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Category Archives: Illustrations
Sidney Nolan | A Fugitive Behind the Mask
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan was born in Carlton, [at that time an inner working-class suburb of Melbourne,] on 22 April 1917, the eldest of four children. The family moved to the bayside suburb of St Kilda. Nolan attended the Brighton … Continue reading
Mary’s Salvation and Legacy to All
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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Martin Boyd | A Difficult Young Man
Australian writer, Martin à Beckett Boyd, was born on 10 June, 1893, in Lucerne, Switzerland, into the à Beckett-Boyd family. He was the youngest son of Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie (nee à Beckett) Boyd, who were both established … Continue reading
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Doris Boyd | The Wife of Australian Studio Pottery
Australian artist, painter and ceramicist, Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield Boyd (née Gough), was born on 20 November, 1888. Doris Gough was the youngest of six children, born to Victorian Naval Forces Lieutenant, Thomas Bunbury Gough, and Evelyn Anna Walker Gough … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Paintings
Tagged Australian Artist, Boyd family dynasty, Ceramics, Sculpture
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Jean-Pascal Fournier and the Legends of Blood and Light
Freelance artist and illustrator Jean-Pascal Fournier was born near Grenoble, France, in 1972. Since he was a young child, Fournier has been fascinated with comic strips which drew him into his interest in art and drawing. He later studied art … Continue reading
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I Don’t Work, I Don’t Do Anything, But I Am Indispensable
“I Don’t Work, I Don’t Do Anything, But I am Indispensable“, is how Russian art critic, patron, and ballet impresario, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, described himself. Sergei Diaghilev was born on 19 March, 1872, in Selishchi. His mother died soon after … Continue reading
The Riot of Stravinsky’s Spring
Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born on 17 June, 1882, in Oranienbaum, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 25 miles west of St. Petersburg. The Stravinsky family was of Polish and Russian heritage, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Paintings, photographic art
Tagged Ballets Russes, Petroushka, Sergei Diaghilev
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So Tell me, Did she read the name I carved with many vows?
Victorian English artist William Maw Egley was born in London, in 1826. He was the son of miniaturist artist William Egley, who was young Egley’s first tutor. Egley’s early works were illustrations of literary subjects typical of the period, which … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Illustrations, OilPainting, Paintings, Watercolours
Tagged Pre-Raphaelites, The Clique
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Rayonism + Designs for the Ballets Russes | The Work of Mikhail Larionov
Avant-garde Russian painter Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was born at Tiraspol, near Odessa, in the Russian Empire on June 3, 1881. In 1898, Larionov entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under Isaac Levitan and Valentin Serov. However, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballets Russes, Near-abstract Art, Rayonism, Russian art
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Young Advice for Young Illustrators
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
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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From Cherry Trees to Rebellion | These actors look quite Machiavellian
The Stars of the Tokyo Stage: Natori Shunsen’s Kabuki Actor Prints, was an exhibition held in galleries around Australia during 2012-2014. It celebrated the glamour of the kabuki theatre amid the dynamic atmosphere of Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Oriental Art, Paintings
Tagged kabuki, woodblock prints, yakusha-e
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The Elusive Ellescas Who Illustrates LP’s
Sometimes it is difficult to find information about artists and illustrators, and the seemingly “elusive” Richard “Dick” Ellescas is one. Ellescas is a 20th Century American artist and illustrator and member of the California Art Club, which was established in … Continue reading
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Picasso’s Last Words | Drink to Me, Drink to My Health
World renowned Spanish painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramicist, and stage designer Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, (Pablo Picasso) was born on 25 October, 1881 but spent most of his adult life in France. As one of the greatest and most influential artists … Continue reading
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What do Two Drinkers and a Hypochondriac Have in Common?
French print-maker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor Honoré-Victorin Daumier was born in Marseille on February 26, 1808. In his youth, Daumier showed an irresistible inclination towards art as a profession, which his father vainly tried to avert by placing him first … Continue reading
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Tagged caricatures, Lithography, print-maker
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