Celebration It's New Year’s Eve 2023 The AnArt4Life team wish all our readers a Happy New Year's Eve, and take a look at last year's fireworks heralding 2023.....
Christmas It's Christmas 2023! Anne, Jane, Julie, John, Andrew, Caroline and Matt from the "AnArt4Life" blog team send our best wishes to all our readers and subscribers. May you each enjoy the peace and goodwill of the Christmas spirit.
Photography ‘Focus’: A photographic spotlight on Australian life: 1939 – 1996 A new exhibition has opened at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. It looks at life in Australia as it developed over the sixty years or so from 1939.
Australian Artist Emanuel Phillips Fox – Prolific Australian Impressionist Today we learn about Emanuel Phillips Fox, an Australian artist who was a contemporary of the The Heidelberg School and married another artist, the well known Ethel Carrick.
Celebration Happy Sinterklaas 2023! Today we wish all our Dutch friends "Happy Sinterklaas", the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas. We learn a little about the traditions that still take place today.
Australian Artist An extraordinary find in South Australia.... Today we bring you the remarkable story of a prolific artist whose work was only discovered after his death....
Mixed Media “Dear Kate” – Celebrating an artistic legacy from the 1800s Today we read about an exhibition in Tasmania, Australia which is actually two exhibitions in one - lithographs which celebrate a beautifully preserved scrapbook of tiny paintings and sketches depicting life in the mid-1800s.
Multimedia Helga Stentzel - Playfulness in everyday reality! Today we are going to have a light hearted browse through the quirky art of Helga Stentzel, a multidisciplinary artist based in London, UK. She finds humour and personality in the everyday items of life....
Photography Sally McInerney – Not just her mother’s daughter Today we look at some of the contemporary photographic work of Sally McInerney, the daughter of Olive Cotton, a pioneering photographer of the mid-late 20th century.
Nature French Island – a unique experience! Today we take a day trip to French Island, Victoria, where the highlight was the wonderful sightings of a number of Koalas!
Impressionism Joaquin Sorolla - Master of Light Today we learn about a Spanish Impressionist painter who achieved fame during in his lifetime, before other well known names such as Picasso, Dali and Miro took over.
Sculpture Heath Satow - Reflective sculptures Today we meet an American artist who creates enormous public structures in polished stainless steel. The visual variety offered by his chosen medium reflects the nuances of the messages in each piece.
Sculpture Barbara Hepworth – A sculptor melding art and life Today we learn about one of the most influential British sculptors of the 20th century who developed an international reputation in modern art - deeply spiritual, and passionately engaged with the environment and change.
Women Artists Olive Cotton – Photographer and pioneer Today we learn about Olive Cotton, who was a pioneer in Australian photography for over 70 years.
Women Artists Spowers and Syme: Pioneers in modern art technique Today we look at two other pioneering artists in the Know My Name series: Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme who introduced a whole new medium to the world of modern art in Australia – lino cuts.
Women Artists Women artists in the early 1900s in Mosman, Sydney, Australia Mosman, a coastal suburb in Sydney Australia, has attracted artists for over 100 years, including a number of lady artists in the early 20th century. Today we discuss that environment and whether, as contemporary artists, they were friends and colleagues......
Women Artists Ethel Carrick Fox – An Australian pioneer Today we are going to learn a little bit about Ethel Carrick Fox, a pioneer of art for women in the post-impressionism era.
Women Artists Grace Cossington Smith – A pioneer in Modern art Today we are going to look at another Australian female artist named Grace Cossington Smith who is thought to be the artist who introduced Post-Impressionism to Australia, and was an important pioneer of modern art in that country.
Women Artists Margaret Preston – an Australian identity Today we learn about Margaret Preston, who is one of the most influential and well known Australian women artists, with an identity that lives on today from the early 20th century.
Australian Artist Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright – Part Two Form the Australian War Memorial website, we learn about the personal tragedies suffered by Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright during World War One, and how these are reflected in her art after that time.
Australian Artist Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright - Part One Today we gain an overview of the prolific art and life of Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright (1884-1961). She is also one of the artists featured in the Know My Name initiative profiling Australian women artists.
Women Artists “Know My Name” – Australian Women Artists Following on from the previous work by the National Gallery of Australia to promote women artists, we learn that the earlier exhibition is going to be shown again in Mornington, Victoria.
Cartoons A cloud a day…. and so much more! Today we look at the versatile work of illustrator, cartoonist and muralist Chris Judge, who lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Nature A cloud named Hector the Convector! Today we learn about a unique cloud formation that forms regularly off the north coast of Australia - with the unlikely name of Hector the Convector!
Installation Art Studio Drift: Advancing AI by mimicking nature…… Today we revisit Studio Drift, who create experiential sculptures, installations and performances. They use technology to explore the link between man-made and natural structures.
