Sunday, July 31, 2016

William Strang (Scottish, 1859-1921)Illustrations for Paradise... [feedly]



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William Strang (Scottish, 1859-1921)Illustrations for Paradise...
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William Strang (Scottish, 1859-1921)

Illustrations for Paradise Lost by John Milton, 1896


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Jack Davis, 1924-2016 [feedly]



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Jack Davis, 1924-2016
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Jack Davis, cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist illustrator
Cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist and illustrator illustrator Jack Davis had a pen that connected directly to the funny bone.

Noted for his horror comics work for EC Comics and Warren magazines, his movie posters, TV Guide covers, celebrity caricatures and, in particular, his loopy, wild, frenetic, over-the-top and uncannily hilarious comics and covers for Cracked and MAD Magazine, Davis influenced cartoonists and comics artists across the board.

Davis often left his readers in simultaneous paroxysms of laughter and wide-eyed admiration for his drawing skills, producing contorted reading positions that looked like.. well, like jack Davis illustrations.

Jack Davis died on July 27, 2016 at the age of 92.

The links below are mostly to recent obits and articles. For more links to image resources, see my previous post on Jack Davis.

 

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Friday, July 29, 2016

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Greatest Hits: A Visual Tribute To The Great Jack Davis. trib.al/ApC0xsl pic.twitter.com/gmAy6oZYhU

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Do not worry so much about arriving, but about advancing. To be advancing is to be arriving.

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Gustave Doré's hauntingly beautiful illustrations for Dante's 'Inferno' brainpickings.org/2015/10/02/gus… pic.twitter.com/TAm1hkObzM

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I'll be at #LFCC on Sunday morning along with @seanpphillips
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Alice B. Woodward (1862–1951), was one of the most prolific illustrators of the 20th c.The Story of the Mikado, 1921 pic.twitter.com/GPEBfrVIx5

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Quentin Blake creates new BFG piece for St Pancras International’s summer series of events [feedly]



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Quentin Blake creates new BFG piece for St Pancras International's summer series of events
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Hailing a partnership between House of Illustration and St Pancras International holding their summer series of illustration events, Quentin Blake has created an original illustration of Roald Dahl's BFG to be exhibited in the station.

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Experimental line drawings in artist José Quintanar’s book [feedly]



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Experimental line drawings in artist José Quintanar's book
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Madrid-based artist and illustrator José Quintanar AKA José Ja Ja Ja has a stripped-back, simple drawing style that focuses on the impression and outlines of objects and figures rather than the intricate details. In his new book, Fartlek his sparse drawings are unleashed over 400 pages and the artist captures various everyday items and belongings like cars, bikes, basketballs and the landscapes of La Mancha, as well as blob-like characters.

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Antonio Rodríguez Luna (1910 -1985) [feedly]



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Antonio Rodríguez Luna (1910 -1985)
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Antonio Rodriguez Luna - The Carlist Militiaman, 1937The Carlist Militiaman, 1937

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - The Dictator, 1937The Dictator, 1937

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - The Falangist, 1937The Falangist, 1937

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - The Inquisition [of the Church, 1937The Inquisition [of the Church, 1937

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - Land-Owner, 1938Land-Owner, 1938

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - Andalusian Land-Owner. 1937-38Andalusian Land-Owner. 1937-38

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - Barcelona Air Raid, 1938Barcelona Air Raid, 1938

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - Homage to Bécquer, 1936Homage to Bécquer, 1936

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - The Fifth Column, 1938The Fifth Column, 1938

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - The War, 1938The War, 1938

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - They Also Give Land to the Peasants, 1937They Also Give Land to the Peasants, 1937

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - Oviedo Prison, 1934Oviedo Prison, 1934

Antonio Rodríguez Luna - Air Raid on Colmenar Viejo, 1937Air Raid on Colmenar Viejo, 1937

"Antonio Rodríguez Luna (July 22, 1910 – 1985) was a Spanish painter who developed most of his career while in exile in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. He began his career young, while still studying in Madrid and before the war had already exhibited in various places in Europe. His opposition to Francisco Franco, forced him into exile, with intellectuals and artists in the country arranging his asylum. His career here included a Guggenheim Fellowship with major exhibitions in Washington DC and New York along with exhibitions at the Museo de Arte Moderno and the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico. Despite his success, he never forgot his Spanish roots, with an exhibition in Madrid in 1971 and a return to his hometown of Montoro in 1981, after the death of Franco." - quote source

Artworks found at www.museoreinasofia.es

The first artwork "The Carlist Militiaman" was scanned by myself several years ago from a book I've since forgotten the name of.


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sdkay: My old tutorial! Wanna share it with you) [feedly]



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sdkay: My old tutorial! Wanna share it with you)
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sdkay:

My old tutorial! Wanna share it with you)


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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Van Gogh’s drawings [feedly]



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Van Gogh's drawings
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Van Gogh's drawings
As I've mentioned in my previous posts showcasing some "Not the usual Van Gogh's" (and here), we are often given the impression that an artist's oeuvre is much smaller that is really is because art publishers and even museums tend to emphasize an artist's "greatest hits" over and over, at the expense of exploring a wider range of work.

This is particularly evident in the case of Vincent van Gogh, whose famous works are so familiar as to be cultural icons, but whose more extended range of works lies largely unknown to the general public.

In particular, Van Gogh's more than 1,100 drawings, which represent over half of his known works, don't get nearly the exposure they deserve.

I remember being particularly struck by his drawings when I had a chance to see a number of them in person as part of an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art some years ago. They were larger and more accomplished than I expected from seeing them in reproductions, and I found them exceptionally captivating.

