tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75891057609114533922024-03-17T09:48:51.196-07:00Art ContrarianA blog about about painting, design and other aspects of aesthetics along with a dash of non-art topics. The point-of-view is that modernism in art is an idea that has, after a century or more, been thoroughly tested and found wanting. Not to say that it should be abolished -- just put in its proper, diminished place.Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger1526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-23626822718866679502024-02-19T01:00:00.000-08:002024-02-19T01:00:00.128-08:00More on Vadim Voitekhovitch's Steampunk WorldVadim Voitekhovitch (1963 - ), born in what is now Belarus, moved to Germany in 2004. He mostly paints Steampunk scenes of apparently fictional Hanseatic area port cities. Some Steampunk views are of actual inland German cities, but still set in the late 1800s or very early 1900s. And he sometimes paints such places without Steampunk details.<br />
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I previously wrote about him <b><u><a href="https://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-gray-steampunk-world-of-vadim.html">here</a></u></b>.<br />
<br />Today, I comment regarding which details of his pure Steampunk paintings are Steampunk, and which are true to the 19th century world used as his setting. Also noted are a few of his Steampunk shape sources.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Fleet at Sea</b><br />
The steam-powered airships are pure Steampunk: engineering impossibilities. The ships, however, are similar to 1890s French armored cruisers.<br />
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<b>French Armored Cruiser Bruix</b><br />
Voitekhovitch borrowed the prow and military masts of this vintage cruiser.<br />
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<b>French Battleship Charles Martel</b><br />
The "tumblehome" side profile is more from this vintage battleship that also has some impressive military (weaponized) masts.<br />
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<b><i>Die Kreuzung der Wege</i> - Intersection</b><br />
Note the elevated railroad. The locomotive is derived from mid-1800s Crampton types having huge driving wheels. The omnibuses on the street are horse-drawn, not Steampunk like the airship.<br />
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<b>Great Western Railroad's Iron Duke / Rover Class locomotive</b><br />
Example of a Crampton type locomotive.<br />
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<b><i>Leipzig Marktplatz</i></b><br />
The main Leipzig marketplace as it appeared around 1900, but with the addition of an airship that's apparently not steam-powered.<br />
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<b><i>Der Anlegeturm</i> - The Mooring Tower</b><br />
The cars appear to be 1915 vintage, but perhaps powered by liquid gas (note the copper tanks at the rear of the car at the right).<br />
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<b><i>Eisener Falke</i> - Iron Falcon</b><br />
A steam-powered vehicle in the foreground plus the usual airships.<br />
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<b><i>Die Weltlichen Neuheiten</i> - Worldly Novelties</b><br />
Probably not the best translation. The tram and cart seem steam-powered, but there's also a horse-drawn carriage at the left. As is usual in Voitekhovitch's paintings, all this including the airships is normal environment for the people depicted. <br />
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<b>Street scene with steam-powered bus</b><br />
Everything else seems pure-1890.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-39069010347211385872024-01-01T01:00:00.000-08:002024-01-01T01:00:00.128-08:00Sculpture-Augmented Frescoes at Würzburg ResidenzLast summer (2023) I toured Würzburg's Residenz, the palace of the Prince-Bishop when the area was a unit of the Holy Roman Empire. Its Wikipedia entry is <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_Residence">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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Its artistic highlights regarding painting are the huge ceiling frescos by the great <br />
<b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Tiepolo">Giovani Battista Tiepolo</a></u></b>. The present post features the fresco in the Treppenhaus. <b><u><a href="http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/wurzburg-residence-frescoes.htm">This link</a></u></b> notes:<br />
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"... in the great vaulted ceiling over the Treppenhaus - at 7287 square feet (677 square metres) one of the largest expanses ever to have been covered in fresco - the theme was "Allegory of the Planets and Continents." This monumental mythological painting, which occasionally encroaches onto architectural elements below, extends over a flattened basket vault that spans a complex arrangement of flights and landings. It shows the Four Continents beneath a central Heaven presided over by an art-loving Apollo."<br />
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It's that encroaching that concerns us today.<br />
<br />Some encroaching items are sculptures that overlap the painting in places, becoming part of it when viewed from below.<br />
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Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the name of the sculptor or names of sculptors who did the work via Google and Bing searches. Perhaps I didn't dig deeply enough. As it was, the items searches turned up became increasingly less relevant, so I decided not to turn searching into a death march.<br />
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Below are some photos I took.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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Treppenhaus staircase and fresco.<br />
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Corner detail containing sculptures of two men.<br />
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Another corner, two more men.<br />
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A third corner.<br />
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Segment of the Kaisersaal fresco. Note the sculpted dog.<br />
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A charming sculpture in the Kaisersaal -- French appearing, and likely related to springtime. I saw the title and sculptor's name is a catalog at the Residenz gift shop, but didn't buy the book. And now I can't find that information on the Internet. If you can, help me out in a comment.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-46039601196857169992023-11-13T01:00:00.000-08:002023-11-13T01:00:00.130-08:00Louis Buisseret, 1920s Belgian RealistLouis Buisseret (1888 - 1956), Wikipedia entry <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buisseret">here</a></u></b>, was not a major artist, being employed for 20 years as a provincial art academy administrator.<br />
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The peak of his career seems to have been in the 1920s. He depicted in representational style, though there was some of the simplification fashionable at the time.<br />
