artists

Finster, Ramon, 194?-1996

Battlescarred — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:16:36 +0000

The Butte aux Cailles in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, lies south of the Seine. It is one of the least known old neighbourhoods of the French capital, like its working class cousins north of the river – Batignolles, Belleville and Menilmontant. The Butte rises gently beside the now subterranean course of Paris’s forgotten river the Bievre.

Michaelis, Margaret born Margaret Gross

Battlescarred — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:07:04 +0000

Margaret Michaelis’s prowess as a photographer has been hidden away until recently. Recent exhibitions in Canberra, Australia in 1988 and 2005 and in Valencia, Spain in 2005 have begun to dispel this cloud of obscurity.

John, Augustus, 1878-1961

Steven. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:48:56 +0000

Augustus John and the Anarchists
Augustus John has often been cited as one of a few from the British artistic and intellectual milieu to have identified themselves with the anarchist movement. But Augustus John’s relationship with that movement was as ambivalent as his own life.

Acín Aquilué, Ramón, 1888-1936

Steven. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:21:51 +0000

“We have as our flag the love of culture, the cult of fraternity and liberty”

Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917

Steven. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:47:06 +0000

At the end of the 19th century, many French writers were attracted to anarchism. Some of them were fascinated by the bomb attacks of “propaganda by deed” anarchists Ravachol and Emile Henry, and wanted to write a book that would be a literary bomb, destroying the foundations of the religion, the family and the nation state.

Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903

Steven. — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:42:21 +0000

Camille Pisarro
Born 10 July 1830 – St. Thomas, Caribbean, died 13 November 1903 - Paris, France

At the end of the nineteenth century, anarchist ideas had a notable influence not just among workers but also in literary and artistic circles in France.

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970

Steven. — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:50:25 +0000

Mark Rothko
Born Marcus Rothkowitz, 25 September 1903 - Russia, died 25 February 1970 - New York, USA

Marcus Rothkowitz was born to Jewish parents in Czarist Russia on September 25, 1903 in Dvinsk. His father emigrated to America when he was ten.

Signac, Paul, 1863-1935

Steven. — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:27:46 +0000

Paul Signac
Born 11 November 1863 - Paris, France, died 15 August 1935 - Paris, France

How I Became a Socialist

libcom — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:14:38 +0000

How I Became a Socialist was first published in Justice, June 16th, 1894.

"In his last years Morris modified his long-held anti-Parliamentarian position, agreeing that the time had now come for the formation of a Socialist Party. He did not rejoin the Socialist Democratic Federation (S.D.F.) but ended his breach with Hyndman to the extent of writing several articles for the S.D.F. journal, Justice. In this one he looks back over his life and sums up his development." - A. L. Morten.

Baj, Enrico, 1924-2003

Ed — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:09:15 +0000

Baj was devoted to anarchism and this expressed itself in his works. His vast canvases were beautiful and often funny. When it was exhibited in Italy in 1972, his Funeral of the Anarchist Pinelli (thrown from a police station window and made famous by Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist) led to police commissioners marching in and closing down the gallery.