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Today’s featured artist is John George Brown. John George Brown was a 19th century genre painter mainly painting street children including boot blacks, newspaper vendors, etc. He was even some times called the “Boot Black Raphael”. Below are several of his works and a link … Continue readingFeatured Artists – John George Brown
Hello gang I know most of you like Dega so I thought you would like to hear about this. The Hyde Collection is having a wonderful exhibition on Dega and music. Along with this they are having many other related events including a series of … Continue readingArt News – The Hyde Collection’s Degas & Music Event
Joseph Wright of Derby was an 18th century English painter. He is well known for his use of Chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and darks. Below are several of his striking paintings and a link to more information about him. Joseph Wright … Continue readingFeatured Artists – Joseph Wright of Derby
Here is a new oil value sketch I just finished.
As a service to the readers of the site that might be new to art. I thought I would share this video on how to face appreciation of art.
Max Ernst is another one on my overrated artist list. But watch the documentary and see what you think. You can see the rest here.
Hi gang I decided to give away prizes if you join the new art forum. All you have to do is sign-up and make 50 good posts. No spam, super short posts, or nonsense. Prizes will be art, film and photography books plus what ever … Continue readingWin prizes by joining the new forum!
Here is a short documentary on the DADA movement. Another movement I do not like but I still feel I should share it and let every one make up their own minds. A more liberal view than most of the modern art establishment in at … Continue readingThe ABC’s of DADA
Today’s featured artist is Julian Alden Weir. Julian was an American impressionist that lived in the late 19th and early twentieth century. Below is some of his work and links to more info. Julian Alden Weir at wikipedia. Julian Alden Weir at Art Renewal Center.
I thought this was funny so I thought I would share it with the gang here:)
Hello every one I thought I would share this talk by Fred Ross from the Art Renewal Center with you. I think you might find it interesting. “ARC Chairman speaks at the Met June 7, 2001 — Fred Ross, Chairman of the Art Renewal Center, … Continue readingPulling Back the Curtain, by Fred Ross
Hey gang I have a very exciting announcement. I have decided to go ahead and setup an art forum. This way we will have a nice friendly place to talk about art or anything else for that matter. Now keep in mind this is a … Continue readingNew Art Forum!
Here is a documentary about modern art. I personally think its bankrupt of ideas and has taken us down the wrong path for about 100 years. But keeping with my ideas of showing all sites to the subject I present this for you to see. … Continue readingModern Art Documentary
Today’s featured artist is Cecilia Beaux. She is not that well known but was a very good painter and really deserves more credit. You can see some of here work and read more about her below. Cecilia Beaux at wikipedia. Cecilia Beaux biography.
Here is a documentary on Vincent Van Gogh. An interesting painter but one I think is also vastly overrated. And like always let me know why I am wrong if you think I am:) You can see the rest of the videos here.
Today’s featured artist is German artist Hans Thoma. He started his artistic life by painting clock faces. Later he was accepted at the Karlsruhe academy and studied with several well known painters. Today he is not a very well known artist but one that more … Continue readingFeatured Artist – Hans Thoma
Here is a nice video on Caravaggio. Not very exciting but informative. You can see the rest of the videos here.
I thought I would post this Mark Rothko documentary. Not because I think he was a great artist. But because I think he was greatly overrated. But I think we should all be able to look at all art and make up our own minds. … Continue readingMark Rothko – Documentary
Today’s featured artist is Edgar Degas. Degas considered himself a realist painter painting scenes from every day life. But he generally is classified as an impressionist. Below are is some of his works, links to more information and a nice video. Edgar Degas at Wikipedia … Continue readingFeatured Artist – Edgar Degas
I do not normally post this kind of tech related article but I thought I would make an exception in this case since I list so many PDF art books. From the news it looks like Sony is coming out with two new models. With … Continue readingNew Sony E-book Reader For Your PDF Art Books