Lord Tennyson Thank you Musee D’Orsay Thank you Art and Architecture I am so glad to hear that The Watts Gallery has been granted funds from the Lottery. I wish them luck in spending it wisely!!
Three Graces 3
Not too sure about this one, if is yours, sorry for not asking, please let me know. They are wire?It is time I posted up some ‘Three Graces’, there are plenty more but few in the 20th or 21c as Chris Miller said.
Good Arts Blog
John Weedon’s blog looks promising I must go back and research it properly. His current post beggs a comment. Arts Blog JW
Drawing techniques, Art and practice
Some books increase in value when second-hand, here is one. There are a myriad of books on drawing. A few are very good. This is one of them and the one I would probably choose if I was only allowed one on a desert island. Text by Karel Teissig and selection of pictorial material by […]
Undergraduates’ will not be distracted
Should I ever be an undergraduate attending this splendid university in the future I am quite sure I would be reminded just how wonderful the world of Art is. It will inspire me to work harder and improve my work environment. One thing’s for sure though, the ‘beauty’ of this sculpture will not be a […]
More Lady American Sculptresses 4
When I started the posts I had no idea what I had promised to do. There are lot of them and they did a lot of good stuff. There are even a few doing some good stuff today! (Master of the understatement) I also must mention how impressed I am at the speed with which […]
More Lady American Sculptresses 3
Today I add some more of Bessie Potter Vonnoh works, a portrait by her husband with her below. She had a tendancy to add little birds and buterflies. Both the Vonnohs were keen on wild life. Central park New York, The Secret Garden memorial for Burnett. Burnett’s story is well worth reading. Her best known […]
More Three Graces- Carpeaux
Here is another Terracotta by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux ‘The Three Graces’ 1874 which I have added to the three graces post however I still think the Daphnis et Chloe of 1875 is a better work. The three graces is big; 31 inches high (79cm). Does anyone have a picture of the other side? Thank you […]
Tempera Harry R Mileham
Swallows Tempera, when oil was ‘invented’ I have posted up a couple of images for you. The first, Vintage Harvest is from the 1995 100th anniversary exhibition brochure held at Leighton House in London. It was a sketch submitted for a competition for a decoration in a public building in 1894 whilst Harry R Mileham […]
The Rose In June in the Apple Tree
Amanda Sisk posted a fine picture of roses on her blog a few days ago, I can’t compete but neither can I wait ‘till February. The Rose in June was my Uncle’s boat and gives me an idea for a sculpture, (not a flower or a boat I must add!)
