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Virginia Woolf at Monk’s House, Sussex, date unknown, repinned by www.jane-davis.co.uk
Chemin faisant
Rainer Maria Rilke with the painter Baladine Klossowska and her son Balthus, 1922, Beatenberg, Switzerland
A famous German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), shown here skating in Frankfurt, was known for having a very high IQ. This poet, dramatist and scientist created a wide variety of written works, and his drama Faust is thought to be one of the greatest works of literature in the world.
The Board of Cheap and Cheerful
vita sackville-west and violet trefusis
Susan Sontag AKA Susan Rosenblatt Born: 16-Jan-1933 Birthplace: New York City Died: 28-Dec-2004 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Leukemia
Louise Bourgeois - The founder of a branch of modern art known as Confessional Artwork, Louise Bourgeois was herself not validated by the contemporary art world until 1981 despite being heavily involved since the early 1950s. Her work is unabashadly feminine and often political touching on "womanly" subjects such as Aids awareness and LGBT rights. Most prominently her work is not pretty. To be a woman artist making "grotesquely feminine" work that is accepted by the art world is a huge feat....
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Virginia Woolf - Duncan Grant (British, 1885–1978)