Poster Art: The Amphibian Man
The Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiya), 1960
Soviet Union
Dir: Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky
Soviet poster
Poster artist: K-T C ?
Via Wrong Side of the Art
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 0 comments
Labels: movie posters, posters, Soviet Union, the amphibian man, USSR
Illustration: Stig Lindberg
illuopa: Stig Lindberg (foreign illustrator - part1)
-
Lennart Hellsing , who just turned 80, wrote this children's book called Daniel Doppsko in 1959. He has always been particular as to who will do the illustrations of his books and in the 40s and the 50s he often chose Stig Lindberg.
-
Lennart Hellsing (Swedish Wikipedia)
--
Some of Lindberg's design works.
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 3 comments
Labels: 1950s, book illustrations, children's books, children's illustration, daniel doppsko, illuopa, illustration, lennart hellsing, Stig Lindberg, swedish
Animation: Kikkoman
Let's continue the repost fest. I posted the Kikkoman animation in June 2005 and still think it's pretty funny. Enjoy.
Japanese version (begin here!)
English version (smaller, translated)
--
these are some of my favorite things
---
Ephemera: Omochae
Ephemera Assemblyman: Omochae: Japanese toy pictures
What is it? Can you help with the definition?
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 3 comments
Labels: Ephemera, ephemera assemblyman, japan, Japanese, toy
Vintage Photos: The Spotnicks
From RETrOZONe
--
Related posts:
Poster Art: Those Rocket Men...
Album Covers: The Spotnicks
Music: The Spotniks
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 2 comments
Labels: music, space age, Sweden, swedish, the spotnicks, vintage photos
Art: Lyonel Charles Feininger
The White Man, painting by Lyonel Charles Feininger (1907)
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
"Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter and caricaturist."
"Feininger only started working as an artist at the age of 36, after having worked as a commercial caricaturist for twenty years for various newspapers and magazines in both the USA and Germany; he was a member of the Berliner Sezession in 1909, was associated with expressionist group Die Brücke, the Novembergruppe, Gruppe 1919, the Blaue Reiter circle and The Blue Four. Famously, he designed the cover for the Bauhaus 1919 manifesto: an expressionist woodcut 'cathedral'. He also taught at the Bauhaus for several years." - Wikipedia
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 5 comments
Labels: art, bauhaus, Der Blaue Reiter, Die Brücke, Feininger, German, German expressionism, pipe, pipe smoker
Art: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Fränzi in front of Carved Chair, painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1910)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art." - Wikipedia
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 0 comments
Labels: art, Die Brücke, German, German expressionism, kirchner
Art: Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky
Alexander Sakharoff, portrait by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1909
"Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941) was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later the Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four)." - Wikipedia
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 4 comments
Labels: art, Der Blaue Reiter, German, German expressionism, jawlensky, russian
Music: Cannonball Adderley - Love, Sex, And The Zodiac
My Jazz World: Cannonball Adderley - Love, Sex, And The Zodiac (1974)
"...another great collaboration by saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and writer/narrator Rick Holmes, together they take a look at the different zodiac signs relating to..."
...well, love and sex.
--
And there's also:
Cannonball Adderley - The Soul Zodiac (1972)
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 2 comments
Labels: 1970s, cannonball adderley, Jazz, love, music, sex, zodiac
Ephemera: "Nursery Rhymes" Playing Cards
Ephemera Assemblyman: "Nursery Rhymes" Playing Cards.
Note: At the bottom of his post you'll find links for more cards.
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 0 comments
Labels: 1800S, cards, deck of cards, Ephemera, ephemera assemblyman, nursery rhymes, playing cards
Illustration: Le père fume sa pipe
Posted by Martin Klasch 0 comments
Labels: 1960s, Agence Eureka, french, illustration, pipe, pipe smoker, tobacco, tobacco paraphernalia
Architecture: Way to Go, Kim.
Posted by Martin Klasch 3 comments
Labels: architecture, communist, kim jong il, monument, north korea, propaganda
Architecture: Unrealised Projects for Moscow
Let's kick off the rerun series from... the beginning. The first Martin Klasch post ever posted:
(from 2005-05-02)
Palace of Soviets (Dom Sovetov). O.Iofan, O.Gelfreikh, V.Schuko. Sculptor S.Merkulov. A Version of the approved project. 1934
Schusev State Museum of Architecture Moscow: The Architecture of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Unrealised projects
--
Related post:
Vintage postcard: World exposition 1937
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 7 comments
Labels: architecture, moscow, Soviet, Soviet Union, Unrealised projects
Celebration: Four Years
I just realized that the Martin Klasch blog has turned four years old without any sort of celebration. So in honor of our more than 500.000 unique visitors we'll now begin a favorite post rerun series which we hereby name: These Are Some Of My Favorite Things. As they say: Stay tuned!
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 10 comments
Labels: anniversary, Celebration, Martin Klasch
Vintage Photo: Two Guys and a Tree
Today I found this old photo portraying a couple of guys in the Old Town of Stockholm. It was being displayed at the Nordiska muséet in a small exhibition about photography of everyday life and people. I'm sorry didn't note when or by whom it was taken but let's say (please do correct me) it's from about 1920-30. UPDATE: Josephzohn says "The old photo was taken by Gösta Spång in February 1924, 20 minutes past 3 in the afternoon!" which is confirmed here. Anyway, I immediately liked it, the composition, the tree and the guys. I also felt that the place was familiar, not that I knew exactly where but I knew I'd find it. With some luck I found it straight away (very close to where Josephzohn works, by the way).
The tiny tree was much larger but the houses in the background looked exactly the same (as they should in this part of Stockholm). I wanted to take a photo from more or less the same position but, damn it, they had put up a statue between the photographers position and the tree! Bastards. So I had to move in front of the statue to shoot it. As you can see in the larger compiled image of then and now the now-tree ended up a bit to the right of the then-tree. Either they moved it, perhaps it's even another tree planted later, or I simply should have moved a bit to the right. I had to manipulate today's photo to make everything but the tree fit, so the angle was somewhat off.
Tyska Stallplan (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia have this great (1,977 × 767 pixels) panoramic photo by Mats Halldin. Thanks. Click it!
More:
- Prästgatan No. 80 (Flickr)
- Mårten Trotzigs Gränd (Wikipedia)
- The relief plaque seen on the wall behind the guys says painter Carl Larsson was born at Prästgatan No. 78.
- "The most beautiful corner in/of Stockholm."
If you want to see the place on a 3D map click here and turn the view completely around or for the street view.
--
Related post:
Photo: Now and Then
---
Posted by Martin Klasch 10 comments
Labels: 1920s, Black and White photos, cell phone photo, gamla stan, gösta spång, nordiska muséet, prästgatan, stockholm, tyska stallplan, vintage photos