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 Theatre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theatre. Show all posts
Monday, July 29, 2013

Hal Phyfe's Pastel and Camera Portraits

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Hal Phyfe (1892-1968), according to this report : "Great Grandson of Duncan Phyfe, the iconic furniture designer of the early republic,...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

Everett Shinn, Who Would Rather Do Theatre

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Edward Shinn (1876-1953) was the youngest of New York's famed Ashcan School of realist painters active early in the last century. Biogr...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Opera Notes

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My wife likes for us to attend opera, so I go. Last week it was Mozart's Magic Flute which we'd previously seen in San Jose. The S...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Joseph Urban: Undersung Designer-Architect

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Joseph Urban (1872-1933) is ever-so-slightly edging towards the design / architecture / theater history spotlight. For example, this boo...
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Donald Pittenger
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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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