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Monthly Archives: June 2015
One day… all of Australia is going to know my name
“Yeah, whatever, Dad” is what the teenage daughter of Eddie Mabo replied to her father when he promised her: “One day, my girl, all of Australia is going to know my name.” (The Australian June 1, 2012) Eddie Koiki Mabo … Continue reading
Still life suspended in animation
Spanish Baroque painter and pioneer of realism, Fray Juan Sanchez Cotán was born on June 25, 1560 at Orgaz, La Mancha and studied at Toledo under little known Mannerist style painter Blas del Prado who was famous for his still … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Paintings, StillLife
Tagged bodegón, Carthusians, Fray Cotan, Fray Juan Sanchez Cotán, Granada, notable vegetarians, StillLife
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May the Sky Saw for Tom Phillip’s contribution to Another Green World
Tom Phillips was born in 1937. A former Royal Academician based in London, he is known for his work as a draughtsman and traditional painter; best known for his portrait commissions. He became an expert on African art and curated … Continue reading
How Roller’s succession heightened the Viennese Secession
This is an image of Alfred Roller’s poster (1902) from the Gustav Mahler Exhibition – Vienna Secession.* Austrian painter, graphic and set designer, Alfred Roller was born on 2nd October 1864, in Brünn, Mähren. Roller attended the Academy of Fine … Continue reading
Maybe MYMOnsters are your MOnsters too!
MYMO aka Mimo Mali, is a multi-disciplinary artist who is a painter, illustrator, muralist, installation and animation artist from Berlin who has shown her work throughout the world in various galleries and museums. She has delivered lectures at a range … Continue reading
Be happy with what you have and appreciate the smaller things in life
The Fisherman and the Goldfish by A. Pushkin is a classic children’s story translated from the Russian by L. Zelikov and illustrated by B. Dekhtertov. It was printed and republished in 1958 by the Union of the Soviet Republic as … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Illustrations
Tagged #Children'sStories, #IllustrativeArt, A. Pushkin, B. Dekhtertov, fairy tales, golden fish, illustrative artists, L. Zelikov, Russian fairy tale, Soviet Republic, The Fisherman and His Wife, The Fisherman and the Goldfish, The Greedy Old Wife
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Domo, Shintaro Suzuki
The image featured above is entitled: “Portrait of a City,” an oil painting by Shintaro Suzuki. Shintaro Suzuki was born in Hachioji, Tokyo in 1895. He studied oil painting under Seiki Kuroda, who was one of the pioneers of western-style … Continue reading
There’s more to this cardiologist than meets the eye
Image on left is: “Music to the eye” photographed and donated by Yean L. Lim AM ARPS FRACP Image on right: “In loving memory of our friend and colleague: Margaret Dougherty” (painted by Yean Lim) According to information on the … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Oriental Art, Paintings, Watercolours
Tagged cardiologist, Dr. Yean L. Lim, Epworth Hospital
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The wonderland of Alice
I found the following information about Alice from her own website and biography. Alice Pasquini is a visual artist from Rome who works as an illustrator, set designer and painter. She has worked in England, France and Spain since graduating … Continue reading
It’s Gaudi | Not gaudy!
The Gothic, high art Nouveau, Expressionist and Cubist church, Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia (aka Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is commonly referred to as “La Sagrada Família”. It is a large Roman Catholic Church in Barcelona designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Artists A-Z, Cemetries & Churches
Tagged #Modernism, Antoni Gaudi, Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, Catalan architects, Catalan architecture, Catalan Modernism, La Sagrada Familia, Modernista movement, neo-Gothicism, notable vegetarians, Sagrada Familia
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Just one piece of the major Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a clothing retailer with outlets in Britain, the United States and an independent licencee in Australia. Formerly only a women’s clothier, Jigsaw launched their menswear range in 2012. The company is based on Mortlake Road in Kew, south west London and has 47 outlets across … Continue reading
There is no malaise involved with the art of John Millais
The Boyhood of Raleigh by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA who was born in Southampton, on 8th June 1829, a prominent Jersey-based family. Millais was an English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. … Continue reading
An Annalisa enigma
I saw a show on TV a while ago where the presenters focussed on a private collector’s specialty – Decorative label surrounds for tinned tomatoes – especially those from Italy and Spain. Needless to say his collection was vast and … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Cover Art, Edible Art, Illustrations
Tagged annalisa, Annalisa tinned tomatoes, Italian tinned tomatoes, Lodato, Salerno, Senesi, tinned tomatoes
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Thou art the Iris, fair among the fairest
Kōrin Ogata aka Ogata Kōrin was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school decorative style based on the ancient Japanese painting style of yamato-e during the Edo Period (1603-1867); who were masters of influence for modern Japanese art. Kōrin was the … Continue reading