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Michèle Morgan by Studio Harcourt, c1953.
February 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Boy with Comic.' (c1953) Of all the children who sat for Joan Eardley, Andrew Sampson was her favourite - a boldly but sensitively painted work, a picture which has authority and presence; a proper portrait and not a caricature.
March 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Photograph Of US Mail Van In The Snow, c1953

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A letter carrier drives one of the Department’s new right-hand drive vans on the snowy streets of an unidentified city.
February 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Boy with Comic.' (c1953) Of all the children who sat for Joan Eardley, Andrew Sampson was her favourite - a boldly but sensitively painted work, a picture which has authority and presence; a proper portrait, not a caricature.
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
jacted7.bsky.social
Orange Umbrella
by Saul Leiter
c1953
January 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Boy with Comic.' (c1953) Of all the children who sat for Joan Eardley, Andrew Sampson was her favourite - a boldly but sensitively painted work, a picture which has authority and presence; a proper portrait and not a caricature.
'Boy with Comic.' (c1953) Of all the children who sat for Joan Eardley, Andrew Sampson was her favourite - a boldly but sensitively painted work, a picture which has authority and presence; a proper portrait and not a caricature.
February 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'A Tavern Brawl.' (c1953) James Fitton often captured human behaviour at its most unguarded: the awkward, the humorous, the slightly chaotic, people as they are, not as they pretend to be, quibbling, laughing, drinking, drifting, or something a little more physical.
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
John Arnesby Brown's 'The Cross Roads,' (c1953) depicts a junction at Hadiscoe in Norfolk on the Reedham to Beccles road. St Mary's church, with its distinctive Saxon round tower, sits on an area of higher ground and is a landmark for miles around.
John Arnesby Brown's 'The Cross Roads,' (c1953) depicts a junction at Hadiscoe in Norfolk on the Reedham to Beccles road. St Mary's church, with its distinctive Saxon round tower, sits on an area of higher ground and is a landmark for miles around.
February 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Waiting at the Bus Stop.' (c1953) Ronald Ossory Dunlop relished the work of dozens of his peers and predecessors. He admired Oscar Kokoschka; the brilliant colour and emotional energy of Matthew Smith and the quiet tones of Lawrence Gowing. Quite an amalgam.
May 18, 2026 at 6:31 AM
notmyrealid.bsky.social
MG TF c1953

Olympus 35 RC + Kodak Portra 160 + Nikon Coolscan LS-50
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#photography #BelieveInFilm #vintage #bnw
February 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
#audreyhepburn #moviestar #actress #romanholiday #c1953 #hollywood #goldenage #silverscreen #face #budfraker #photographer #photography #photograph #art #beauty
dean.bsky.social Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · Jun 27
Bud Fraker’s shot of Audrey Hepburn on the set of Roman Holiday, in 1953, is one of the great Hollywood portraits.
Close-up of Hepburn in front of Venetian blinds
June 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Three Standing Figures
bronze
1953
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
UK

#sculpture #modernsculpture #biomorphism #modernart #art #henrymoore #uk #c1953 #bronze #bronzesculpture #threestandingfigures #modernbronze #biomorphicsculpture
February 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
John Arnesby Brown's 'The Cross Roads,' (c1953) depicts a junction at Hadiscoe in Norfolk on the Reedham to Beccles road. St Mary's church, v with its distinctive Saxon round tower, sits on an area of higher ground and is a landmark for miles around.
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Miss Hussey.' (c1953) Carel Weight is known for his portrayals of daily life in Battersea and Clapham and for his penetrating portraits, of which this is a prime example. Miss Hussey was a near neighbour in Putney and in Weight's words 'formidable at chess.'
January 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
romanbone.bsky.social
Michèle Morgan by Studio Harcourt, c1953.
February 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
willfulchipmunk.bsky.social
I'd go with Gregory Peck when he was young. Did you ever see him in the movie "Captain Horatio Hornblower? c1951, or Roman Holiday? c1953. He was gorgeous!
May 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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August 27, 2023 at 11:18 AM
jonsleigh.bsky.social
Busy 🐝 at Wolverhampton Art Gallery today sorting out the final series of community curation events - time away from emails a must in the company of the mighty Roland Penrose and ‘New Installation’ c1953 👌
December 3, 2024 at 2:54 PM
lairddinnaken.bsky.social
Reminds me of Donovan's Brain 🧠 c1953 🫡
September 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
lccmunicipal.bsky.social
Municipal guide of the day: the pre-1965 Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth. This one, from the 1950s, features a great shot of the Town Hall on the cover.
The cover features a large colour photo of Lambeth Town Hall. The Council coat of arms features prominently. The title is: LAMBETH Official Guide Taken from: The Borough of Lambeth: Official Guide Published by: Pyramid Press Ltd on behalf of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Date: Undated but c1953 Two black and white photos of Lambeth’s Portobello Estate: Lindway and the Children’s playground. Taken from: The Borough of Lambeth: Official Guide Published by: Pyramid Press Ltd on behalf of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Date: Undated but c1953 Two black and white photos of low rise housing in Lambeth: the Elder Road and Denmark Road estates Taken from: The Borough of Lambeth: Official Guide Published by: Pyramid Press Ltd on behalf of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Date: Undated but c1953 A black and white photo of the model village in Vauxhall Park Photo credit: Uncredited Taken from: The Borough of Lambeth: Official Guide Published by: Pyramid Press Ltd on behalf of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Date: Undated but c1953
November 7, 2024 at 6:32 PM
stephenkb.bsky.social
Churchill c1953-55, Wilson 1974-6, Starmer...maybe Eden is in there too? I'm inclined to say "no" but I may be letting his prewar work wag the dog.
August 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
phaedra-b.bsky.social
Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Myth and Ritual in Christianity by Alan W. Watts (c1953, 1968)
April 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur
oil on canvas
1953
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)
Mexico

#art #surrealism #surrealistart #mexico #mexicanart #mexicanmodernism #modernism #painting #leonoracarrington #mexicocity #c1953 #oilpainting #mythology #mcm #andthenwesawthedaughteroftheminotaur
At 19, Carrington visited the first International Surrealist Exhibition in London. Reviewing the exhibition’s catalogue, Carrington was struck by the work of Max Ernst, and felt a particular affinity for his dreamlike painting Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale (1924). The following year, she met Ernst in Paris and the two began a relationship, soon establishing a home in St. Martin d’Ardèche in the south of France, where they frequently hosted their Surrealist circle of friends. Nevertheless, Carrington remained on the periphery of the movement. As her mentor and friend the Argentine-Italian artist Léonor Fini has said, Carrington was “never Surrealist but a true revolutionary.” In late 1942, Carrington moved to Mexico City, where she would remain for the rest of her life. There she joined a growing community of expatriate artists, writers, and photographers, including Varo, Benjamin Péret, Kati and José Horna, and her new husband, Emerico “Chiki” Weisz. This setting fueled her passion for the unknown, allowing her to discover cooking, healing, and mythologies that were new to her. Her 1943 drawing Kitchen Clock shows the extent to which she saw the kitchen not just as a place of domestic routines, but as a magical realm, one where women could perform acts of alchemical transformation. In And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953), she depicts her two small children—Gabriel and Pablo—among mystical creatures and crystal balls, possibly awaiting an act of divination. Over the course of her eight-decade career, Carrington continued to explore the mystery of the world around her, claiming at the end of her life, “The only thing I know, is that I don’t know.”
May 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
emmydee50.bsky.social
Vile, bigoted Britain c1953?
February 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM
the-eldest.bsky.social
Johnnie Ray, at the London Palladium
c1953/54
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM