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Category Archives: Illustrations
Compare the Pair #14: Cagey Keiji’s Poorman’s Voormann
Revolver was released in the UK 50 years ago on 5th August 1966. It was released 3 days later in the US. Revolver is considered to be The Beatles psychedelic rock album, it lives up to this title with its … Continue reading
Partake in a Stake of the Great William Blake
English painter, poet and print-maker, William Blake (b. 28 November 1757 – d. 12 August 1827) was largely unrecognised during his lifetime. He was born in Soho, London, the third of seven children; and left school at the age of … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Illustrations, Paintings, Watercolours
Tagged #Dante, #DivineComedy, #Jerusalem, #JoshuaReynolds, #WilliamBlake
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Cheezels are more than a Mynah Attraction
Don’t get me wrong! Not for one moment am I saying that Peter Trusler’s art is rubbish, but I love the use of rubbish within Peter Trusler’s art! Especially the inclusion of a discarded, empty Cheezels bag. (Def: highly cheesy … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Paintings, RubbishArt, StreetArt
Tagged #Cheezels, #PeterTrusler, RubbishArt
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Are a Pair of Hearts on a Tree Equal to This Heart of Stone?
Above: “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder“. English historical genre painter and illustrator, Marcus Stone was born on 4th July, 1840, and according to the ‘Dictionary of Victorian Painters‘, he was trained by his father, Frank Stone ARA. Marcus began … Continue reading
Old Dogs … New Tricks
Ker-Xavier Roussel is the illustarator for “Teaching the Dog” from the colour lithograph L’Estapie Originale (1893) . Ker-Xavier Roussel was born in Lorry-lès-Metz, Moselle on December 10, 1867. At the age of fifteen he began studies at the Lycée Condorcet … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Illustrations, Paintings
Tagged #FrenchArtists, #Lithographs, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Pierre Bonnard
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It would take a hard man to beat Herdman’s Liverpool
Above: Earliest known view of Liverpool – probable date of this view is late 12th century though there is some doubt as to its authenticity. The drawing depicts the chapel of Our Lady standing on the exact site now occupied by … Continue reading
It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub
The Geebung Polo Club is a classic “Aussie yarn” by Andrew Barton (A.B.) “Banjo” Patterson. Examples here are from the illustrated edition by wildlife carer and artist Ninon Phillips. The Geebung Polo Club is an 1886 bush ballad first published … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, Illustrations, Paintings
Tagged Banjo Patterson, Geebung Polo Club, Henry Lawson, Ninon Phillips
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Adelaide Mallunnee’s Dark Art of Cover Art
Cover artist Adelaide Mallunee has designed music album covers for a variety of neo-folk and neo-classical dark art music groups such as Anima in Fiamme (as shown in this example from their “Sub Occasum Solis” album). For those who are not … Continue reading
Did Benois’ Part Create a Surge in Diaghilev’s Balletic Art?
The above portraiture is of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) illustrated by Alexandre Benois over a proscenium arch from which the showman from Petruschka draws the curtains to reveal a scene from Le Pavillion d’Armide, with Petruschka hiding in the corner. Russian … Continue reading
Here is a Valentine’s Day Post
If you think “posting” thoughts is something belonging to the 21st Century form of communication, think again. People have been “posting” their thoughts for hundreds of years. Here’s an example of 19th-20th Century posting. The above image is entitled: “Love’s … Continue reading
A picture is worth a thousand words
Above image: Empress Josephine (ca 1810) oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste Regnault Foundation Desne-Theos (Institute de France) Paris, (Frederic Masson Bequest). Empress Josephine is also known as Josephine Bonaparte (1763-1814). She was baptized Marie-Joseph Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie … Continue reading
Jane Avril | She Was Paris by Night
Parisian born French can-can dancer, singer and actress Jane Avril was born Jeanne Beaudon in Belleville, on 9th June 1868. Her mother was a courtesan and her absent father, was an Italian aristocrat. Abused as a child, she ran away … Continue reading
The Proof of the Magic is in the Pudding
Christmas time is just as much about the food as it is everything else and no Christmas repast is complete until the Christmas Pudding is eaten. So, here is a little story about a pudding. The Magic Pudding: Being The … Continue reading