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.

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Georges Croegaert's Languorous Women and Off-Duty Cardinals

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Georges Croegaert (1848-1923) was born in Antwerp and trained in art there. Then he moved to Paris where made his career. His Wikipedia en...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Walter G. Ratterman's Illustrations

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Walter G. Ratterman (1887–1944) did some Fine Art painting as well as illustration, but the latter is dealt with here. There seems to be li...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Maynard Dixon, Painter and Illustrator of the Southwest

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Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), illustrator and painter of Southwestern United States subjects, is probably less known to the general public than...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Harold Anderson, Prolific Yet Pedestrian Illustrator

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Harold N. Anderson (1894–1973) had a successful career as an illustrator from the 1920s well into the 1940s. An examination of images by hi...
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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Samuel Marshall Frantz's Great Depression Descent into Pulps

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Samuel Marshall Frantz (1890-1953), was born in the Russian Empire, trained in art in Philadelphia, and became a fairly successful illustrat...
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Monday, July 20, 2020

Clark Hulings - Western and Other Paintings

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Clark Hulings (1922-2011) had a successful career as an illustrator as well as a fine arts painter. His Wikipedia entry is here , some biog...
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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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