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Images below are in approximate chronological order.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Self-Portrait - 1917</b><br />
Painted during the Great War when Belgium was mostly occupied by Germany.<br />
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<b><i>Portrait de femme</i> - 1918</b><br />
Another wartime painting.<br />
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<b>Selence - 1919</b><br /><br />
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<b>Lady with a Parrot - 1923</b><br />
Mannered, the setting harking to early paintings using one-point perspective.<br />
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<b>Lady with a Red Scarf - 1923</b><br />
Conventional.<br />
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<b>In the Artist's Studio - 1928</b><br />
Now we see a whiff of modernist simplification on the woman, but not the others.<br />
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<b>Mary Louise McBride (Mrs Homer Saint-Gaudens) - 1929</b><br />
Slight simplification here.<br />
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<b>Water Carrier, Portugal - c.1943</b><br />
The date was what was shown on the druot.com website. Not impossible, but I think it unlikely that an ordinary Belgian could easily travel from German-occupied Belgium to neutral Portugal during World War 2. 1930s seems more reasonable, but admittedly that's only a guess.<br />
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<b>Woman Reading</b><br />
No date for this. Perhaps 1930s, maybe post-war.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-56809599353692666462023-10-16T01:00:00.001-07:002023-10-16T01:00:00.148-07:00Blogging NoticeNote to regular readers:<br />
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I have written more than 1,500 Art Contrarian posts since 2010. I am about to turn 84 years old, and no longer follow the art world except casually. That means I'm finding it difficult to come up with topics for posts. Besides, I've said most of what I want to say on the subject.<br />
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So, rather than posting to a fixed schedule, I've decided to post whenever I feel the need to do so, much like David Apatoff does for his excellent <b><u><a href="https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/">Illustration Art</a></u></b> blog.<br />
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Besides the occasional blogging here, I'll continue to post regularly on my <b><u><a href="https://carstylecritic.blogspot.com/">Car Style Critic</a></u></b> blog that deals with automobile styling and history, subjects I follow closely.<br />
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Thank you for your interest in Art Contrarian.<br />Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-47579434646658031732023-10-09T01:00:00.001-07:002023-10-09T01:00:00.139-07:00More Konstantin Korovin PaintingsI last wrote about Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (1861-1939) <b><u><a href="https://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2019/01/konstantin-korovin-sketchy-paintings.html">here</a></u></b>. His Wikipedia entry is <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Korovin">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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He painted in a painterly (visible brushstroke), Impressionist style both in the Russian phase of his career and later in France.<br />
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As I mentioned in the earlier post, he carries this further that I prefer. This is best for landscapes, but the first portrait shown below works well when not seen enlarged (as you can do by clicking on it if you're viewing this on a desktop computer or possibly on a laptop).<br />
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All that said, Korovin's works were often pleasing and interesting.<br />
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<b>Portrait of Mariinsky Theatre singer Vera Aleekseevna Dorofeeva - 1920</b><br />
It isn't easy to do a convincing portrait of a young woman using strong brushwork, but Korovin succeeded here.<br />
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<b>Z. Pertseva - 1921</b><br />
Perhaps due to it being nearly a full-figure work, his sketchy approach is less effective on Pertseva.<br />
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<b>Gourzouf - 1914</b><br />
Russian Empire resort town.<br />
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<b>Gurzuf - 1915</b><br />
Different transliterations from the Cyrillic, same place in Crimea the following summer.<br />
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<b>Moscow - 1914</b><br />
The Kremlin is at the left, St. Basil's Cathedral is above the streetcar on the bridge over the Moskva River.<br />
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<b>French Port in Summer</b><br />
Another summer resort painting in the 1920s or 1930s.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-80229153809844554182023-10-02T01:00:00.001-07:002023-10-02T01:00:00.157-07:00Didier Graffet, French Steampunk IllustratorDidier Graffet, born 1970, is a French painter/illustrator specializing in Steampunk and fantasy subjects. Some background regarding him is <b><u><a href="http://linesandcolors.com/2016/09/15/didier-graffet/">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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As best I can tell, most artists of that genre nowadays produce digital images. Graffet, however, seems to have mostly or entirely painted using acrylics. That is more laborious than digital, given the amount and type of detail he uses. But the result is something tangible that can be sold for a good price, if auction values for some of his works are any clue.<br />
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Below are examples of his paintings found on the Internet.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Angel City</b><br />
First, to place Graffet's work in context, a fine example of digital Steampunk art by the well-known <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Martini%C3%A8re">Stephan Martinière</a></u></b>.<br />
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A New York City fantasy by Graffet. He compresses Broadway, showing the 23rd Street's Flatiron Building (slightly altered) in the middle ground and Times Square closer in.<br />
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Detail of the previous image. The Paramount Theatre at the right is in the same spirit as the actual Paramount of the late 1920s. The nearest southbound car is a Jaray-type streamlined Maybach of 1935. Other cars seem to be Graffet's inventions, as is the double deck bus at the left. <br />
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A country scene with castles in the background and Viking-type ships approaching us.<br />
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Graffet used that vehicle's shape in several of his paintings.<br />
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Here one is at a loading platform. The people on the balcony are dressed in circa-1920 fashion.<br />
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<b>Trafalgar Celebration</b><br />
