Gags, Censorship, and Gagging
• March 23, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Cuba, curators, exhibitions, Fascism, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, Nazism, New Deal era, Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, photography, photomontage, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Russia, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian Library, totalitarian, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: "Degenerate" art, algorithms, American League Against War and Fascism, Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) caricatures, Audrey Feldman, August Mecklem Estate, Barron Gift Collier (1873-1939), Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), book banning, book burning, caricatures, cartoons, Censorship, Charles Coughlin, Collier's (magazine), Communism, Conrado Walter Massaguer, conspiracy theories, crown of thorns, dictators, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Entartete "Kunst" Ausstellung, Fascism, First Amendment, Francis Xavier Luca, freedom of speech, gagging, gags, Gerardo Machado (1871-1939), German Crown Prince, globes, Harald Engman, hate speech, Huey P. Long, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Instagram, J. P. Morgan, Jazz music, John Heartfield (1891-1968), Jordan Klepper, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), Leonard A. Lauder, Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Lusitania (Steamship), Maps, Michael Rosenfeld, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), Mundt-Nixon Bill, National Socialism, Nazi-occupied territories, Nazis, Neutrality, Pamela K. Harer, Paul Iribe (1883-1935), Photomontage, Plotting Power (Wolfsonian exhibitions), Sam Gross, skulls, Smith Act, Social (magazine), Soviet Union, spiders, The Evil Prince / by Hans Christian Andersen, The Saturday Evening Post (magazine), trolling, trolls, Tyrants and Terrorists: Satirists Bite Back (Wolfsonian Library installation), Ukraine famine, vampire bats, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vicki Gold Levi, William Gropper (1897-1977), William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
From Birthday Bash to Art Basel
• December 21, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, acquisitions, American left artists, Art Basel, bars, bindings, book art, British Army, cataloging, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, Communist Party of the United States of America, Cuba, displays, donations, exhibit cases, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, leftist artists, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, Popular Front, programs, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: 18th Amendment (Prohibition), A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects (exhibition), Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), African American poets, Al Hirschfeld, Art Basel, Book jackets, British Empire, caricatures, Charles Cullen, Countee Cullen, Daniel Morris, Fidel Castro, FIU marching band, Follies Bergere, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Britain, Harlem Renaissance, Havana (Cuba), Havana Chronicle (magazine), Historical Design, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), illustrated books, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Judith Berson-Levinson, Lea Nickless, Leonard Finger, Livia Cinquegrano, Louis Miano, Lutron Electronics, Marianne Lamonaca, Mark B. Rosenberg, Miami Beach (Florida), Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nightclubs, Nu Deco Ensemble, poetry, Prohibition, Richard Miltner, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Roger Arvid Anderson, Saville Ryan, Shoshana Resnikoff, Souvenirs, Speak-easies, Suffragettes, tourism, tourist trade, Tropicana, U.S. Army Air Forces, VIP visitors, Washington Storage Company
Caricaturist Conrado W. Massaguer and His Contemporaries
• August 20, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, Anti-Nazi propaganda, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, curator, donations, exhibitions, Fascism, Folklorists, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, political art, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian staff, World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso, American Weekly (magazine), Armando G. Menocal y G. Menocal, Axis, Babe Ruth, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Bohemia (magazine), Bohemia Libre (magazine), Calvin Coolidge, caricatures, caricaturists, celebrities, celebrity culture, Charles de Gualle, Charlie Chaplin, Chian Kai-shek, Conrado W. Massaguer, Cuba, Cuban caricaturists, Cuban exiles, Cuban presidents, Cubans, DiazCasas Collection, dictators, Diego Rivera, Don Alfonso XIII, Duke of WIndsor, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Enrico Caruso, Fidel Castro, Florence Mills, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Fulgencio Batista, games, General Francisco Carillo, Gerardo Machado, Ghandi, Harlem Renaissance, John D. Rockefeller, Jose Cecilio Hernandez Cardenas (Hercar), Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Juan Eduardo David Posada (David), Karikato (magazine), King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Latin American illustrators, Martijn F. Le Coultre, mass media, Maurice Chavalier, Mexican caricaturists, Mexico, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), movie stars, Nazis, New Yorker (magazine), Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Paul Whiteman, pictorial wit and humor, playing cards, politicians, portraits, Prince of Wales, public opinion, Queen Elizabeth II, Ramon Arroyo Cisneros (Arroyito), Ramon Grau San Martin, record album covers, Romulo Betancourt, Salon de Humoristas, Santa Claus, Satire, self-portraits, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Social (magazine), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Vanity Fair (magazine), world leaders, Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yucef Merhi
Around the World at the Wolfsonian-FIU Library
• September 20, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Coolies, ethnohistory, Far East, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, labor, library donors, Photograph albums, photography, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library
Tags: 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment, British Empire, China, Church Missionary Society, Coolies, FIU Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University faculty, Global & Sociocultural Studies, graduate students, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), Nicolae Harsanyi, photograph albums, Professor Gail Hollander, Rochelle Pienn, Royal Artillery, unskilled manual laborers
¡VIVA MÉXICO!
• October 1, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Anna Indych-Lopez, Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Lynda Klich, Mexican art, Mexico, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), muralists, murals, Rockefeller Centre
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