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Showing posts with label painter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painter. Show all posts
Thursday, July 19
Tuesday, July 17
Antonio Santin
Der Damm Des Riesen, 2012
Schönleinstrasse, 2010
Fall, 2010
Antonio Santin is an artist based in Berlin. In many of his paintings he portrays females sprawled out in shadowed rooms, showing their vulnerability, or even despair. It is an interesting subject matter and point of view. Not to mention, he is great with pattern and detail.
antoniosantin.com
Saturday, June 30
Herakut
Herakut (hair-a-koot) is a collaborative street artist duo from Germany. I was recently introduced to their work, and I found it to be very inspiring. I love their dark, edgy style, as well as the scale of the art. It has such a presence.
herakut.de
Thursday, June 7
Undergrowth With Two Figures
Vincent Van Gogh, 1890
A month or so ago I visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art and saw their Van Gogh exhibit. This painting was part of the collection, and I had never seen it before. It's so awesome!
Thursday, November 3
Monday, October 24
Friday, August 12
Frank Cowper
Vanity, 1907
La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1926
Fair Rosamund and Eleanor, 1920
The Four Queens Find Lancelot Sleeping, 1954
Frank Cowper was a British artist during the early 1900s. He came to be known as "the Last Pre-Raphaelite" because his depictions of religious, historical, and literary scenes echo the style of early Christian art, before the artist Raphael. I admire his meticulous hand. He certainly knew how to make magic with paint.
Tuesday, July 26
Friday, July 8
Louis Icart
Cigarette Memories
Le Lis
Waltz Echoes
Human Grenade, 1917
Louis Icart was a French illustrator who created most of his art during the Art Deco period of the 1920s and 30s. He fought in World War I, and used his desire to create as a way of escape. I like his style, it is very elegant and free.
Thursday, June 23
The Barnes Foundation
The Peasants by Picasso, 1906
The Postman (Joseph-Étienne Roulin) by Van Gogh, 1889
I visited The Barnes Foundation last Friday. These are a few of the paintings that I liked from the collection. It's amazing the amount of art that Dr. Barnes collected, and from a lot of artistic legends none the less. I'm glad that I got the chance to go before the paintings are moved into the city. You can see Dr. Barnes' full collection of paintings online at The Barnes Foundation website.
barnesfoundation.org
Saturday, May 21
Monday, May 16
Zdzisław Beksiński
Beksiński was an artist from Poland who created imagery that came to be known as fantastic realism. He is one of my new favorite artists. I am amazed. I love his dark ethereality. When talking about his art, he had said, "We all see death before our eyes. I am not an exception. Personally, I am more afraid of dying than death itself. This is not a fear of emptiness but of suffering, and this is what I am most afraid of." Sadly, it's ironic because I found out that he was murdered in 2005.
Rest in peace, my friend.
beksinski.pi
Thursday, May 5
Massacre at Chios
Eugène Delacroix, 1824
This is an amazing painting. The emotion, color, contrast, and various interactions creates a dynamic composition. I love the overall golden tone to this. Delacroix is certainly a master with paint.
Monday, April 11
Thursday, April 7
Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh
O Ye that Walk in Willow Wood, 1903
1915
The White Rose and the Red Rose, 1902
The Opera of the Sea, 1902
Lately, I've been looking for a lot of art-nouveau-esque pieces for inspiration, and on my searches I discovered Margaret Mackintosh. Apparently, her style falls under the "Glasgow Style" which predates and influenced the art nouveau style. She used all different mediums, and even worked with metal panels. I like her work a lot, it's all very elegant and ethereal. I love the gypsy cover. Even though it is unfinished, it is lovely. When I saw it, it instantly made me think of the song Spanish Harlem Incident by Bob Dylan...
Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
Cannot hold you to its heat
Your temperature’s too hot for taming
Your flaming feet are burnin' up the street
I am homeless, come and take me
Into reach of your rattling drums
Let me know, babe, all about my fortune
Down along my restless palms...
That song is filled with beautiful poetry. But anyway, that's a side note. Not enough sleep and too much caffeine is making my mind ramble a bit. Check out more of Margaret Mackintosh's work here.
Thursday, March 31
Saturday, March 12
Hope Gangloff
Gangloff is an artist living in New York City. She currently is having an exhibition at the Susan Inglett Gallery in Chelsea, and actually today is the last day her work will be up. I really love her illustration style, and her use of multiple mediums, as well as her selective color palette. Her constant use of red, white, and blue seems to be saying that these are illustrations of everyday American life.
hopegangloff.com
Monday, February 21
Gustav Klimt
Water in Motion, 1898
Beethoven Frieze, 1902
Water Snakes II, 1907
Death and Life, 1916
I have been meaning to post Klimt's work for awhile. I love the way he pieces together all the different elements in his paintings. His ethereal figures intertwine with bold colors and shapes. Truly unique and beautiful.
iklimt.com
Tuesday, January 18
Sunday, January 2
Martin Wittfooth
New Suns
The Devil's Playground
Red Soil
Martin Wittfooth currently is having an exhibition called Gardens. These are some of the paintings in the exhibition. They are wonderful.
martinwittfooth.com
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