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Category Archives: Rogue’s gallery
Edith Boyd | The Green Parasol and Nasturtiums
Australian artist, dramatist, and painter, Edith Susan Gerard Anderson (later, Edith Susan Boyd) was born on 16 February, 1880, in Brisbane, Queensland. She was the daughter of John Gerard Anderson, the head of the Department of Public Instruction, and Edith … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings, Rogue's gallery, Watercolours
Tagged Belle Époque era, Impressionist Art
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Master Hans | The Cameraman at the Court of the Tudor King
German artist and print-maker Hans Holbein the Younger, was born c. 1497 in Augsburg, Germany. He is called “the Younger” to distinguish him from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder; an accomplished painter of the Late Gothic school. Holbein the … Continue reading
4EVR Young: Malcolm Young
Vale Malcolm Young who sadly died on 18 November, 2017 at the age of 64. He along with some of his brothers became a part of one of Australia’s most iconic bands of the 1970s+ AC/DC. Malcolm, Angus, and George Young were … Continue reading
Posted in DarkArt, Rogue's gallery, StreetArt
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Agnes Toth: From ‘Man in Cloth’ to Darkest Goth
Above: “The Magician” by Agnes Toth Contemporary artist Agnes Toth (born, 1981 in Gyor, Hungary) displays an inimitable style and with great story-telling ability. Toth graduated from University College, Falmouth (U.K.) with an M.A. in Fine Art Contemporary Practice and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Cover Art, DarkArt, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Paintings, Rogue's gallery
Tagged Agnes Toth, BP Portrait Award, Drummond Money-Coutts, Hungarnian artists, magicians, National Portrait Gallery - London, neo-classical darkwave, The Moon and the Night Spirit
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Lotte Lenya and the Ballad of Mack the Knife
Portrait of Lotte Lenya by Saul Bolasni. The famous Austrian-born singer and actress, Lotte Lenya was born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer on 18 October 1898, to Catholic working class parents in Vienna. In 1914, she studied in Zürich, taking her … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Cover Art, Rogue's gallery
Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Die Dreigroschenoper, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Saul Bolasni, Threepenny Opera
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The “Sage of the Wilderness” was born in the Kitchen
Above: William Mack, “The Sage of the Wilderness“. (Photo by Diane Arbus). At the time Diane Arbus took this photograph of William Mack (aka “The Sage of the Wilderness“) he was a 72 year-old, German, ex-merchant seaman living on his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, DarkArt, Rogue's gallery
Tagged #Photography, Diane Arbus, New York, The Sage of the Wilderness, William Mack
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Hail Fair Guinevere
Above: Guinevere by John Collier (1900) Bradford Museums and Galleries, Bradford, U.K. Leading English artist John Maler Collier was born on 27 January 1850. He was a painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style; and was one of the most prominent portrait … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, OilPainting, Paintings, Rogue's gallery, Watercolours
Tagged Arthurian legend, Guinevere, John Collier, King Arthur, Pre-Raphaelites
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Make Yours a Platytox State Today
Barry Humphries: Platy-Tox for all Bushland Pests – Make Yours a Platytox State. Australian comedian, satirist, artist and author, Barry Humphries was born John Barry Humphries, 0n 17 February 1934. In 1959, Humphries moved to London, where he lived and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings, Rogue's gallery, StillLife
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A Hoffering on A Hill
Alfred Hill (1936) by Rayner Hoff (1894-1937) patinated plaster. National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Australian/New Zealand composer, conductor and teacher, Alfred Francis Hill was born on 16 December 1869 in Melbourne, Victoria. He spent most of his early life in New … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Rogue's gallery, Sculpture
Tagged #AlfredHill, #AustralianComposers, #AustralianSculptors, #RaynerHoff
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Whatever Lola Wants – Lola Gets
German portrait artist Joseph Karl Stieler was born in Mainz on 1 November 1781, to a family of engravers, punch-cutters and die-makers. From 1820-1855, Stieler worked as a Royal court painter for the Bavarian Kings. Known for his neo-classical portraits, … Continue reading
Bruce Lee: From the Big Boss to the Game of Death
Bruce Lee, (Lee Jun-fan), was born on November 27, 1940, at the Chinese Hospital, in San Francisco’s Chinatown; the fourth son of Han Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen. According to the Chinese zodiac, Lee was born in both the hour … Continue reading
I shot you with my camera
Jenny Watson (b. 1951) is a local Melburnian artist. During her informative years in the 1970s, Watson like many other Melburnians’ spent many hours at the iconic Crystal Ballroom to hear their greatest local-grown bands play. After making a series of … Continue reading
There is none more strikin’ than a vintage fashion Steichen
American photographer, painter, art gallery and museum curator, Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz’s ground-breaking magazine Camera Work (1903-1917). Together they opened the Little Galleries of the … Continue reading