March 6, 2014, Filed Under: Art, PhotographyFrom the Outside In: David Douglas Duncan’s photograph “Picasso’s Eyes,” 1957 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
March 4, 2014, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsWorld War I-era Russian propaganda posters portray food as evil Food was in high demand during the First World War, especially in Russia. The food shortages were so constant that they were ultimately one of the factors that helped to incite the revolutions of 1917. Although seemingly minor compared to the famine Eastern Europe would later experience under Stalin, food… read more
February 16, 2014, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Frank Nicolet Lucien poster pays homage to poem “In Flanders Fields” In the spring of 1915, John McCrae, a young Canadian surgeon, conducted a burial service for a friend, killed by German artillery during the Second Battle of Ypres, in the First World War. Inspired by the friend’s death, McCrae composed a poem, which he discarded, believing it to be no good. An… read more