Trafalgar Square, London. HMS Victory sits by Nelson's monument while a huge dirigible loiters overhead. The people are dressed as in the 1890s.<br />
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<b>Métro Gare du Nord</b><br />
The train station for points north of Paris. The façade is there, but far, far above street level. The sign fragment at the upper left advertises trains for London.<br />
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<b>Le Tour</b><br />
Eiffel Tower as seen from across the Seine. Some of the airships are steam powered, highly unlikely in reality, but found in Steampunk illustrations by <b><u><a href="https://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-gray-steampunk-world-of-vadim.html">other artists</a></u></b>.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-77747529080775475602023-09-25T01:00:00.001-07:002023-09-25T01:00:00.155-07:00Anastasia Vostrezova, Painter of the BalletAnastasia Vostrezova, born 1981, is a Russian representational painter known for her depictions of ballet dancers. A brief biographical note is <b><u><a href="https://www.art-katalog.com/en/biography/77">here</a></u></b>, and more information is <b><u><a href="https://russianartparis.com/2012/08/01/artist-anastasia-vostrezova-saint-petersburg/">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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Vostrezova is skilled, her paintings generally being well composed and pleasingly executed. That said, she also seems to have an eye on the mid-level art market that likes professionally-done, but not profound paintings featuring people.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Self-Portrait in a Hat</b><br /><br />
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<b>Self-Portrait in a Theater Costume</b><br />
A pastel work.<br />
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Now for a few ballet-related paintings.<br />
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<b>The Old Buffet</b><br />
As best I can tell from images of her paintings found using Internet searches, her subjects are always women.<br />
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<b>The Antique Shawl</b><br />
Note the variation is brushwork between the subject and dress/background.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-67876273637533218192023-09-18T01:00:00.001-07:002023-09-18T01:00:00.137-07:00Bartow Van Voorhis Matteson - 1920s IllustratorBartow Van Voorhis Matteson (1894-1984) was an illustrator active in the 1920s who might have transitioned to Fine Arts later during his long life. I can find virtually no biographical details about him on Google and Bing searches or in my reference library.<br />
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Below are some examples of his illustration work, most from the 1920s. Some are competently done, and appeared in some of the better magazines. A few others are of lesser quality.<br />
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<b>U.S. Army Medical Department poster - c.1918</b><br />
Matteron signed this as an Army lieutenant. I don't think this poster is well-done artistically and persuasively.<br />
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<b>Vignette format Western romance scene</b><br />
Matteson did a number of Western romance story illustrations. This is not his best: note the poor anatomy at the man's neck and shoulder.<br />
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<b>Farm scene</b><br />
Story illustration.<br />
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<b>The Courtship</b><br />
Another Cowboy romance. Essentially the same costume as seen above. The girl is nicely depicted.<br />
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<b>Under the Moonlight</b><br />
From the same story as the preceding image? Costumes are nearly the same. Or did Matteson simply repeat the same sort of clothing again and again when called to do Western love stories?<br />
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<b>Gypsies Paused at the Clearing</b><br />
This is comparable to 1920s illustrations by better-known artists such as Dean Cornwell.<br />
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<b>Heartache at Sea</b><br />
Another competent work.<br />
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<b>Lovers and swans scene - The Country Gentleman magazine - 1926</b><br />
For reasons of printing economy in those days, many illustrations were created and printed in duotone.<br />
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<b>The Proposal - 1930</b><br />
The lady is poorly drawn: her head is too large for her body.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-91357148909898459762023-09-11T01:00:00.001-07:002023-09-11T01:00:00.138-07:00George Frederic Watts: Some PortraitsGeorge Frederic Watts (1817-1904) was an important 19th century British artist, as is noted <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederic_Watts">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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Among many other things, that Wikipedia entry mentions: "He was also admired as a portrait painter. His portraits were of the most important men and women of the day, intended to form a 'House of Fame'. In his portraits Watts sought to create a tension between disciplined stability and the power of action. He was also notable for emphasising the signs of strain and wear on his sitter's faces. Of his British subjects many are now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery..."<br />
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Today's post presents several of those portraits from 1864 through 1871, a period when many of them were painted.<br />
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Shown are mostly art- and culture-related personalities, subjects apparently dear to Watts' heart, as he was part of that tribe. Artistically, they are accurate from a representational standpoint. They are rather dark, brownish -- an appearance that was fashionable in late-1800s Britain, as a visitor to London's National Portray Gallery will notice.<br />
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<b>Giuseppe Garibaldi - 1864</b><br />
Garibaldi was a political figure thanks to his effort to unity Italy. But that also made him a figure of popular culture -- there's even a mountain named after him in far-off British Columbia.<br />
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<b>Ellen Terry in "Choosing" - 1864</b><br />
Watts was briefly married to this famous actress. She ran out on him.<br />
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<b>Robert Browning - 1866</b><br />
The poet.<br />
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<b>Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1867</b><br />
Another poet.<br />
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<b>Florence Nightingale - 1868</b><br />
The famous nurse of the Crimean War.<br />
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<b>Daniel Gabriel Rossetti - 1870</b><br />
Pre-Raphaelite painter.<br />
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<b>William Morris - 1870</b><br />
Arts and Crafts movement personality.<br />
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<b>Frederic Leighton - 1871</b><br />
Famous painter.<br />
