Countries use fake over-exaggerated posters to promote war During the advent of World War I, the European countries as well as Canada and the US, utilized propaganda as a way to convince people to join or support the war effort… Continue Reading →

Andre Derain Andre Derain was a Fauvist French artist born on June 10, 1880, in Chatou, France. Andre’s father was a milkman and an elected politician and was quite well respected in the community. Derain was educated in Saint Croix… Continue Reading →

Meet the Leader who is willing to kick ass For a long ass time, Native Americans and Canadian aboriginals have been constantly been oppressed by governments ran by old white geezers fueled with racism. Their land was stolen, forced migration,… Continue Reading →

Camille Pissarro Camille Pissarro was a French Impressionist artist who was born on July 10, 1830 in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands. Pissarro was the third son of a French Jewish merchant of Portuguese descent, Abraham Gabriel Pissarro, and Rachel Manzana-Pomie,… Continue Reading →

Winslow Homer Winslow Homer was born on February 24, 1836, in Boston, Massachusetts as the second of three children to Henrieta Benson and Charles Homer. At the age of 6, his family moved to Cambridge and was encouraged by his… Continue Reading →

Crap-tastic life Life during the Industrial Revolution was pretty rough for the average worker in the US and UK. Workers would work in factories for fourteen to sixteen hours a day for 6 days a week and would only be… Continue Reading →

Here Comes the Big Guy Big ideas can come from small places or so they say. On March 2, 1884, American engineer and classmate of Gustav Eiffel, William Le Baron Jenney received permission to build what would be the first… Continue Reading →

Jean-Antoine Watteau Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French Rococo painter born on October 10, 1684, in a Flemish town of Valenciennes. His father was a roof tiler and at a young age, he would be sensitive to mood changes but was… Continue Reading →

Research: EXTRA, EXTRA! More Books Coming Through! New Inventions The invention of the printing press was probably the most important invention in history when it came to communication and new ideas. Before the Gutenberg invented it, many books had to be… Continue Reading →