Put on your Peaky Blinders Irish step-dancing hat and mix together some bathtub gin and bitters, we’ve made it back to the Roaring Twenties. When it comes to nostalgia entertainment the sweet spot seems to be 20 – 30 years. With shows like Stranger Things reminding us of The Goonies and E.T. from the 80s… Continue reading Welcome to the Roaring Twenties
Tag: Ed Hopper
The Americana Art of Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was the Woodie Guthrie of Americana Art. He, Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry were the main artists of the Regionalist art movement, where artists depicted rural and small-town America during the Great Depression. His work is like a Steinbeck novel on canvas. When I look at some of these… Continue reading The Americana Art of Thomas Hart Benton
Community Spotlight: Skye Barak
Here’s another American Pulps Spotlight where we take a person from the American Pulps community and interview them. We have such an amazing community through social media and we want to give props where props are due. This week it is Skye Barak: Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m 21 years old, and… Continue reading Community Spotlight: Skye Barak
Inspirational Stuff: Sally Storch
Sally lives and works in Pasadena California, is a USC graduate and was married to the late Richard D. Bunkall another painter. This will be the first of many posts that showcases stuff that inspires the American Pulps team. Whether it’s movies, music, art, or real life people we take out inspiration from everywhere. We’re pretty… Continue reading Inspirational Stuff: Sally Storch
Influences of Film Noir
We’re gonna take a deep dive into Film Noir. It’s an aesthetic that’s as American as apple pie, meaning it was shaped in America but influenced from people elsewhere as well. I’m gonna break this down to a few categories. 1.) The content, the story 2.) The cinematography, what is the look. 3.) The sound. I’ll… Continue reading Influences of Film Noir
The art of Mad Men, a moving McGinnis painting
OK, we love Mad Men. It’s a classic TV show with very rich, well written characters set in a time period that we at American Pulps are very much into. I can’t say much about the show that hasn’t already been said. It’s been off the air for three years now and it’s been picked… Continue reading The art of Mad Men, a moving McGinnis painting