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<b>Edward Millais - 1871</b><br />
Pre-Raphaelite painter.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-50910159028054465412023-09-04T01:00:00.001-07:002023-09-04T01:00:00.143-07:00Edwin Lord Weeks, American OrientalistEdwin Lord Weeks (1849 – 1903) had wealthy parents and so was able to study art and visit exotic places. His Wikipedia <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lord_Weeks">entry</a></u></b> notes:<br />
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"In 1872 Weeks relocated to Paris, becoming a pupil of Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérôme.<br />
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After his studies in Paris, Weeks emerged as one of America's major painters of Orientalist subjects. Throughout his adult life he was an inveterate traveler and journeyed to South America (1869), Egypt and Persia (1870), Morocco (frequently between 1872 and 1878), and India (1882–83)."<br />
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Orientalism was a fasionalble painting genre in the last three decades of the 1800s. Typical subject matter was the Middle East, though French orientalists often favored scenes from France's North African empire thanks to its convenience. Weeks' teacher Gérôme is an important example.<br />
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British and the fewer American orientalists often cast a wider geographical net, taking in Turkey and British Empire locations as well are places of British influence such as Egypt and Persia.<br />
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So it was with Weeks, as noted above. Many of the scenes in the Gallery below are set in India, some in Persia, and others in unidentified locations (though a scholar of costumes and architecture could probably make a close guess).<br />
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Weeks had a strong representational style and was highly productive over a comparatively short 30-year career.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>The Temple and Tank of Walkeschwar, Bombay</b><br /><br />
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<b>Photo: Weeks in his studio</b><br />
Note the size of some of his works.<br />
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<b>Along the Ghats, Mathura</b><br /><br />
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<b>Perfumer's Shop, Bombay</b><br /><br />
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<b>Horses of the Ford - Persia</b><br /><br />
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<b><i>La princess de Bengale</i></b><br /><br />
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<b>Persian Café - The Pottery Seller</b><br /><br />
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<b>Street Scene in India</b></center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-26194086445919583852023-08-28T01:00:00.001-07:002023-08-28T01:00:00.140-07:00Paul Gerding, Automobile Advertising Illustrator<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipto-tb6Cs_Pt-5C8u3dk_nh6_081LpioN21QVyEAn5X0smvXqRwdhYF6vtMKXY-8WcIpx8mMJr-_XtFBFmH68d9Rd_Pzgn1cxUOie0A_yan-3c6wecCylgkfc0GCpVjBb9jT10nJeYrR11fbuJjF7IpGZAvWArvXGHUtwcYm_AtFV-MoCVd_vk0_/s600/detail-%201932.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipto-tb6Cs_Pt-5C8u3dk_nh6_081LpioN21QVyEAn5X0smvXqRwdhYF6vtMKXY-8WcIpx8mMJr-_XtFBFmH68d9Rd_Pzgn1cxUOie0A_yan-3c6wecCylgkfc0GCpVjBb9jT10nJeYrR11fbuJjF7IpGZAvWArvXGHUtwcYm_AtFV-MoCVd_vk0_/s1600/detail-%201932.png" width="500" /></a></div>
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Paul Gerding (1895-1983) made a number of very nice illustrations for automobile advertisements, especially in the late 1920s to mid-1930s. He did other work, but I found little of it on Internet searches. Part of my problem is that illustrators did not always sign their work -- usually due to the ad agency or its client's policy.<br />
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Because of all that, I could find little more than Gerding's birth/death years. So this post simply focuses on the examples of his work I selected.<br />
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The image above is cropped from a 1932 Pierce-Arrow advertisement. Pierce-Arrow was a luxury brand in decline due to the Great Depression and strong competition from the likes of Packard and Cadillac. I think Gerding did a fine job here, especially the lighting and use of color. Media were probably watercolor and gouache.<br />
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The advertisement source of the image at the top of this post.<br />
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Now for three 1927 Pierce-Arrow ads by Gerding. Here the car is incidental to the people in the foreground.<br />
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Gerding painted both the car and the setting. Often a different artist was used for each type of subject because cars are not easy to render convincingly. Perhaps the most famous example is the long-running Pontiac series illustrated by Art Fitzpatrick (cars) and Van Kaufman (setting and people).<br />
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Again, people in the foreground, car to the rear.<br />
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Another 1932 Pierce-Arrow ad.<br />
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And another.<br />
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This illustration (not signed, but attributed) is of a 1933 DeSoto.<br />
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Ultra-luxury Duesenberg cars for 1935 were advertised using black-and-white illustrations by Gerding featuring seriously wealthy looking people, but no cars in sight.<br />
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Around the time of World War 2, Gerding pained a number of scenes for Republic Steel advertisements.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-78356077153909622852023-08-21T01:00:00.001-07:002023-08-21T01:00:00.146-07:00Louis Fancher, IllustratorLouis Fancher (1884-1944), Wikipedia entry <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fancher">here</a></u></b>, seems to have experienced a career peak in the 1910s decade if Internet images of his work are any clue.<br />
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Of course his career lasted longer, but his approach remained poster-like throughout, because it seems he illustrated many posters and magazine covers and few if any magazine stories.<br />
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The early works shown below are flat, simplified representations. Later, he gradually added modeling.<br />
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<b>Scribner's Magazine poster - 1907</b><br />
He was about 22 years old when he did this.<br />
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<b>Pierce-Arrow poster - c.1910</b><br />
Fancher is perhaps best known for his Pierce-Arrow posters.<br />
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<b>Collier's cover - 18 February 1911</b><br />
Collier's was a major general-interest magazine, ranking not far below the Saturday Evening Post.<br />
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<b>Pierce-Arrow poster - 1911</b><br />
