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Category Archives: Paintings
With a Huffin’ and a Puffin’ These Covers Will Blow You Away
[Above: Book covers for Puffin Story Books published in 1951. Gloria Freedman’s front and back cover (The Secret Garden) and John Harwood’s covers for Fairy Tales From the Isle of Man.] Four years after Australian paperback publisher Penguin Books had been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, Illustrations
Tagged Book illustrators, Gloria Freedman, John Harwood, paperback books, Penguin books, Puffin books
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Bathing or Resting But Never Protesting
[Francois Boucher The Surprised Bather (1736) and Diana Resting After Leaving Her Bath] French Rococo style artist Pompidour François Boucher was born in Paris on 29 September 1703, the son of lace designer Nicolas Boucher. Boucher is known for his … Continue reading
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Is Art Trash? or Is It ‘Trash Art’
The Destroyed Room (1978) by Jeff Wall. Transparency in light-box 159 cm x 234 cm. (Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa) Canadian photographic artist Jeffrey “Jeff” Wall, was born in Vancouver on September 29, 1946. He is best … Continue reading
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Compare the Pair #18 | The Lovers
[Left: Jeremy Park – Lovers (2002) c-type photograph; Right: Rene Magritte – The Lovers (Les Amants) oil on canvas (1928) 54x73cm National Gallery of Australia] Sydney photographer Jeremy Park pays homage to Rene Magritte’s ‘The Lovers‘. Magritte’s original (painting) is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, DarkArt, Gallery Art, Paintings
Tagged #Surrealism, Fantômas, Jeremy Park, Louis Feuillade, Rene Magritte, Surrealist Art, The Lovers
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Summer Nights | Tell Me Moore, Tell Me More
[A Summer Night by Albert Moore, (1890) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool] Albert Joseph Moore (4 September 1841 – 25 September 1893) was an English painter known for his depictions of langorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of … Continue reading
Rucker’s Musical Ruckus
[Two-manual harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp (ca 1628) inscribed Joannes Ruckers] The Ruckers family were harpsichord and virginal makers from Antwerp in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Their influence stretched well into the 18th C and to the harpsichord revival … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Collectibles, DecorativeArts, Gallery Art, Paintings, Performing Art
Tagged Antwerp, Couchet family, Guild of St. Luke, harpsichord, piano, Ruckers family, virginal
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Michael’s KmitMent To Neo-Byzantine Art
[Edda by Michael Kmit (1966) oil on hardboard 72 x 48] Ukrainian/Australian artist Michael Kmit was born in Stryi, Lviv on 25 July 1910. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, but due to the conflict in WW2, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Cubism, Blake Prize, Carlo Carra, Donald Friend, Edda, Fernand Léger, James Gleeson, Neo-Byzantine art, Sulman Prize
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The Spring Cycle
[Above: Spring Cycle by Wen Jun (mixed media) 2013]. This colourful artwork is in the form of a pedicab, which was once commonly used as transport in Chinese cities. Painted in the traditional Spring Festival style, the eight paintings on … Continue reading
The Family of Charles Hill
South Australian engraver, painter and arts educator Charles Hill was born in Coventry, England, in 1824. His father was an officer who served under Lord Wellington and was later the reforming Governor of Leicester County Prison. Charles was more interested … Continue reading
By Hook or By Crooke | These are Worth a Good Look
Australian artist Ray Austin Crooke was born in Auburn, Victoria on 12 July 1922. He is known for serene views of Islander people and ocean landscapes, many of which are based on the art of Gauguin. He spent time in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged Gauguin, Ray Crooke
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Soup de Jour? | Can Do
Warhol proved you can make Souper-Art – but why Broth-er? Pop art is the art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of … Continue reading
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Feeling Pea’d Off? Don’t snubbo the art of Rubbo
[Image: Pea Gathering | Kurrajong Heights (1918)] Italian-born artist and art teacher Antonio Salvatore Dattilo Rubbo was born in Naples on 21 June 1870 and spent his early childhood in Frattamaggiore. He studied painting under Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi … Continue reading
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Black & Silver
“Black and Silver” (ca 1910) oil on canvas RA Diploma work accepted 1909. Shannon painted many society portraits from the highest ranks of society but this picture depicts his daughter. Anglo-American artist Sir James Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923), was born in … Continue reading
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