HANS HOFFMAN, MODERNIST TEACHER
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) permanently moved the the USA from his native Germany when he was in his early 50s and by the mid-1930s had...
WALTER GOTSCHKE ILLUSTRATES ADLER
Walter Gotschke (1912-2000) is considered by many automobile art fans as one of the very best in that field. Some background regarding...
DIEGO RIVERA: PRETTY GOOD ARTIST WHEN NOT BEING POLITICAL
One of the minor themes of this blog is my contempt for political art - paintings or drawings manifestly espousing a political point...
BINARY STOPLIGHTS
The typical stoplight or traffic light or traffic signal (these are alternative names for the same thing) has three lenses of different...
SANTIAGO RUSIÑOL: BARCELONA TO PARIS AND RETURN
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (1861-1931) was a highly skilled Catalonian painter who had the advantage of coming from a wealthy family....
ROB. MALLET-STEVENS, 1920S MODERNIST ARCHITECT
Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) was born in Paris, but had strong Belgian roots. For instance, he was related to painter Alfred Stevens....
VOLKSWAGEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY BERND REUTERS
Bernhard Wilhelm "Bernd" Reuters (1901-1958) is best known for his illustrations in Volkswagen brochures of the 1950s, the subject...
IN THE BEGINNING: FERNANDO BOTERO
Fernando Botero (1932 - ), Wikipedia entry here , is not one of my favorite artists, as I have posted. I like neither his art nor his...
DISTRESSING JEANS
I find it interesting that many things tend to drift to extremes over time. Often enough, they seem to follow the pattern described...
WALTER MELLOR, TRADITIONALIST ARCHITECT
Fine examples of residential buildings with traditional styles can be found all over America. Perhaps the best are houses built for...
EXTERIOR WALL SCULPTURES IN SPLIT
This is another post in an occasional series dealing with Art Nouveau architecture found in a number of smaller cities in Europe. I...
PISSARRO ADOPTS A MONET TACTIC
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) - Wikipedia entry here - was developing eye problems as he reached his late 60s. It seems his eyes became...
E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER, ACE POSTER ARTIST
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954), who signed his work E. McNight Kauffer and was called Ted, spent most of his career in England...
WHEN ARCHITECT GEORGE HOWE WENT TURNCOAT
The 1920s and 1930s were interesting times where aesthetics are concerned. My e-book "Art Adrift" deals with painting during that period....
TOWARDS THE END: JACKSON POLLOCK
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an alcoholic who when drinking in Greenwich Village bars, would often turn into a nasty drunk. This...
THE CLARK: A FINE MUSEUM
Williamstown is in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It is the home of Williams College, one of the so-called Little Ivies - small,...
YVES TANGUY, SELF-TAUGHT SURREALIST
Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) suddenly decided to become an artist not long after he completed his French Army service. Shortly...
TOM PURVIS' AUSTIN REED POSTERS
Tom Purvis (1888-1959) was a leading British poster artist during the 1920s and 1930s, especially after his style evolved into simplified...
GEORGE WUNDER'S TERRY AND THE PIRATES BACKGROUND DETAILING
American newspaper comic strips were greatly reduced in size decades ago and their content was reduced to various kinds of humor. Gone...
DENNIS MILLER BUNKER: DIED FAR TOO YOUNG
The painting above is "Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot" by John Singer Sargent (1888). Dennis Miller Bunker (1861-1890) lived...
WIP: Raven Guard
Some more 40k stuff I'm currently working on - Raven Guard! It's for the same army I've been working on on and off since 2014. More after the jump Read more ...
Mixed Media Abstract Painting, "IGNITION POINT" by Carol Nelson Fine Art
30"x15"x1.5" Mixed Media on Canvas/sold Commissions welcome. Read more ...
Jill's Csh Box at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Perfporming Arts
Jill's Cash Box is a Country Band that performed on the lawn in front of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m. on Saturday night in April. The... Read more ...
“Stupid Watergate” - the animated feature film concept
“Stupid Watergate” - the animated feature film concept (credit to HBO's John Oliver for the title.) Stormy, Sedate, Stupid, Steadfast, Sanctimonious, Slippery, Screwed Read more ...
How To Make Calculations for Staircase Designs
© José Tomás Franco This question can be basic and you may know the answer, but it's always good to remember some elementary calculations that help us to streamline the design... Read more ...
AD Classics: French Communist Party Headquarters / Oscar Niemeyer
In March 1972, an article in The Architectural Review proclaimed that this structure was “probably the best building in Paris since Le Corbusier 's Cité de Refuge for the... Read more ...
Forever, IG: itsPeteski
Forever, IG : itsPeteski Read more ...
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Ban Ban 1194
Toothpaste for dinner