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<b>Collier's cover - 26 October 1912</b><br />
Another poster-style cover illustration. In one sense, magazine covers are actually sales posters.<br />
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<b>Simplex poster - 1916</b><br />
A Pierce-Arrow competitor.<br />
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<b>U.S. Army Air Service poster - c.1918</b><br />
Fancher was in the Army during the Great War, but still had time to do poster art.<br />
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<b>Southern Pacific poster - c.1918</b><br />
Another patriotic wartime poster, this for a railroad. Note the German helmet at the lower right. Many had studs that could support an armor band over the front. Here Fancher transforms the studs into devil's horns.<br />
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<b>Judge Magazine cover - 2 April 1921</b><br />
Changing style, but still a poster.<br />
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<b>Collier's cover 3 August 1929</b><br />
Flatness is pretty well eliminated here. Not much like his earlier Pierce-Arrow work.<br />
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<b>Collier's cover - 19 May 1934</b><br />
An example of his later style.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-87337302180996193072023-08-14T01:00:00.001-07:002023-08-14T01:00:00.139-07:00Carroll Beckwith, American PainterJames Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917), as noted <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carroll_Beckwith">here</a></u></b>, studied under Carolus Duran "who in 1877 selected Beckwith and John Singer Sargent to help him with a mural for the Palais du Luxembourg."<br />
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So he had talent. However, he was not a John Singer Sargent -- but few others were at that high level.<br />
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Nevertheless, he seems to have had a successful career, despite being mostly forgotten today. Perhaps one reason for that was because he did not leave famous paintings. Not even one.<br />
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Unfortunately, not all the paintings in the Gallery are dated.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Normandy Girl - 1883</b><br /><br />
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<b>Mark Twain - 1890</b><br /><br />
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<b>Grandmother's Love Letters - c.1895</b><br /><br />
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<b>Nita - 1897</b><br /><br />
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<b>Self-Portrait - 1898</b><br /><br />
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<b>Evelyn Nesbit - 1901</b><br />
She was a participant in one of America's most famous scandals: her Wikipedia <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Nesbit">entry</a></u></b> describes it. Beckwith also made a half-nude portrait of her around the same time as this was painted.<br />
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<b>Marguerite</b><br /><br />
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<b>The Authoress</b><br /><br />
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<b>The Terrace</b><br /><br />
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<b>Cathedral at Le Puy</b><br />
An example of his langscape work.<br /></center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-21807286791137584202023-08-07T01:00:00.001-07:002023-08-07T01:00:00.143-07:00Félix Ziem, Yet Another Painter of VeniceFélix Ziem (né Félix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem: 1821-1911) was a financially successful artist, according to his Wikipedia <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Ziem">entry</a></u></b>.<br />
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His initial training was in architecture, which might help explain his interest in depicting places such as Venice and Constantinople. However, his painting style was fairly loose, not like the precise, detailed presentation renderings expected of architects. Other than whatever art instruction he received in architecture school, it seems he had little formal training.<br />
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Unless noted, titles of the images below are via the Internet.<br />
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<b><i>Gondole à Venise</i></b><br />
Note how loosely the building is painted. I don't have a date for this painting, but I wonder if Ziem was influence by Impressionism.<br />
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<b>Saint Mark from the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice</b><br />
The rendering here is more precise.<br />
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<b>Venice - 1879</b><br />
Ziem liked to include boats to add interest.<br />
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<b><i>Venise gondole et voiliers sur le grand canal</i></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVppYO0JZ-_-EuPAoSdchRAGxb8H9JHH2yBlvAOUqjy-orrgQ6NtFKRTzF3cEWyJlK3Hk3hqWUiuWskENE1Xh5IdZTLiEcL6KvAyLh4P42xk_Z39XhasaucEmEp12LRllGBapoSv14P8YSOqeZZnqyBY7u8b47lsXWRj9eCcmIZzvMISxex8yGXzib/s1200/Venise%20le%20grand-bassin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVppYO0JZ-_-EuPAoSdchRAGxb8H9JHH2yBlvAOUqjy-orrgQ6NtFKRTzF3cEWyJlK3Hk3hqWUiuWskENE1Xh5IdZTLiEcL6KvAyLh4P42xk_Z39XhasaucEmEp12LRllGBapoSv14P8YSOqeZZnqyBY7u8b47lsXWRj9eCcmIZzvMISxex8yGXzib/s1600/Venise%20le%20grand-bassin.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<b><i>Venise le grand-bassin</i></b><br /><br />
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<b>View of Grand Canal and Rialto bridge (my title)</b><br /><br />
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<b><i>Aqua Alta</i></b><br />
Saint Mark's Square flooded.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-75178493971354034062023-07-31T01:00:00.001-07:002023-07-31T01:00:00.138-07:00Léon BonnatLéon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833-1921) "was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur, art collector and professor at the École des Beaux Arts" according to his Wikipedia <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Bonnat">entry</a></u></b>.<br />
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Born in Bayonne, France, near the Spanish border, he lived in Madrid aged 13 to 20 where he learned a good deal about Spanish artists and their works. Perhaps this early familiarity might have led to his use of black and other dark colors in many of his own paintings.<br />
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The entry also notes that Bonnat earned a good living painting portraits. However, in today's post I focus mostly on some of his other subjects.<br />
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<b><i>Fille romaine à la fontaine</i> - 1875</b><br />
A well-known painting because it's in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br />
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<b><i>Vues de Rome</i></b><br />
He studied in Rome 1858-1860 before moving on to Paris.<br />
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<b><i>Jeune femme faisant la charite a l'entree de la chapelle de l'hopital San Sebastian a Cordoue</i></b><br />
