1. After last weeks’ Mustache Monday with Solomon J. Solomon, we were still feeling the artistic vibe and thought we’d highlight yet another great artist: Georges Jules Victor Clairin. Clairin is a French painter who created many decorative pieces for various public buildings in Paris. He also caught the eye of actress Sarah Bernhardt and became one of her most favored portraitist, creating paintings based on various roles that she played.  (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

    After last weeks’ Mustache Monday with Solomon J. Solomon, we were still feeling the artistic vibe and thought we’d highlight yet another great artist: Georges Jules Victor Clairin.

    Clairin is a French painter who created many decorative pieces for various public buildings in Paris. He also caught the eye of actress Sarah Bernhardt and became one of her most favored portraitist, creating paintings based on various roles that she played. 

    (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

  2. Solomom J. Solomon, a British painter, is best known for his dramatic, theatrical scenes from mythology and the biblical context. Ironically, Solomon painted these scenes out of pure enjoyment. He mainly painted portraits to make ends meet.  NYPL has a great selection of works about Solomon’s work if you are interested in learning more about his style of art.  Happy Mustache Monday! (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

    Solomom J. Solomon, a British painter, is best known for his dramatic, theatrical scenes from mythology and the biblical context. Ironically, Solomon painted these scenes out of pure enjoyment. He mainly painted portraits to make ends meet. 

    NYPL has a great selection of works about Solomon’s work if you are interested in learning more about his style of art. 

    Happy Mustache Monday!

    (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

  3. Hey New Yorkers: Can you tell us who was the first mayor of New York City in 1898 after all five boroughs were consolidated? I’ll give you a hint…He’s the man with the mustache! You’ve guessed right, it’s Robert Anderson Van Wyck, an attorney turned politician, who served as mayor of NYC from 1898 to 1901.  Want to learn more about the mayors of New York City? Check out ‘Part II: The Mayors of Greater New York From 1898’ at NYPL to get the scoop on Mr. Van Wyck and those who followed him! (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

    Hey New Yorkers: Can you tell us who was the first mayor of New York City in 1898 after all five boroughs were consolidated? I’ll give you a hint…He’s the man with the mustache!

    You’ve guessed right, it’s Robert Anderson Van Wyck, an attorney turned politician, who served as mayor of NYC from 1898 to 1901. 

    Want to learn more about the mayors of New York City? Check out ‘Part II: The Mayors of Greater New York From 1898’ at NYPL to get the scoop on Mr. Van Wyck and those who followed him!

    (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

  4. What do mustaches and poetry have in common…Langston Hughes!  Don’t miss our last poetry-themed Mustache Monday in honor of National Poetry Month.  Check out Hughes’ legacy as a poet and activist at NYPL today! (Photo: From Academy of American Poets.)

    What do mustaches and poetry have in common…Langston Hughes! 

    Don’t miss our last poetry-themed Mustache Monday in honor of National Poetry Month. 

    Check out Hughes’ legacy as a poet and activist at NYPL today!

    (Photo: From Academy of American Poets.)

  5. In keeping with this month’s poet-themed Mustache Monday, NYPL features Allen Ginsberg this week, with an interesting cab-side photograph of the poet!

    In keeping with this month’s poet-themed Mustache Monday, NYPL features Allen Ginsberg this week, with an interesting cab-side photograph of the poet!

  6. This week’s Mustache Monday goes to Poet Walt Whitman, courtesy of this fantastic photo from NYPL’s Berg Collection. Happy Mustache Monday! Don’t forget to celebrate National Poetry Month by stopping by a NYPL branch and reading poetry by the likes of Whitman, Longfellow and Shakespeare!

    This week’s Mustache Monday goes to Poet Walt Whitman, courtesy of this fantastic photo from NYPL’s Berg Collection.

    Happy Mustache Monday! Don’t forget to celebrate National Poetry Month by stopping by a NYPL branch and reading poetry by the likes of Whitman, Longfellow and Shakespeare!

  7. The second poet for National Poetry Month’s Mustache Monday goes to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Although he often sported a mustache and a massive beard, in this portrait from NYPL’s Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, he is rocking some outrageous sideburns!  Happy Mustache Monday!

    The second poet for National Poetry Month’s Mustache Monday goes to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Although he often sported a mustache and a massive beard, in this portrait from NYPL’s Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, he is rocking some outrageous sideburns! 

    Happy Mustache Monday!

  8. Since April is National Poetry Month, NYPL has decided to showcase poets with top-notch mustaches for Mustache Monday. Happy Mustache Monday from NYPL and William Shakespeare! (Photo from NYPL Digital Library.)

    Since April is National Poetry Month, NYPL has decided to showcase poets with top-notch mustaches for Mustache Monday.

    Happy Mustache Monday from NYPL and William Shakespeare!

    (Photo from NYPL Digital Library.)

  9. Back in 2009, NYPL had an exhibition that marked the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s famous voyage to the New World.  Today, Mark Siegel is developing a graphic novel, “Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson,” which tells the story of star-crossed lovers steamship captain, Elijah Twain, and the Mermaid of the North River (a.k.a. Hudson River). If this graphic novel piques your interest, join Siegel and NYPL for the “Sailor Twain’s New York: Secrets and Mysteries of the River Hudson” exhibition which opens April 28, 2013.  Since this exhibit was sparked by the memory of Henry Hudson, we thought it was fitting to feature him for this week’s Mustache Monday! (Photo archived in NYPL Digital Gallery.)

    Back in 2009, NYPL had an exhibition that marked the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s famous voyage to the New World. 

    Today, Mark Siegel is developing a graphic novel, “Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson,” which tells the story of star-crossed lovers steamship captain, Elijah Twain, and the Mermaid of the North River (a.k.a. Hudson River).

    If this graphic novel piques your interest, join Siegel and NYPL for the “Sailor Twain’s New York: Secrets and Mysteries of the River Hudson” exhibition which opens April 28, 2013. 

    Since this exhibit was sparked by the memory of Henry Hudson, we thought it was fitting to feature him for this week’s Mustache Monday! (Photo archived in NYPL Digital Gallery.)

  10. In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, this week’s lucky Mustache Monday Irishman is James Joyce! Joyce mostly fashioned a traditional mustache but in this portrait he is sporting a Van Dyke beard.  Joyce was born in Rathgar, a suburb south of Dublin. He was one of the most influential Irish novelists and poets of the early 20th century. If you are interested in Joyce’s work, NYPL recommends reading Dubliners or Finnegans Wake.  Happy Mustache Monday!

    In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, this week’s lucky Mustache Monday Irishman is James Joyce! Joyce mostly fashioned a traditional mustache but in this portrait he is sporting a Van Dyke beard. 

    Joyce was born in Rathgar, a suburb south of Dublin. He was one of the most influential Irish novelists and poets of the early 20th century. If you are interested in Joyce’s work, NYPL recommends reading Dubliners or Finnegans Wake. 

    Happy Mustache Monday!