Van Gogh has been quoted as saying "Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit." and he devoted much time and effort to drawing.

He went through numerous periods of concentrating exclusively on drawing — sometimes out of financial necessity, sometimes out of a desire to return to core principles and concentrate on the fundamentals. He seemed to find drawing a kind of artistic anchor in times of uncertainty.

Van Gogh's periods of devoting himself entirely to drawing include the beginning of his efforts to train himself as an artist. During that time, he wisely focused on learning to draw, understanding that it would be the necessary foundation on which painting would be based.

In his early drawings, which are often figures and faces as well as landscape and other subjects, you can see him struggling with the basics of proportion and perspective, relentlessly working to master the skills.

In his later period of more accomplished works, his drawings blossom into astonishing marvels of texture, created with energetic variations of line and stipple. These drawings, even monochromatic ones, have a feeling of color, in somewhat the same way as monochromatic Japanese and Chinese ink paintings.

I count Van Gogh's landscapes of farms and fields to be among my favorite drawings. Though never as accomplished as masters of draftsmanship like Rembrandt or Raphael, Van Gogh's personal vision and devotion to nature produced an approach to landscape drawing that is unique and visually entrancing.

Many of his drawings are of familiar compositions — copies after the fact of existing paintings sent home to his brother or other artists. He often added drawings to his letters, and you can see in the Van Gogh Letters site maintained by the Van Gogh Museum. You can also search through the museum's extensive online catalog of his work, filtered for "drawings".

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an essay on his drawings, and offers a publication, Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings, that can be read online, downloaded as a PDF or ordered as a book.

Wikimedia Commons has a section of Drawings by Van Gogh; and the online Van Gogh Gallery can be sorted to show a list of drawings, though without thumbnails. The Web Gallery of Art has three sections for Van Gogh drawings (toward the bottom of the list), arranged by period.

You can also search through individual museum website collections for Van Gogh, and filter for "drawing".

In researching this post, I came across a very nice five part series of posts on "Vincent van Gogh Drawings" on the Art and Artists blog, which gives a nice overview and goes into much more detail than I can here. (Look for links to the other posts in the series in the right hand column.)

Van Gogh's drawings are a record of his life and career, perhaps even more than his paintings. They are personal, intimate and often show a clarity of observation and artistic focus that serve as a defining example of the core principles of artistic endeavor.

Wikimedia Commons

Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Letters with sketches
Van Gogh Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings, PDF

Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings, paperback

Met Museum essay

Web Gallery of Art (toward bottom of list)

Art & Artists, articles 1-5 (in right column)

 

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Artist Inspiration - Herakut [feedly]



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Artist Inspiration - Herakut
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by Vanessa Lemen
I can share with you my memories of freedom, but how to get there we all need to figure out on our own."

I've been sick for almost a week now, and I'm just now starting to feel up to doing much of anything. Though I am feeling much better, the combination of having been sick and more tragic world news just has me feeling a bit deflated and at a loss for words.

So, speaking of words and the outside world having an effect, I've decided to share another favorite artist of mine – actually, a graffiti artist duo – that goes by the name Herakut. The name is a combination of the aliases Hera (Jasmin Siddiqui) and Akut (Falk Lehmann). I am moved by their art every time I see it, even if I've seen it many times before. If I had to describe it in just one word, I think that word would be "truth". Since their art very much speaks for itself, I think I'll leave most of that to them here in my post. Enjoy.


"Every wall is a door."

"I can show you how to see a world where others see a wall."
"Monkey see, Monkey do."

"Who is to blame???"

"Another attempt to impress the high-horse-club. I cracked their backs. Will you forgive me?"
"Warrior Goddess"

"Dress for Less"

"He had a hard time explaining that not every costume we chose would help."
"Sometimes it's hard enough to stay human - almost impossible to stay graceful."

"real recognize real"

Left: "Love to my bother from another mother." Right: "Always last. But at least not a quitter."

"weak becomes hero."
"there are certain things traveling along no matter how far I run."

"You built the bomb yourself."

"I'll teach you about resilience said the rat to the tank child."
"At least thoughts are free."
"That was when I decided to never ever let anyone come close again."



"You know what the war taught me? All die alike."
"There is something better than perfection."

Lower left corner: "In our moments of need, we rely on the family of humans. I wished we remembered these bonds in our moments of strength."

Refugee
"But after I had killed all the heathens and the sinners, God did not reward me.  Instead he cried and said 'Son, you've understood nothing about my Greatness!'"
"Maybe I'd regret this one day, but it just felt wrong to keep all the magic to myself when there was such a need for beauty."
"Angels come in various sizes."

"If you can change, I can change too."

"Why do we paint?  To fight loneliness.  Does it work?  Yes."


Herakut's artwork can be seen on walls in many places all over the world, and their books "The Perfect Merge" and "After the Laughter" are beautiful collections that also include sketches, words, and collages of lots of found objects and other wonderful bits and pieces. Also, going to a gallery show of theirs is similar to their books such that when you enter, you are entering a world that they exist in while creating. All worth taking in, if you get the chance. They also joined creative forces with Lucent Dossier a few years back, which was an amazing show all around. Click below for their website where you'll find a ton of amazing stuff, including wonderful drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos (be sure to watch the videos!), and other projects they've taken part in such as the Giant Storybook Project and AptART collaboration, working on different creative concepts to help brighten the days of Syrian refugee children.


Herakut's books: The Perfect Merge and After the Laughter

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