He painted many religious subjects.<br />
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<b><i>Un salon de coiffure oriental</i> - 1872</b><br />
He traveled in northern Africa, so dabbled in Orientalism. Here, a barber shop scene.<br />
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<b>Self-Portrait - 1885</b><br /><br />
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<b>Portrait of a Young Girl - 1889</b><br /><br />
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<b>Standing woman</b><br /><br />
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<b>The Crucifixion (Christ on the Cross)</b><br />
Convincing stress on agony.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-54631438501382061882023-07-24T01:00:00.001-07:002023-07-24T01:00:00.134-07:00Jean Pagès, fashion IllustratorJean Pagès (1903-1976), according to <b><u><a href="https://illustratorslounge.com/fashion/jean-pages-1903-1976/">this</a></u></b> web site, received architectural training before becoming a fashion illustrator. Most of his work was for Condé Nast publications.<br />
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Like other fashion illustrators, his style was based on what was favored at the time. In the 1920s, fairly flat, simplified images were preferred. But as the 1930s rolled along, free-style wash drawings became preferred.<br />
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Below are examples of his work from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s showing his stylistic shift.<br />
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<b>Vogue illustration - c.1927</b><br />
Geometric feeling ... perhaps a reflection of his architectural training<br />
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<b>Vogue (Germany) cover - 19 December 1928</b><br />
German Vogue cover illustrations tended to be simpler than those for France, Britain and the USA.<br />
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<b>Vogue illustration - April 1929</b><br />
Tenniswear fashions.<br />
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<b>Illustration - 1931</b><br />
Again, architectural referring training allowed him to convincingly depict shadows and interior structures.<br />
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<b>Vogue cover - 1 June 1931</b><br />
Matelot style costume.<br />
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<b>Vogue illustration - 15 April 1933</b><br />
Pagès' style is becoming more loose.<br />
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<b>Vogue (USA) cover - 15 December 1933</b><br />
Horrors!! She's smoking!<br />
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<b>Vogue (USA) cover - 1 October 1934</b><br />
No drama in this pose.<br />
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<b>Illustration - 1935</b><br />
His work shows less free brushwork than the fashion illustration norm of the time.<br />
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<b>Illustration - 1936</b><br />
This is more in the new style. Similar looking fashion illustration was common in the 1950s.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-88161870732322165282023-07-17T01:00:00.001-07:002023-07-17T01:00:00.132-07:00Harry Everett Townsend, War ArtistHarry Everett Townsend (1879–1941) was a painter and illustrator best known today for his work as a war artist in the Great War. His Wikipedia entry is <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Everett_Townsend">here</a></u></b>, and David Apatoff discusses him <b><u><a href="https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2017/08/new-reflections-on-old-combat-art-part-3.html">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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I found very few examples of his commercial illustration work on the Internet. If there were post- World War 1 examples, I missed them.<br />
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Townsend had a good eye for details of people in movement as well as of objects such as aircraft and tanks. This meant he had a sense of structure, how things were formed. There are artists of the modern variety who have trouble depicting machines convincingly.<br />
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I think he was one of the best of the group of artists commissioned to record the war. The war images below are from 1918 when the U.S. Expeditionary Force was in action.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Photo of Townsend, his cello, and wife</b><br />
This seems to be from 1910 or so.<br />
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<b>The Love Letter</b><br />
He added a cello in the background for some reason.<br />
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<b>Woman Playing a Mandolin - c.1911</b><br />
Nice composition, coloration, and brushwork.<br />
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<b>Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1911</b><br />
Illustration. She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" a book that was an important pre- Civil War abolitionist work.<br />
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<b>A Quiet Sector in Lorraine, Opposite Domevre</b><br />
"Tin-hat" British type helmets are not easy for some artists to draw convincingly, but Townsend could do so better, but not always perfectly.<br />
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<b>Back from the Fight</b><br />
Compare this treatment to that of "Woman Playing a Mandolin" above. The tank is a French-built Renault FT light tank.<br />
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<b>On Gas Alert</b><br />
Both sides used poisonous gas during the Great War.<br />
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<b>Soldiers of the Telephone</b><br />From around September 1914 until March 1918, front lines were fairly stable. Much communication was handled by field telephone, with wires strung from the front trench back to headquarters. An uncle of mine enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, but the war ended before he left Camp Lewis in Washington state.<br />
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<b>Refugees from Château-Thierry Sector</b><br />
One of Germany's final desperation offensives was aimed at the Château-Thierry area. Here Townsend shows civilians heading south and an American artillery battery going north. This was a French army sector, but some American units were called in to assist the defense.<br />
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<b>Sketch</b><br />
Townsend's first step in creating his war illustrations.<br />
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<b>Two Six-Ton Tanks Climbing a Hill </b><br />
Renault FT light tanks in a training exercise. George S. Patton commanded a tank brigade before he was wounded.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-20255303168095985532023-07-10T01:00:00.001-07:002023-07-10T01:00:00.137-07:00Queen Elizabeth II: Multi Ritratti by Edward HallidayEdward Irvine Halliday (1902-1984), biographical information <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Halliday">here</a></u></b>, is not well-known today, but had a long career as a painter of portraits and murals.
