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Bali Hai! This is Why
Belgian painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpes was born in Brussels on 9 February 1880. He left Europe in 1932 and travelled to Bali where he remained for the rest of his life. Le Mayeur De Merpes was fascinated with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Oriental Art
Tagged #Artist, Balinese art, Balinese artists, De Merpes Museum, Le Mayeur de Merpes, Ni Pollok, Pollok
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For Maillol: Art does not lie in the copying of nature
Aristide Maillol – La Femme a L’ombrelle. c.1895-1900, oil on canvas, 193x149cm. French sculptor, painter and print-maker Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol was born on December 8, 1861 in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon. He decided at an early age to become a painter … Continue reading
Sashaying Blanchard’s Boulevards of Paris
Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) Grand Boulevard Paris (oil on canvas 38x76cm). Antoine Blanchard is the pseudonym for French artist Marcel Masson who was born on 15 November 1910 in a small village near the banks of the Loire. Blanchard received his initial artistic training at … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Artist, Antoine Blanchard, Marcel Masson, painter, Parisian street life
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The Seedlings of Nature
Fiona Murphy is a Melbourne-based contemporary artist and ceramicist. She graduated with a Dip. Art & Design (1980); Grad. Dip. Fine Art (1985); Grad. Dip. Ed. (1993) and Master of Fine Art (2007) from Monash University, Melbourne. She was the … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Gallery Art, Sculpture
Tagged #Artist, biomorphic vessels, ceramacist, Fiona Murphy, Sculpture
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The Gown of Cobweb Lace
Australian “Fairy Artist“, Peg Maltby was born Agnes “aka Peg” Newberry Orchard on January 17, 1899. She married George Bradley Maltby on September17, 1917 and the pair migrated to Australia from the UK in 1924. Whilst living in the Melbourne … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations, Watercolours
Tagged #Artist, #Children'sBooks, #IllustrativeArt, Art, Illustrations, Peg Maltby
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