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.

Monday, July 15, 2013

De Nittis: Proto-Impressionist

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I'm not sure that dying young is a good career move, but nevertheless it has afflicted a number of noted artists including Vincent van G...
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Friday, July 12, 2013

An Airplane I Should Have Known About

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That's a C-46 Curtiss Commando transport pictured during its World War 2 heyday. (The nickname seems inappropriate, its closest relati...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Retro World of Robert LaDuke

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Robert LaDuke (born 1961) paints small acrylics that, for some reason, I find both quirky and charming. Actually, that "some reason...
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Monday, July 8, 2013

Up Close: Mead Schaeffer (3)

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This is part of an occasional series dealing with detail images of paintings featuring the brushwork of the artist. Previous posts can be f...
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Friday, July 5, 2013

Norman Bel Geddes' First City of the Future

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Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958), shown above posing with a model city of the future, is perhaps most famous for his Futurama America in 196...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Molti Ritratti: Gloria Swanson

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Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) was a legendary movie star whose career was at its height during the 1920s and early 30s. An extensive biographi...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Marcello Dudovich: Italian Poster Ace

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Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962), despite his Slavic last name, was Italian, having been born in Trieste. But then, Trieste sits next to the S...
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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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