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Among his portrait subjects was Queen Elizabeth II.<br />
<br />It seems that many British organizations desired having a portrait of her. Not just a photograph, but a real painting made with oil paints. The Queen had many duties, and surely could not find time to pose for every requested portrait. So Halliday, for example, painted several portraits of her posed the same, but attired differently and with different backgrounds. I suppose other artists did the same thing, though I wasn't aware of this until I was collecting a set of images of Halliday's works.<br /><br />
Locations noted following Elizabeth's name are organizations that commissioned the paintings or where they are to be found.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Princess Elizabeth - drawing, National Portrait Gallery - c. 1949</b><br />
Nice job: note the light, shadows and reflected light.<br />
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<b>Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, Britannia Royal Naval College - 1949</b><br />
Phillip was only a Royal Navy lieutenant in those days. Later he became an Admiral of the Fleet.<br />
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<b>Elizabeth II, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool - c. 1955</b><br />
Her head seems a trifle large compared to her arms and hands.<br />
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<b>Elizabeth II, Guildford Guildhall - 1957</b><br />Here is an early version of the pose that Halliday kept using. Possibly this was made during an actual sitting.<br />
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<b>Elizabeth II, Guildhall Winchester - 1957</b><br />
Same costume as in the previous image. Same pose, of course.<br />
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<b>Her Majesty the Queen, Southampton Mayor's Parlour - 1966</b><br />
Same pose, but the rest differs. Note that this was painted nine years later.<br />
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<b>Elizabeth II with Latimer House in the Background, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom - 1966</b><br />
Many 1957 portrait details are carried over to this 1966 work.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-43033377102210550172023-07-03T01:00:00.001-07:002023-07-03T01:00:00.140-07:00Maxwell Armfield, Tempera PainterMaxwell Ashby Armfield (1881-1972) didn't always paint using tempera, but according to his Wikipedia
<b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Armfield">entry</a></u></b>, "In 1946 Armfield released the book 'Tempera Painting Today', published by Pentagon Press." So he knew something about the subject.<br />
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The link also notes that Armfield attended the Birmingham School of Art, then a center of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Which helps to explain his style and perhaps his favored medium.<br />
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Below are some examples of his work, the first several dated to provide temporal context, the remainder undated, but their dates might be inferred from the appearance of the dated ones.<br />
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I don't find Armfield's paintings very attractive or interesting, but others did, because some are found in important collections.<br /><br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Self-Portrait - 1901</b><br />
He was around age 20 when he made this Arts-and-Crafts style painting.<br />
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<b>Faustine - 1904</b><br />
One of his better-known works. Held by the Musée d'Orsay.<br />
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<b>The Tower (Trees, Lucca) - 1905</b><br /><br />
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<b>Central Park New York - 1916</b><br />
Armfield and his wife were in the USA 1915-1922.<br />
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<b>Miss Chaseley on the Undercliff - 1927</b><br />
The two flapper-style women at the left-center are among the most representational details in this stiff, mannered painting.<br />
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<b>Jessie Lemont</b><br />
I suppose the book cover might be of interest to certain cognoscenti.<br />
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<b>Miss Molly Lumley in "Spades are Spades"</b><br /><br />
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<b>Music in New York - Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach</b><br />
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<b>Oxford Circus</b><br />
From around 1910, showing the either the Central Line or Bakerloo Line Underground station.<br />
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<b>San Gimignano,Italy</b><br />
A poetic interpretation of the famous towered town.<br />
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<b>The Coming of Spring</b></center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-44316184912809332382023-06-26T10:00:00.000-07:002023-06-26T10:00:30.739-07:00Pierre Mourgue, Fashion IllustratorPierre Mourgue (1890-1969) was an important French fashion illustrator. Some biographical information is <b><u><a href="https://illustratorslounge.com/fashion/fashion-fridays-pierre-mourgue-1890-1969/">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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Much of his work was published in Condé Nast's Vogue Magazine's French, British, American and German versions. Examples are shown below along with other illustrations whose sources were not clear from Internet sources.<br />
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It seems that fashion illustration, along with its subject matter, follows its own set of fashions. 1920s illustrations tended to simplify human figures and clothing, creating flattening to various degrees depending on the artist or perhaps the art director. In the 1930s fashion changed to free-style wash drawings, this persisting into the 1950s and beyond. There also seem to have been some national differences, as Mourgue's 1920s cover illustration for German Vogue are more simplified than those he did for other editions.<br />
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In two words, Mourgue was both fashionable and versatile.<br />
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<b>Monsieur magazine cover - February 1921</b><br />
Some of his comparatively early work was for a men's magazine. Doesn't look like that guy on the right spent much time in the trenches around Verdun.<br />
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<b>Illustration - 1927</b><br />
Mourgue's illustrations sometimes used more shape modeling than was common at the time.<br />
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<b>Illustration - 1928</b><br />
Not a fashion illustration.<br />
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<b>Vogue (Germany) cover - May 1928</b><br />
An example of his simplified German style.<br />
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<b>Vogue (USA) cover - 15 September 1928</b><br />
Mourgue traveled to the USA a lot, according to the link above. The background of this illustration seems to be a greatly enlarged New York Central Park lake.<br />
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<b>Vogue (UK) cover - March 1929</b><br />
All is flatly done save the car's steering wheel.<br />
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<b>Vogue illustration - 1932</b><br />
New decade, new fashion trend.<br />
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<b>Patou dresses - c.1934</b><br />
Original publication illustration, probably for French Vogue.<br />
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<b>Vogue (USA) cover - 1 March 1935</b><br />
The new fashion illustration style.<br />
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<b>Vogue cover illustration - 1935</b><br />
Another example.</center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-10127692098726180602023-06-19T01:00:00.001-07:002023-06-19T01:00:00.133-07:00Wallace Morgan - Black and White IllustrationWallace Morgan (1873-1948, some sources have his birth in 1875) had a successful career making drawings for publication. A Smithsonian link about him is <b><u><a href="https://www.si.edu/spotlight/official-artwork-wwi/morgan">here</a></u></b>, his Wikipedia entry <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Morgan">here</a></u></b>, and a link to the Society of Illustrators is <b><u><a href="https://societyillustrators.org/award-winners/wallace-morgan/">here</a></u></b>.
