September 6th, 2010 / 5:52 pm
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the paintings of e.e. cummings

As a poet, E. E. Cummings has enjoyed tremendous popularity throughout the 20th century, and great critical acclaim from many different literary circles. His poetry has been widely hailed for its experimental form, typography, grammar, and word coinages, as well as for the subtlety and sensitivity of its perceptions and feeling…Less well-known, however, are Cummings’ achievements as a visual artist and the extent to which they express in an entirely different medium the same aesthetic principles and rigorous artistic intelligence that inform his poetry. Cummings viewed himself as much a painter as a poet…

The Paintings of E.E. Cummings

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  1. September 6th, 2010 / 10:30 pm andrew—

      this is cool

  2. September 7th, 2010 / 2:30 am andrew—

      this is cool

  3. September 7th, 2010 / 11:29 am evlav—

      thanks, chris. this is awesome.

  4. September 7th, 2010 / 1:25 pm ce.—

      This is great, Christopher. I’ve seen some of his sketches before, but never actually saw any of this paintings. I wonder if there’s any info as to whether/where these might be exhibited in museums. I didn’t get to actually read much of the content there because I’m at work. Was there a mention of that on that site at all?

  5. September 7th, 2010 / 3:29 pm evlav—

      thanks, chris. this is awesome.

  6. September 7th, 2010 / 5:25 pm ce.—

      This is great, Christopher. I’ve seen some of his sketches before, but never actually saw any of this paintings. I wonder if there’s any info as to whether/where these might be exhibited in museums. I didn’t get to actually read much of the content there because I’m at work. Was there a mention of that on that site at all?