Brownian Motion Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 (edited) BTW, is this the same Lynd Ward who did "The Biggest Bear," and "The Silver Pony" (not to mention "God's Man")? Whoops. I sometimes get swept along by my own pedantry. Edited January 27, 2004 by Brownian Motion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Ed and danasgoodstuff... Don't know Thompson but have seen his work often. The fourth one down reminds me a bit of some of Egon Schiele's landscape work. Please go on about this group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 BTW, is this the same Lynd Ward who did "The Biggest Bear," and "The Silver Pony" (not to mention "God's Man")? Whoops. I sometimes get swept along by my own pedantry. Didn't mean anything by it, Brownian, just a sincere question. I honestly think it's the same artist. I just wish his woodcut books were still in print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Hey Man, Sorry to not reply to your Group of Seven question sooner, but I wanted to check and make sure I got all their names right. "Around 1912 a loosely knit group of artists began to paint Canada as they saw it...Despit the death of mentor Thom Thompson in 1917, these painters banded together as the Group of Seven in 1920 to forge a new Canadian expression." (from the CBC archives online, a yahoo or google search "group of seven" should get you there, sorry I don't know how to do links) The original seven: J.E.H. McDonald, Arthur Lismer, Fredrick Varley, Frank Johnson, Franklin Carmichael, A.Y. Jackson and Lawren S Harris. Later members: A.J. Casson, Edwin Holgate and Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald. Other Canadian painters were working along similar lines but were not part of the group per se, e.g. Emily Carr. They were and are a big deal in Canada, so much so that later generations of painters felt compelled to 'break away' from their influence, etc. I love their work, and proclaiming themselves as a "group" no doubt helped spread their fame, but lumping them together tends to obscure the very real differences amongst them... see alos, www.mcmichael.com/group.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Anyone interested in Lynd Ward's work should go to their friendly local library and check out Storyteller Without Words: The Wood Engravings of Lynd Ward, by Abrams. (It's out of print, of course, but I found it at a library.) It's got all of his woodcut novels, as well as various odd & ends (greeting cards, endpapers, etc) that he did. Also text by the artist himself. Quite a book! He had amazing technique. It's almost too much to take in at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) Ed, Tom(my) Thompson, Group of Seven precursor, right? I love the group of Seven, eight or nine...Don't think I've seen that orangy one before though. You're right - contemporary/precursor of the Group of Seven. Seeing his work - and the Group of Seven - in real life is amazing. Beautiful work. I've spent a lot of time in the areas from which these guys drew their inspiration so their work really hits home. I'll be visiting Ottawa in about 3 weeks and am looking forward to checking out the National Gallery of Canada's Thomson and Group of Seven stuff Edited January 29, 2004 by Ed Swinnich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) Arthur Lismer Edited January 29, 2004 by Ed Swinnich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) A.J. Casson Edited January 29, 2004 by Ed Swinnich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Another great Canadian artist , David Milne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 How about an artist with a jazz pedigree? Here's some of vocalist Meredith D'Ambrosio's work: Peggy's Cove Autumn in New Boston Elm Street Blizzard And last but not least, a portrait of her husband, Eddie Higgins, based on a photo of Eddie as a young boy of about 11, and used for the CD cover: More of Meredith's work can be found at: http://www.meredithdambrosio.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 ...another pure bred: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 How about an artist with a jazz pedigree? Drummer George Wettling was a friend of Stuart Davis. Wettling took painting lessons from Davis, and wound up painting like his mentor. This is a self-portrait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Another Wettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 The great etcher Martin Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Goya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 (edited) link: Janet Carpenter . . . . . Edited February 27, 2004 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 Another Martin Lewis. He was in love with the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Anybody seen the new Will Elder book put out by Fantagraphics? It looks great, but it's pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Velazquez That's a magnificent painting, Maren. When the Metropolitan Museum bought this (in the late 1960s?), they paid the highest price that had ever been paid for a painting to that time. It was in private hands in England, and auctioned off. It is supposed to be in beautiful condition, much better than the Velasquezs in the Prado (which I have never seen). Apparently the former curator of the Prado used to clean the paintings by pressing squashed up pieces of bread on them. This did clean them, but it also flattened them, so the textural quality of those paintings has been lost. It's amazing how great art is often damaged by caretakers. Who would have thought about using squashed up bread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Those etchings are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Haku Maki (1924-2000), modern Japanese woodcut master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) One more by Haku Maki Edited March 5, 2004 by Brownian Motion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 (edited) Miles Of Jazz link to Debra Hurd Edited May 12, 2004 by wesbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted July 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 britto B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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