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- Not Sure About You, But, “I Leica His Art”
- Why Not Take Part in Viewing Some Drive-By Art
- Tennyo “Magokoro” – The Goddess of Sincerity
- How Many Kinds of Sweet Flowers Grow In an English Country Garden?
- The Lady and the Unicorn
- How To Create Some Very Angry Penguins
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- This Berrie Fine Glaswegian Lass Must Not Be Extinguished
- Let’s Celebrate ’88 – All Over Again
- This Proves That Hele’s the Real Deal
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Not Sure About You, But, “I Leica His Art”
French humanist photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 22, 1908, in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is considered a master of candid photography and an early adopter of 35 mm film. Young Henri took holiday snapshots with his Box Brownie camera; … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art
Tagged #Photography, photographic art, leica camera, leicas, Cartier-Bresson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leica cameras
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Why Not Take Part in Viewing Some Drive-By Art
Various artworks have decorated Melbourne’s Peninsula Link Freeway. These sculptures and art pieces have been placed at various sites along the route. A total of 14 sculptures have been commissioned over the next 25 years and will be rotated to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Sculpture
Tagged Dean Colls, Louise Paramour, Panorama Station, Peninsula Freeway artworks, Phil Price, Rex Australis, Tree of Life
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Tennyo “Magokoro” – The Goddess of Sincerity
Tennyo “Magokoro” (The Goddess of Sincerity) is a statue constructed by Gengen Sato, who spent more than 10 years at the task after it was commissioned by Mitsukoshi Ltd. Consisting principally of Japanese cypress “Hinoki” about 500 years old that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Carvings, Oriental Art, Sculpture
Tagged Gengen Sato, Goddess of Sincerity, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tennyo Magokoro, Tokyo
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How Many Kinds of Sweet Flowers Grow In an English Country Garden?
‘In a Chelsea Garden’ (1913) oil on canvas (87.5 cm x 61 cm) Dora Meeson (1869–1955) was an Australian artist and an elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London, England. While living in London, she married … Continue reading
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris ca 1500. The tapestries were created in the style of mille-fleurs (meaning: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Tapestry, Textiles
Tagged À mon seul désir, Boussac castle, he Lady and the Unicorn, Tapestry, Tlegends
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How To Create Some Very Angry Penguins
Editors of an Australian mid-century literary and artistic avant-garde magazine ‘Angry Penguins’ were devoted to the cause of Modernism which was based on the movements of Surrealism and Expressionism. From its humble beginnings in Adelaide, South Australia, through to its … Continue reading
Angels We Have Heard on High
Indonesian sculptor and installation artist Heri Dono was born in Jakarta on June 12, 1960. He studied at the Indonesian Art Institute (Institut Seni Indonesia) in Jogjakarta, where he won the Prize for the Best Painting in 1981 and again … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Oriental Art
Tagged Heri Dono, Indonesian art, Installation art, New Internationalism (art), Prince Claus Award
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This Berrie Fine Glaswegian Lass Must Not Be Extinguished
Above: University Cafe (2011) 24 x 19 cm from a series of drawings of Glasgow cafes. Scottish illustrator Christine Berrie is a born and bred Glaswegian, living in the town of Bishopbriggs near Glasgow. The daughter of a draftsman for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Illustrations, nostalgia, Paintings, StillLife
Tagged Glasgow shop fronts, graphite drawing, pencil drawing
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Let’s Celebrate ’88 – All Over Again
(Above: Literary Heights by John Underwood) early 30 years ago, Australia’s north-eastern state of Queensland hosted World Expo (aka Expo ’88), in its capital city of Brisbane. World Expo ’88 was celebrated over a six-month period from 30 April-30 October, … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged Brisbane, John Underwood, plaster-of-Paris, Sculptures, South Bank World Expo 1988
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This Proves That Hele’s the Real Deal
‘The Pink Dressing Gown’ (1962) oil on board 90cm x 59.5cm Australian artist Sir Ivor Henry Thomas Hele, (Ivor Hele) was born on 13 June 1912. At the age of 15 he studied drawing and painting in Paris and Munich. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged Australian War Artists, Australian War Memorial, Ivor Hele, oil paintings, watercolours
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The “Sage of the Wilderness” was born in the Kitchen
Above: William Mack, “The Sage of the Wilderness“. (Photo by Diane Arbus). At the time Diane Arbus took this photograph of William Mack (aka “The Sage of the Wilderness“) he was a 72 year-old, German, ex-merchant seaman living on his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, DarkArt, Rogue's gallery
Tagged #Photography, Diane Arbus, New York, The Sage of the Wilderness, William Mack
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Dreams are Ten a Penny for Thomas McKenney
Thomas McKenney served as the United States Superintendent of Indian Trade in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. and later as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). He initiated the government’s commissioning of portraits. Like many others at the time, … Continue reading
Have You Met ‘The Met’ Yet?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (aka: “The Met”) is located in New York City. It is the largest art gallery / museum in the United States and one of the 10 largest in the world. Its permanent collection contains more … Continue reading
The Foreman of British Illustration
British author and illustrator Michael Foreman was born a month before his father died, on 21 March 1938. He grew up in Pakefield, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, where his mother kept the village shop. He studied at Lowestoft School of Art, … Continue reading
Callooh! Callay! for Calouste is Okay
Above: Dragonfly brooch once adorned by Sarah Bernhardt to whom it was lent by friend Calouste Gulbenkian. A corsage ornament which consists of dragonfly with griffon’s paws and green female torso whose face is supposed to be of Sarah herself. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Collectibles, DecorativeArts
Tagged Calouste Gulbenkian, Dragonfly brooch, Lalique, Sarah Bernhardt
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