Art Contrarian

A 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.

Showing posts with label The Golden Years. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Golden Years. Show all posts
Monday, February 29, 2016

George Washington Lambert, 1905-1910

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George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), born in St. Petersburg, Russia, lived in Germany and England before migrating to Australia in 1887, w...
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Monday, October 26, 2015

Frank Brangwyn's Mural-Style Art

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Sir Frank William Brangwyn (1867-1956) was largely self-taught, as this Wikipedia entry mentions. That supposed lack was no obstacle, beca...
Monday, April 6, 2015

Lyonel Feininger's Crystalline Images

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) got his start as a cartoonist, even though he was given formal training in art. So it can be helpful to be a w...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Leo Putz: The Golden Years

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Leo Putz (1869-1940), an Austrian painter who spent most of his career in Germany, did some very interesting work during the ten years or so...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Golden Years: John La Gatta

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One of the most successful American illustrators of the 1930s was John La Gatta (1894-1977). His last name is also rendered as LaGatta, the...
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Donald Pittenger
Seattle, Washington
Undergraduate art major. Ph.D. in Sociology, Demography from a fancy Ivy university. Software system and user interface designer and programmer. Writing about art and design on the Internet since 2005. Email: dbpittenger (at) earthlink.net

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