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Morgan's early career was as a newspaper artist, where speed was important. Clearly Morgan was adept at composition and capturing realistic and believable detail. This background is probably why he was commissioned as a combat artist during America's participation in the Great War.<br />
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Aside from the war, most of his subjects were High Society or nearly so.<br /><br />
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<b>“Lovers and Lovers” - Collier's - March 3, 1917</b><br />
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<b>"Now that you made her cry, I hope you're happy" - New Yorker - March 22, 1942</b><br />
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Saturday Evening Post illustration.<br />
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This illustration and the following ones lack source and date information.<br />
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Available on-line illustrations are mostly of a 1920 series he did for the <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Vivaudou">Vivadou</a></u></b> cosmetics firm's Mavis series. Several of those advertisements are shown below.<br />
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Also shown is Packer's editorial cartoon that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952.<br />
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Note the extreme stylistic difference. As it happened, editorial cartooning was probably a lot more steady source of income than advertising art for Packer, so I can't really blame him for making the switch in 1932 when the great Depression was at its worst.<br />
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"September," part of the 1920 Mavis advertising campaign.<br />
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This is Packer's Pulitzer Prize winner. Hard to believe the same artist did both.<br />
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More Mavis ads ...<br />
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Unlike more famous illustrators, he had no distinctive style. But that might have been a virtue, because he altered his style over time to conform to illustration fashions, continuing to earn a living as an artist. That is, he didn't get type-cast, thereby falling out of art directors' favor.<br />
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Images below are in chronological order so that you can see how his style changed to suit the illustration market. Meyers was versatile, and skilled.<br />
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<b>Gallery</b><br />
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<b>Vogue cover - 15 December 1915</b><br />
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<b>Sheet music cover - 1920</b><br />
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<b>Ivory Soap advertisement (cropped) - c.1922</b><br />
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<b>Indigo Dreams - Ladies' Home Journal - April 1923</b><br />
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<b>Fabric advertisement - 1923</b><br />
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<b>Ladies' Home Journal cover - May 1928</b><br />
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<b>Life Magazine cover - December 1928</b><br />
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<b>Coca-Cola poster - 1932</b><br />
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<b>Collier's Magazine cover - 1942</b><br />
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<b>U.S. Army Air Forces poster - World War 2</b><br />
<br /></center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-71725136385389226342023-05-29T01:00:00.001-07:002023-05-29T01:00:00.134-07:00More Frederick Mizen Illustration ArtFrederic Kimball Mizen (1888-1964) had a long career in illustration and fine arts. Although he never achieved the popularity of Norman Rockwell, John La Gatta, Maxfield Parrish and J.C. Leyendecker, he worked for several important clients: I wrote about his work for Chevrolet <b><u><a href="https://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2023/02/frederic-mizens-chevrolet-advertising.html">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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There is little biographical information about Mizen on the Internet, and <b><u><a href="https://schwartzcollection.com/artist/frederic-mizen/">this</a></u></b> seems to be the most comprehensive source.<br />
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Today's post presents some of his non-Chevrolet illustrations.<br />
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<b>Coca-Cola advertisement - 1926</b><br />
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<b>Coca-Cola advertisement - 1927</b><br />
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<b>Coca-Cola advertisement illustration - 1931</b><br />
The setting is the Yellowstone National Park lodge near Old Faithful geyser. That gent in the foreground is drinking Coke. Nobody seems interested in Old Faithful.<br />
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<b>Railroad industry poster - 1932</b><br />
In the background is the Empire State Building that opened the previous year.<br />
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<b>Saturday Evening Post cover 10 February 1934</b><br />
Illustrating a Post cover put an artist into The Big Time, professionally.<br />
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<b>Saturday Evening Post cover 7 April 1934</b><br />
Another Post cover.<br />
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<b>Artwork for the 7 April 1934 Post Cover</b><br />
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<b>Side-wheeler steamer somewhere out west.</b><br />
Somewhere out west in the desert area there are few rivers wide and deep enough for such a boat, so I'm not sure where this scene takes place.<br />
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<b>Pinup illustration from around 1950</b><br />
Well, this helped put food on Mizen's table.<br />
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<b>Early illustration from the 1910-20 decade.</b><br />
An example of his early illustration work.<br />
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<b>"Escorting a Criminal"</b><br />
This illustration used plenty of good, painterly brushwork, and can be considerably enlarged if you are using a desktop computer.<br /></center>Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-76648323369476621252023-05-22T01:00:00.001-07:002023-05-22T01:00:00.131-07:00Ryan Morse, Painter-IllustratorRyan Morse (1988 - ), website <b><u><a href="http://www.morseillustration.com/">here</a></u></b>, is a Denver-based artist and illustrator with a bold, representational style.<br />
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I find his work interesting and well-made. Take a look.<br />
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