November 24th, 2012
drawingdetail: John Singer Sargent, Sketch for the Sphinx and the Chimaera (Rotunda), 1917-21. Charcoal on paper, 62 x 45.5 cm (24 7/16 x 17 15/16 in). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

drawingdetail:

John Singer Sargent, Sketch for the Sphinx and the Chimaera (Rotunda), 1917-21. Charcoal on paper, 62 x 45.5 cm (24 7/16 x 17 15/16 in). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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May 8th, 2012
(via Cartooning: Byrnes’ Complete Guide To Cartooning Part Four « AnimationResources.org – Serving the Online Animation Community) Earl Oliver Hurst

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Earl Oliver Hurst

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May 1st, 2012
(via Cartooning: Byrnes’ Complete Guide To Cartooning Part One « AnimationResources.org – Serving the Online Animation Community) Thomas Jefferson Machamer began as a staff artist on the Kansas City Star in the early 1920s, and soon moved to New York, where he secured work with the New York Tribune. He made his name with his cartoons of pretty girls in Judge magazine in the late 1920s. In 1932, his strip, Gags & Galsdebuted in the New York Mirror. He continued to be active in both newspaper cartoons and magazine illustration throughout the 40s and 50s, and passed away in 1960.

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Thomas Jefferson Machamer began as a staff artist on the Kansas City Star in the early 1920s, and soon moved to New York, where he secured work with the New York Tribune. He made his name with his cartoons of pretty girls in Judge magazine in the late 1920s. In 1932, his strip, Gags & Galsdebuted in the New York Mirror. He continued to be active in both newspaper cartoons and magazine illustration throughout the 40s and 50s, and passed away in 1960.

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January 21st, 2012
(via The Pictorial Arts: As I Was Saying) Charles LaSalle — figure study — 1940s

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Charles LaSalle — figure study — 1940s

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October 19th, 2011
burnedshoes: © Curtis Moffat, 1920s, Figure study, London “He’s not pining, he’s passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He’s expired and gone to meet his maker. He’s a stiff, bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn’t have nailed him to the perch he’d be pushing up the daisies. He’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!” (Monty Python’s Flying Circus)

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© Curtis Moffat, 1920s, Figure study, London

“He’s not pining, he’s passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He’s expired and gone to meet his maker. He’s a stiff, bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn’t have nailed him to the perch he’d be pushing up the daisies. He’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!” (Monty Python’s Flying Circus)

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