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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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| Two Girls Reading | |
|---|---|
| Deux enfants lisant (French) | |
 | |
| Artist | Pablo Picasso |
| Year | 1934 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Movement | Cubism |
| Dimensions | 91 cm × 70 cm (36 in × 27.5 in) |
| Location | |
Two Girls Reading (French: Deux enfants lisant) is a 1934 painting by Pablo Picasso. Since 1994, it has been at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.[1]
In 2002, UMMA included it in an exhibition called Picasso: Masterworks of the Collection.[2][3]
The figure on the left is thought to be Marie-Thérèse Walter, the twenty-three-year-old woman who gave birth to Picasso's daughter Maïa in 1935.[1][4][2] The figure on the right is thought to be either Walter's sister, or Picasso's first wife Olga Koklova.[1]
The painting shows Picasso's "fascination with the subject of women engaged in everyday activities who are united in their ability to convey intensity and peaceful contemplation simultaneously."[3]
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Two Girls Reading (French: Deux enfants lisant) is a 1934 painting by Pablo Picasso. Since 1994, it has been at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. In 2002, UMMA included it in an exhibition called Picasso: Masterworks of the Collection.
Artworks by Pablo Picasso from 1931 to 1940: Still Life on Pedestal Table – 1931 The Sculptor – 1931 Figures by the Sea – 1931 Woman with Yellow Hair – 1931 Woman in a Red Armchair (1931), displayed in public for the first time in 2016 at the Met Breuer; not to be confused with Woman in a Red Armchair (1929) Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) (1931) Girl before a Mirror – 1932 Young Woman with Mandolin – 1932, likely a portrait of Picasso's young mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, University of Michigan Museum of Art Woman with Book – 1932 La Lecture – 1932 Le Repos – 1932 Le Rêve – 1932 Nude, Green Leaves and Bust – 1932 Nude in a Black Armchair – 1932 Nude Woman in a Red Armchair (Femme nue dans un fauteuil rouge, Marie-Thérèse Walter, 1932), Tate Femme à la montre, Oil on canvas, 51+1⁄8 by 38+1⁄8 in (130 by 97 cm), former collection of Emily Fisher Landau The Red Armchair – 1933 The Rooster – 1933 Woman with a Vase – 1933 Seated Model & Sculptor Studying Sculptured Head (Sculpteur, Modèle couché et sculpture, 1933) from the Vollard Suite Minotaur Kneeling over Sleeping Girl – 1933 The Bullfight (Courses de taureaux) – 1934, oil on canvas, University of Michigan Museum of Art Dying Bull – 1934 Girl Reading at a Table – 1934 The Painter – 1934, Wadsworth Atheneum The Studio – 1934 (oil and enamel on canvas, 5' 1/3" x 4' 1/4", collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) Two Girls Reading (Deux Enfants Lisant) – 1934, oil on canvas, University of Michigan Museum of Art Jeune Fille Endormie – 1935 The Muse – 1935 Minotauromachy – 1935 Minotaur Moving – 1936 Faun Revealing a Sleeping Woman (Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt) (Faune dévoilant une dormeuse (Jupiter et Antiope, d'après Rembrandt, 1936), Tate The Vollard Suite of 100 etchings was completed in 1937. Commissioned in 1930, Picasso had begun work on the suite in 1933. Over 300 sets were created. Seated Woman (Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter) – 1937 Lee Miller (of Lee Miller, 1937) The Dream and Lie of Franco – 1937 Guernica – 1937 Portrait of Dora Maar – 1937 The Weeping Woman (Femme en pleurs, 1937), Tate Modern The Bathers – 1937 Woman in Hat and Fur Collar – 1937 Girl with a Red Beret and Pompom – 1937 Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) – 1937 The Artist Before His Canvas – 1938 Girl With A Boat – 1938 Man with a Lollipop −1938 Woman with a Hairnet – 1938 Maya in a Sailor Suit – 1938 Maya with Doll – 1938 (owned by Diana Widmaier Picasso) Dora Maar Seated (Dora Maar assise, 1938), Tate Woman with Cockerel – 1938 Una mujer – 1939 Woman's Head – 1939
Two Girls and a Guy is a 1997 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by James Toback and produced by Edward R. Pressman and Chris Hanley. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film is mainly based upon dialogue between the characters. It occurs almost entirely in real time, and within a single setting, leading some reviewers to compare the film to a stage play. Director James Toback told interviewers he wrote the film's screenplay in only four days and shot the film in eleven days.
Reading Abbey Girls' School, also known as Reading Ladies’ Boarding School, was an educational establishment in Reading, Berkshire open from at least 1755 until 1794. Many of its pupils went on to make a mark on English culture and society, particularly as writers. The most famous is Jane Austen, who used the school as a model of "a real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school".
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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