Commercial Sculpture, Tree would be better Felipe! Political left, perhaps and for Art’s sake on the right? These two are more practical, drinking fountain, for both two and four legged creatures; subject of a future post for Chris above and a shelter for lunch below? but is it Sculpture or Architecture? Rudy Weller’s ‘The Horses […]
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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.
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 […]
Paul Philippe French Sculptor
This delightful work by Paul Philippe (1870-1930) would do justice to Michelangelo’s adage that one should be able to roll a marble down a hill without the limbs breaking off! 63cm high it is perhaps the best I have seen of his work to date. Thanks to again Sotheby’s
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
Is one allowed to fall in love with a girl who died 166 years ago aged 87? She was clearly a very colourful lady. She survived the French Revolution despite being very closely connected to the French Queen (25 portraits) and continued on to be a celebrated painter for the rest of her life. Her […]
Violence in the arts, Pierre Puget, Milo of Crotona
Violence in the arts is nothing new. The ‘Greek Athlete Attacked By A Lion’ contrasts vividly with Bernini’s Proserpine in dealing with pressure on the flesh which seems to have been quite popular at this time. Had there been added colour in the marble bright red blood would have been flowing freely down the Athlete. […]
Pierre Julien and Augustin Pajou seated figures
The ‘Psyche Abandoned’, ‘Adriadne Abandoned’ and ‘The Bacchante’, by Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) that The French Site has chosen today are of interest. All in very similar pose they show significant differences. The difference in size and the quality of photograph have to be taken into account. Lighting and foreshortening can destroy a carefully considered opinion. […]
Prejudice in Art
By sculptor on June 12, 2008 in Art History, Artists, Literature, sculptor, Sculpture, Sir Thomas Browne
Just how much are you influenced by suggestion, your parents, your teachers, your peers? If you are told something is good or interesting then will you believe it? If it is on show in a museum – exhibition- will you automatically accept that it should demand your attention? Or are you the sort who hates […]
