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.

Friday, November 30, 2012

1930s Automobile Front-End Styling Detailing

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Modernist design purists during the first half of the twentieth century made avoiding decoration a central part of their design religion: T...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Mark Tobey: "Local" Boy Made Good

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When I was a lad, Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was Seattle's claim to artistic fame. Tobey was born in Wisconsin and died in Switzerland, li...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Edwin Holgate's Apogee and Fall

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Edwin Holgate (1892-1977), Wikipedia entry here , was part of Canada's legendary Group of Seven painters. But he wasn't one of th...
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Friday, November 23, 2012

Same Basics, Different Looks: Sonata and Optima

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As I've probably noted before, automobile makers can reduce expenses by having different brands share important components such as moto...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Frederick Bosley, Nearly-Unknown Bostonian

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Frederick Andrew Bosley apparently was an artist of at least some consequence in Boston during the early decades of the 20th century. Toda...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

J.C. Leyendecker's Lighting from Below

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J.C. (Joseph Christian, "Joe") Leyendecker (1874-1951) was one of the most famous American illustrators during the first four dec...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Artist to Admiral, Admiral to Artist

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This is about an oddity, a random happening that occurred (oddly enough) for contemporaneous families. Let's start with Augustus John...
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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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