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, June 28, 2021

Frank Schoonover Canoe Scenes

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Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) was a prominent early 20th century American illustrator.  He was one of the Brandywine School group train...
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Monday, June 21, 2021

Glen Orbik's Drawings of Heads

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Glen Orbik (1963-2015) is perhaps best known for his "noir" style book cover art.  Besides having a good sense of staging, he hand...
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Monday, June 14, 2021

Ilya Repin Panoramas

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Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930) was one of the greatest Russian painters of the late 19th century.  His Wikipedia entry is here . Perhap...
Monday, June 7, 2021

Polly, Always in Profile

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I recently wrote about the time it took for American newspaper comic strips to feature anatomically realistic depictions of characters.  In...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Thomas Wilmer Dewing Interior Scenes

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Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) painted distinctive, dreamy images of women in various settings.  I wrote about his women with musical inst...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Some Abbott Handerson Thayer Paintings

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Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) was an important late-19th century American painter.  Also, something of an odd fish, as his Wikipedia e...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Dan Smith, Almost-Forgotten Illustrator of Merit

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Daniel Frederik Schmidt (1865-1934), who changed his name to Dan Smith for professional reasons, was born in Greenland to Danish parents who...
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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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