling: HorrifiedModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Heinrich Sperling was a German artist known for painting animals, especially dogs and horses, but also cats. His paintings were full of realism but also often humour. Here, in Entsetzt (Horrified), a [...]

Keywords: animals, pets, dogs, cats, surrealism, windows, colour

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Added: 2020-03-01

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DanaëModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Danaë was a princess in Argos, in Peloponnesia (ancient Greece). She was the mother of Perseus (the god Zeus was the father), the boy who grew up to found Mycenæ after killing the Medusa. Danaë *Δανάη [...]

Keywords: women, mythology, greek mythology, people, summer, dance, dancing, dancers, trees, leaves, sunlight, spring, colour

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Added: 2026-01-25

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A Workshop for Stafe Costumes: The ChiselingModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A man with short back and sides hair, a suit jacket, and what looks like a green dress but is probably an apron, uses a small hammer with a chisel on a shield. In the background plate armour for a war [...]

Keywords: tradesmen, armour, lances, weapons, horses, men, people, candleabra, colour

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Added: 2025-11-28

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Christmas Still LifeModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A man wearing a brown suit jacket, red waistcoat, white cravat and top hat has a smile has a carried a platter of Christmas food over one shoulder and a wicker basked containing four bottles of wine. [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, colour, feasts, people, waiters, men, top hats, poems, poetry, thanksgiving

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Added: 2024-10-31

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A Christmas-Box From ChinaModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A family in Germany have received a box of Christmas gifts from China in this coloured engraving from 1901. The mother is wearing (i think) a traditional embroidered xiuhe dress or shirt/blouse or jac [...]

Keywords: xmas, christmas, gifts, family, surprise, trees, ornaments, people, men, women, children, costumes, buddha, demons, mythological creatures, colour

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Added: 2025-07-24

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Angel of the New yearModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A winged angel, a woman, floats over a snow-covered village, a church and houses and farms visible in the background. She carries a severed evergreen tree over one shoulder and a shining lantern in he [...]

Keywords: christmas, new year, angels, women, people, dresses, bare feet, trees, winter, snow, villages, religion, christianity, greyscale

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Added: 2023-01-26

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New Year’s Eve PunchModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A bright-eyed young woman holds a glass bowl over her head; it’s filled with punch, an alcoholic drink shared on New Year’s Eve. Out of the bowl arise spirits, or dreams, in pink compared ot the grey [...]

Keywords: colour, women, new year, spirits, bowls, drink, dancing, nudity, smiles

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Added: 2020-09-21

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Serpentin-Tanzerin [the serpentine dancer]Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

The German word tänzerin means dancer, but primarily a female one. In this case the title is probably a reference to the film Die Serpentintänzerin which was produced in 1895; the film lasted for only [...]

Keywords: early film, colour, dancers, dancing, shawls, rainbow, exuberant, people, women, angels, wings

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Added: 2019-05-07

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Border with Green Man and CherubsModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

This full-page (landscape) border features two winged cherubs (or putti), one standing on either side, facing three-quarters away from us, the right-hand one holding binoculars up to his eyes. They ar [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, cherubs, faces, vines, bare feet, nudity, wings, greyscale

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Added: 2020-09-15

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Vorfrühling - Early SpringModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

This colour engraving of a detailed painting shows a water-side lansdcape with perhaps a classical temple in the background amongst tall trees. There’s a cloudy sky. Near the riverbank or lakeside, a [...]

Keywords: water, rivers, people, women, temples, trees, rocks, shores, art, colour, art, painting

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Added: 2023-03-22

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Klara Küry as Maya in The Greek SlaveModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Ödön Uher. Klara Küry als „Maïa” in „Der griechische Sklave” Klára Küry (1870 – 1935) was a Hungarian actress. Here, her portrait was made by the Hungarian/Romanian artist and photographer Ödön Uher ( [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, women, slaves, colour

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Added: 2024-08-08

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Avenue of SighsModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

In the Modern Kuinst book from which I scanned this full-page engraving, the picture is captioned (in German) Leaf Walk, but it was originally exhibited at the Große Berliner Kunstaustellung in 1901 w [...]

Keywords: nature, trees, paths, forests, spirits, spirit, ghosts, spooky, peaceful, peacefulness, quiet, peace, people, walking, autumn, greyscale

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Added: 2024-11-07

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G. Tornai: At the haremModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A woman, baring her breasts, is dancing in a harem, one arm over her heard, her feet bare. In the background a musician plays a lyre; another woman serves Moroccan-style tea on an octagonal side-table [...]

Keywords: harems, slavers, slavery, nudity, breasts, women, people, dancing, music, dance, oriental, middle eastern, interiors, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2019-05-16

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H Hendrich: Sea FablesModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Seemärchen. Here we see a woman, or perhaps a mermaid, emerging from the sea onto a rock, dripping with water. She is gazing at a sea-monster or dragon some way away, coming through a natural stone ar [...]

Keywords: people, women, water, monsters, sea creatures, mythological creatures, dragons, rocks, cities, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2020-02-29

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