tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post715781611681488234..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: History is weird - the Hiram Bingham storyHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83472717178443002352012-02-04T23:54:39.519+11:002012-02-04T23:54:39.519+11:00Viola
I had mentioned Hiram Bingham IV only in pa...Viola<br /><br />I had mentioned Hiram Bingham IV only in passing in the Varian Fry story. Fry was the hero of the moment, as many famous emigrees to the USA readily acknowledged. It was only reading about Hiram Bingham III that made me think about the values that one strong man passed onto his son, another strong man.<br /><br />Quite a Bohemian life indeed! Fry mixed with the likes of André Breton, Max Ernst, Victor Serge, Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, Victor Brauner, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Lipchitz, Lion Feuchtwanger, Franz Werfel, Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel and Peggy Guggenheim. If you had a chance at picking when and where you wanted to live, 1930s Paris/Berlin would be the place.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24160434375132207352012-02-04T12:26:08.580+11:002012-02-04T12:26:08.580+11:00Thank you, Hels, for another fascinating post. I ...Thank you, Hels, for another fascinating post. I read a book about Varian Fry last year but I didn't know much about the Binghams. Fry had to do his work in great danger, but at one stage he and his helpers lived a quite Bohemian life which was very creative as well.Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-88053799994406144882012-01-29T01:49:40.665+11:002012-01-29T01:49:40.665+11:00Terrorism
my pleasure :) Are you planning your fut...Terrorism<br />my pleasure :) Are you planning your future studies in history?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-8412962425818016462012-01-29T01:37:45.162+11:002012-01-29T01:37:45.162+11:00Hi...
Nice post and i really inspired your blog a...Hi...<br /><br />Nice post and i really inspired your blog articles and really its very informative stuff and i think its help me in future for my studies prospects.<br />ThanksTerrorismhttp://londondeclaration.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36549181328382997352012-01-28T11:00:07.631+11:002012-01-28T11:00:07.631+11:00STAG
you are spot on. If only embassies and consu...STAG<br /><br />you are spot on. If only embassies and consulates all over Europe had tried to help people escape and live.<br /><br />The Australian rep to the Evian Conference of July 1938 was a Cabinet Minister showed the negative attitudes taken by most free nations. He said: “Under the circumstances Australia cannot do more. Undue privileges cannot be given to one particular class of non-British subjects without injustice to others. It will no doubt be appreciated also that, as we have no real racial problem, we are not desirous of importing one.”<br /><br />You can still hear the gates slamming shut.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-34376698550094845642012-01-28T01:40:08.339+11:002012-01-28T01:40:08.339+11:00Pity he could not have married more....Pity he could not have married more....STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27672146278607212482012-01-25T09:06:52.356+11:002012-01-25T09:06:52.356+11:00DPLblog
thank you. The funny thing is that I spen...DPLblog<br /><br />thank you. The funny thing is that I spend my working and blogging hours in European and British Empire history, and don't have any expertise in American history. But I do know that history is not bunkum anywhere in the world.<br /><br />I have a 3 generational theory about taste. We loathe what we grew up with (in clothes, art, furniture etc) and throw out everything our parents gathered. We are neutral about our grandparents' collecting passions. We would adore our great grandparents' treasures, but they were dispersed decades ago.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-73506224328624868112012-01-25T07:07:26.540+11:002012-01-25T07:07:26.540+11:00Wow - great stories. Ar there any American famili...Wow - great stories. Ar there any American families that hold the quest for foreign aid and adventure over generations? It seems like we just grow up trying NOT to be like our parents.DPLbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802449040056145878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86036137141508754032012-01-25T00:00:12.600+11:002012-01-25T00:00:12.600+11:00Jane and Lance
of the 6 billion people on this ea...Jane and Lance<br /><br />of the 6 billion people on this earth, what is the chance of writing two _totally_ unrelated posts about the one family? <br /><br />It was a totally uplifting tale alright. I thought the Binghams were a terrific family and that I was a lucky blogger :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12774978617447148832012-01-24T20:14:43.184+11:002012-01-24T20:14:43.184+11:00Hello Helen:
What an extraordinary connection. The...Hello Helen:<br />What an extraordinary connection. The Bingham family was certainly a force for good.They showed great courage and moral strength at a time when it would definitely have been easier to have kept a low profile. What a wonderfully uplifting tale!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-8313650432276093152012-01-24T19:07:51.344+11:002012-01-24T19:07:51.344+11:00I have to ignore my own prejudices of missionaries...I have to ignore my own prejudices of missionaries and recognise that some of them did a lot of good work in health and social issues. This family obviously had real ethic of service for others.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33731595738861646612012-01-24T19:01:32.714+11:002012-01-24T19:01:32.714+11:00Hermes,
Thank you for raising the legacy of Hiram...Hermes,<br /><br />Thank you for raising the legacy of Hiram Bingham I and II. Whatever we think of European, Christian colonisation of small countries, there was something very special about this family. Missionary work, education and literacy, authoring of important books, translations etc etc etc. All done in presumably tough conditions.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12246694869969238792012-01-24T18:11:06.200+11:002012-01-24T18:11:06.200+11:00Great family and if I remember rightly Bingham I a...Great family and if I remember rightly Bingham I and II worked in Hawaii and did some good work there. What exceptional people.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.com