Bettina Baldassari, Italian Mixed-media Artist

'Old House in Wind' by Charles Frederick W. Mielatz, c. 1906.

Comfort Zone

Sabrina the Teenage Witch – 2.02: Sabrina Gets Her Licence (Part 2)

Ethel Gabain (French/English, 1883 - 1950): Auxiliary Fire Service Girl, City Fire Station (1940) (via ArtUK)

From the website:

Ethel Gabain was born in Le Havre, France, and studied at London’s Slade School of Fine Art and Central School of Arts and Crafts. Known for her portraits of actresses in character roles, Gabain was commissioned to record the effects of the war on Britain. As a war artist, she often portrayed both the physical dangers women faced and women completing tasks traditionally done by men, as with this portrait of an Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) girl. During the Second World War, women joined the AFS to help minimise the damage after the bombings. Women undertook training but often did not fight the fires. They became watchers, drivers, and managed communication networks and canteen vans. After the war, the majority of the AFS women were discharged or persuaded to retire.

“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed, as William Blake said. The same thing can happen when we’re around young children or adults who have unlearned those habits of shutting the world out.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin 

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