Category Archives: Art

Daum good pitcher | If I say so myself

Posted on February 20, 2021 by maryannadair

[Pitcher from Daum Brothers – One of their masterpieces entirely wheel cast with applique and displays the harmony of softly blended colours seen through a curtain of mist]. Daum is a crystal studio based in Nancy, France. Daum was founded … Continue reading →

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In Air, Fire, Earth and Water | World on the Scales

Posted on February 8, 2021 by maryannadair

The Artwork: Album cover for King Crimson’s 1970 vinyl LP In the Wake of Poseidon features the artwork The 12 Archetypes or The 12 Faces of Humankind by Tammo de Jongh (1967). A description of the twelve faces for this … Continue reading →

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Anchor’s Aweigh | On a Ship With Vernet

Posted on January 16, 2021 by maryannadair

[Seaport by Moonlight (La nuit un port de mer au clair de lune) Musee du Louvre, Paris] French landscape and seascape artist Claude-Joseph Vernet was born in Avignon, France on 14 August, 1714.  At the age of 14, Vernet worked … Continue reading →

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A Hint in Sinton Art

Posted on January 2, 2021 by maryannadair

  Textile pieces featured above: White, Black and Red Containers (Mixed paper, abaca, bamboo skewer, black paint 6.5″ x 7.5″); Square Collage Container (Asian paper, printed paper, gloss medium 5″ x 4.5″) Sheep Collage (Fleece, woven fragments 30″ high x … Continue reading →

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The ‘Toussaint Taste’ of ‘La Panthère’

Posted on December 23, 2020 by maryannadair

These fabulous jewels are items from the world-famous House of Cartier range of jewellery. This Parisian icon was founded by Louis-François Cartier in 1847 when he acquired the workshop from his master, the great Adolphe Picard. Cartier’s son Alfred inherited … Continue reading →

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Going to the Postie

Posted on December 13, 2020 by maryannadair

Going to the ‘Postie’ (sub-branch Post Office) is something that still occurs in many rural and local communities. You can pick up your bills (from your Post Office box), pay your bills, apply for an international passport, buy a few … Continue reading →

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The Raft of the Medusa and Two Naked Men

Posted on December 3, 2020 by maryannadair

[Images: Nude Warrior with a Spear, Man Naked to the Waist, and The Raft of the Medusa] French artist and lithographer Jean-Louis Andre Theodore Géricault (26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was born in Rouen, France. Géricault was one … Continue reading →

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When Art Imitates Street Art

Posted on November 23, 2020 by maryannadair

One of street artist Rone’s “Jane Doe’s” pastes is featured in this work ‘Under the Arts Centre‘ by Melbourne -based artist Eolo Paul Bottoro! Eolo Paul Bottaro’s artistic career spans over 20 years of creative practice. Bottaro operates within the … Continue reading →

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Franz Marc | Degenerate Artist

Posted on November 12, 2020 by maryannadair

All eight images above were painted over a three year period and form a part of a menagerie of animal artworks from cows, cats, horses, a fox, a little blue horse, a monkey, a dog lying in the snow and … Continue reading →

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1901 | Campbell Art Studio, Fifth Avenue NYC

Posted on November 1, 2020 by maryannadair

It was during 1901 that a photographer and art manager of the Campbell Art Studio on Fifth Avenue, New York City took a series of photographs of a stunning artist’s model. The result of this eponymous collection is arguably his … Continue reading →

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On Today | Wednesday December 12 1979

Posted on October 22, 2020 by maryannadair

Japanese artist On Kawara (December 24, 1932 – July 10, 2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in New York City from 1965. Kawara belonged to a broadly international generation of conceptual artists that began to emerge in the … Continue reading →

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Mike Kelley Was No Nelly

Posted on October 8, 2020 by maryannadair

American artist Mike Kelley (October 27, 1954 – January 31, 2012) was born in Wayne, Michigan, (a suburb of Detroit). Kelley worked in performance, music, sculpture and installation art, mining the American vernacular culture to develop what has been described … Continue reading →

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Some Tender Fender Stories

Posted on September 27, 2020 by maryannadair

[Fender Stratocaster electric guitar designed 1954 made 1957 wood metal and plastic MoMA | Leo Fender (American 1909-1991), George Fullerton (American 1923-2009) and Freddie Tavares (American 1913-199)]. The Stratocaster (“Strat”) electric guitar was designed by Leo Fender, a self-taught electrician, … Continue reading →

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John Baldessari | What is Painting?

Posted on September 17, 2020 by maryannadair

What is Painting [Synthetic polymer paint on canvas (1966-1968) MoMA] Do you sense how all the parts of a good picture are involved with each other, not just placed side by side? Art is a creation for the eye and … Continue reading →

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You Can Check Out Any Time You Like | But You Can Never Leave

Posted on September 7, 2020 by maryannadair

Huseyin Bahri Alptekin |  H-fact: Hospitality/Hostility series (2003-2007). [A series of light box art simulating hotel signs from the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) collection]. According to Wikipedia, Turkish artist Huseyin Bahri Alptekin (1957-2007) studied aesthetics, philosophy of art, and … Continue reading →

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