Category Archives: Gallery Art

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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I’m Your Venus | I’m Your Fire | At Your Desire

Posted on April 14, 2021 by maryannadair

The work: Venus and Anchises. Venus (Greek: Aphrodite), was the Roman goddess of beauty and love and considered as either sprung from the foam of the sea, or the daughter of Jupiter and Dione. Her husband was Vulcan but she … Continue reading →

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What’s green and pink and hangs on the wall?

Posted on April 4, 2021 by maryannadair

[Above image: Entitled 3: We all have a dream of a place we belong. (2013) synthetic polymer paint, marble dust and gold leaf on canvas and wood. Yvonne Pettengell Bequest,  National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)]. Australian artist Tomislav Nikolic was … Continue reading →

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Beth Among the Marigolds

Posted on March 30, 2021 by maryannadair

  Australian artist Reginald Ward Sturgess was born on 18 June 1892, in the Melbourne suburb of Newport. Sturgess was the youngest child, and the only one born in Australia after the family migrated from Bath in England. Sturgess was … Continue reading →

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Reko Rennie’s reverent Regalia

Posted on March 25, 2021 by maryannadair

Interdisciplinary artist Reko Rennie is a Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Gummaroi man, born in Melbourne, Australia in 1974 and grew up in Melbourne’s western suburb of Footscray. As a teenager growing up in the mid 1980s, Rennie discovered hip-hop and break dancing. It was … Continue reading →

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The Archer and the Shamisen Player | Waiting for the Rickshaw

Posted on March 15, 2021 by maryannadair

Painter and etcher Mortimer Menpes was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1855. Menpes studied art at the School of Design, Adelaide. He went to London at the age of 19 and became a pupil and close friend of … Continue reading →

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The Lesson by Sant is Sure to Enchant

Posted on March 4, 2021 by maryannadair

[James Sant (1820-1916) The Lesson oil on canvas 89 cm Royal Academy] British portrait painter and Royal Academy member James Sant (1820–1916) was born in Croydon, Surrey. His main tutors were John Varley and Augustus Wall Callcott. Sant was elected … 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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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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