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KATE DIEHN-BITT

Fascinating work and a new discovery for me. As Wikipedia,de says “In den frühen fünfziger Jahren zieht sich jedoch Kate Diehn-Bitt vom öffentlichen Leben weitgehend zurück und legt alle Funktionen nieder. Sie beschäftigt sich mit dem Alten Testament und mit dem Thomas Mann-Werk „Joseph und seine Brüder“. Auffallend ist die Zuwendung zur Literatur, sie liest in dieser Zeit sehr viel. Besonders das Schicksal der Juden beschäftigt sie. Kate Diehn-Bitts Stiefvater war Jude, viele seiner Angehörigen kamen in den Konzentrationslagern um.”

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Kate Diehn-Bitt (1900-1978).

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BERLIN´S HOCHBAHN TURNS 115!

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After nearly six years of construction and over a decade-long tug-of-war with various authorities, on February 18, 1902 Berlin´s first electric and predominantly elevated city railway opened for service.

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The construction of Stammstrecke, or “Core/Stem Line” connecting Warschauer Brücke with Zoologischer Garten – two important railway junctions in the east and the west of the city (or, rather, cities since Charlottenburg and Schöneberg, which were to profit from the connection, were independent cities then), made its architects and engineers involved in the project face completely new challenges.

They also had to face a particularly strong wave of scepticism, bordering on hostility. Everybody wanted to get connected but nobody wanted either to see or to hear the trains dashing through their streets along steel viaducts. Not to mention the fact that their level of enthusiasm for the viaducts themselves was, to put it mildly, negligible.

Excavated U-Bahn tunnel in Charlottenburg, 1902 (image through Siemens Archive). Excavated U-Bahn tunnel in Charlottenburg…

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Charles-François Daubigny: the first Impressionist? 2

A fascinating introduction to intersting and important paintings.

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Two hundred years ago today, Charles-François Daubigny was born in Paris. My previous article traced his career up to 1863, and showed a small selection of his paintings. This article concludes that account.

In 1865, Daubigny visited London, where he had lunch with Whistler. Back in France, he continued painting his superb and highly innovative river landscapes in the Île de France, the countryside around Paris, which he knew from his childhood.

daubignyboatsonoise Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878), Boats on the Oise (1865), oil on panel, 36 x 67 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.

Working on the bank or in his floating studio, paintings such as his Boats on the Oise (1865) were generally well-received, although there were still critics who complained about his lack of Salon finish.

daubignybarges Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878), Les péniches (Barges) (1865), oil on panel, 38 × 67 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.

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VANESSA BELL

More lovely work by another woman painter!

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Vanessa Bell (1879-1961).

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AUGUST SANDER

Really great photography!

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August Sander (1876-1964).

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On Missing Out

An interesting commentary on the incisive and accessible work of Adam Phillips.

aldussault's avatarDESIRE-ING: libido and the law of attraction

Adam Phillips talks about the missing life that we narrate internally.  We are missing out on a life we dream about, pinning away for whatever it is we do not have at the moment. Thereby forfeiting the positive experience of the life we have. He subtitled his book:  In Praise of the Unlived Life.  It is a wonderfully assessable thesis that engages the psychoanalytic devotee in a conversation that is about the inner landscape of human existence.  He begins with desire as the source of both satisfaction and frustration.

Being absorbed in the everydayness of existence is the art of life.  Being alone with our inner landscape is a process that some enjoy more than others.  For some, the everydayness of life ought to be avoided for fear that it will bring about more fear. It has the capacity of madness, and what we know about analysis is that at…

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MARC CHAGALL

Wonderful stuff-I was interested to read of the interaction in Berlin between the poor German speaker, Chagall with the well spoken Max Liebermann.

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985).

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FRANZ LENK

Another Neue Sachlichkeit painter who worked in Hegau with Otto Dix.

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Franz Lenk (1898-1968).

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Easiest German – 21. Das kleine Mädchen mit der Locke

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Es war einmal ein kleines Mädchen, das eine Locke hatte, gerade vorn auf der Stirn. Wenn sie gut war, war sie sehr, sehr gut; aber wenn sie ungezogen war, war sie schrecklich.

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Easiest German – 46. Der Nordwind

I had almost forgotten in English!Thanks!

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Der Nordwind bläst, und wir bekommen Schnee; und was wird das arme Rotkehlchen dann tun, das arme Ding? Es wird in der Scheune sitzen, um sich warm zu halten, und den Kopf unter dem Flügel verstecken, das arme Ding!

Der Nordwind bläst, und wir bekommen Schnee; und was wird die Honigbiene tun, das arme Ding? Im Bienenstock wird sie bleiben, bis die Kälte vorbei ist, und dann kommt sie im Frühjahr heraus, das arme Ding!

Der Nordwind bläst und wir bekommen Schnee; und was wird der Winterschläfer dann tun, das arme Ding? In einen Ball zusammengerollt, in seinem Nest, klein und behaglich, schläft er, bis das warme Wetter wiederkehrt, das arme Ding!

Der Nordwind bläst, und wir bekommen Schnee; und was werden die Kinder dann tun, die armen Dinger? Wenn die Aufgaben fertig sind, werden sie springen, hüpfen und laufen; so werden sie sich warm halten, die armen Dinger!

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