Category Archives: Erotic Art

An Australian Abroad | Not To Be Out Foxed

Posted on July 25, 2022 by maryannadair

Australian Impressionist painter Emanuel Phillips Fox  was born on 12 March, 1865, to Alexander Fox and Rosetta Phillips, at 12 Victoria Parade in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Fox studied art at the National Gallery School in Melbourne (1878-1886) under G. F. Folingsby; … Continue reading →

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A Broken Picture of the Life of Bouguereau

Posted on July 14, 2022 by maryannadair

French academic painter, William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France, on 30 November 1825, into a family of wine and olive oil merchants. The family moved to Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1832. At the age of twelve, Bouguereau went to Mortagne-sur-Gironde … Continue reading →

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Mary’s Salvation and Legacy to All

Posted on May 8, 2022 by maryannadair

Painter, potter, ceramic decorator and photographer, Mary Elizabeth Boyd, was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria, in 1926. Mary was a member of the Boyd family artistic dynasty which includes painters, sculptors, architects and other arts professionals, commencing with Boyd’s grandfather Arthur … Continue reading →

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Two Martyred Deaths and a Crossing

Posted on December 3, 2021 by maryannadair

French painter Jacques-Louis David, was born into a prosperous French family in Paris on 30 August, 1748. When he was nine, his father was killed in a duel and his mother left him with his well-off architect uncles. They saw … Continue reading →

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Young Advice for Young Illustrators

Posted on October 18, 2021 by maryannadair

Sea-landscape and figure illustrator Cliff Young was born in New Waterford, Ohio in 1905 and died in 1985. He studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Grand Central School of Art with Harvey Dunn; the Art Institute of Chicago with … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Foray of Doré | From Greek Mythology to Arthurian Legends

Posted on October 5, 2021 by maryannadair

French artist, print-maker, illustrator and sculptor Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was born in Strasbourg, France, on 6 January, 1832. At the age of 12, Gustave Doré began carving in cement. Three years later, at the age of 15, Doré … Continue reading →

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You Can Bank on Hanke | When it comes to Portrait Art

Posted on September 10, 2021 by maryannadair

Australian painter and teacher Henry Aloysius Hanke (14 June 1901-1989), was born in Sydney. He won the Archibald Prize in 1934 with a self-portrait (see above), and the inaugural Sulman Prize, in 1936, with his painting ‘La Gitana‘. Hanke served … Continue reading →

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Get Your Togs Off | Swimsuits Are Optional

Posted on June 19, 2021 by maryannadair

Paul Serusier – In 1888, while a student at the Academie Julian in Paris, Serusier visited the Breton village of Pont-Aven, where he met the influential painter Paul Gauguin. The young Serusier adopted with enthusiasm many of Gauguin’s revolutionary ideas, … Continue reading →

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Compare the Pair #21 | Goya’s Empress in New Clothes

Posted on May 30, 2021 by maryannadair

Son of a Basque, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born on March 30, 1746 in Fuendetodos, Aragón, Spain. Goya is known as a Spanish romantic painter and print-maker and regarded as the last of the Old Masters and … Continue reading →

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Pierre Bonnard | Le Nabi le trés japonard

Posted on May 15, 2021 by maryannadair

French painter, illustrator, and print-maker Pierre Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine on 3 October 1867. Bonnard showed a talent for drawing and water colours, as well as caricatures. He painted frequently in the gardens of his parent’s country home … Continue reading →

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A Summer Morning | In the Sand Dune

Posted on April 30, 2021 by maryannadair

Australian artist Max Middleton enjoyed a long and highly acclaimed career as a professional artist, exhibiting in 68 exhibitions over 66 years. Born in Melbourne in 1922, Middleton knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 12. … Continue reading →

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Adolphe and Eve

Posted on April 25, 2021 by maryannadair

French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer Adolphe Léon Willette was born in Châlons-sur-Marne on 30 July, 1857.  He was also the architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette studied for four years at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre … Continue reading →

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This Nude Life of Janet Cumbrae-Stewart

Posted on April 18, 2020 by maryannadair

[Images: Early in the Morning (1924 pastel on paper mounted on board NGA Canberra) Portrait of a Girl with Flowers (1922 pastel 74 cm x 53 cm) Janet Agnes Cumbrae-Stewart was born on 23 December, 1883 in the Melbourne Bayside … Continue reading →

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The Glorio of Loureiro | In the Springtime of His New Moon

Posted on February 10, 2020 by maryannadair

[Images: The Spirit of the New Moon (1888), The Spirit of the Southern Cross (1888) and Spring (1891) by Artur Loureiro.] Portuguese painter, Artur José de Sousa Loureiro was born on 11 February 1853, in Porto, Portugal. Lourerio attended the … Continue reading →

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From Hot Winds to Hayricks, its a Garden Idyll

Posted on October 24, 2019 by maryannadair

[Mrs. Conder (Portrait of Stella)], [Garden Idyll (ca.1906) 65.2 cm x 75.5 cm], [Hot Wind (1881) oil on board 29 cm x 75 cm] and [Hayricks in Giverny oil on canvas]. English-born painter, lithographer and designer Charles Edward Conder was … Continue reading →

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