Cubism Australian Cubism: Anne Dangar Today we feature the last of our Australian Cubists, Anne Dangar. Like her friends, Grace Crowley and Dorrit Black, she also studied in France, but she was renowned for incorporating these principles into her pottery. Image: 365 Women Artists
Cubism Australian Cubism - Grace Crowley Grace Crowley (1890 – 1979), like Dorrit Black, was a key Australian modernist, who had a remarkable art journey over her long life. Image: National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).
Cubism Cubism in Australia: Dorrit Black In 1931 Dorrit Black established the Modern Art Centre, Sydney - the first gallery in Australia to focus on modernism. Dorrit had an ardent desire to establish an environment for artists so that they could experiment & move forward in the development of new styles.
Cubism Picasso , Cubism & War on the 26th April 1937 Today we take a detailed look at one of Picasso's most famous paintings, Guernica. Image, History Extra, BBC.
Cubism Cubism: An overview Proto-Cubism (Early Cubism) was a transition phase where the artists began experimenting with geometrization of form and reduced the colours in their palette as a reaction to Fauvism, ultimately leading to the style we know today as "Cubism." Image: pablopicasso.org
Expressionism Marvellous Marc Chagall! Today we revisit the life and extraordinary work of Marc Chagall in some of our previous posts. We also view a summary of his work in an Arts&Emotions video. Image: Arts&Emotions Facebook.
Urban Landscape Monday's Feature Art Work: Collins Street, 5pm In today's Feature Art Work, we look at an iconic painting by John Brack, of workers heading home at 5pm along Collins Street, Melbourne Australia, plus a whimsical look of the same streetscape today...... Image: NGV.gov.vic.au
Portraits Monday's Art Work: Laughing Child by John Brack Can you imagine what it would be like growing up as a child of a famous artist? Can you imagine what it would be like to be an adult and see a painting of yourself as a 4 year old - a painting you have never seen before? Read all about it today. Image: Laughing Child by John Brack (en.wikipedia.org)
Sense of Place A Sense of Place: Part Two - Through the Eyes and Mind of Marc Chagall Sharing my thoughts on "a sense of place" and how this arose in Marc Chagall and influenced his works throughout his life.
Post Impressionism Matisse and Picasso: A Boxing Match unto Death Today we look at Picasso's creative homage to Matisse on his death in 1954, a little about their relationships with Sergei Diaghilev from Ballets Russes, and how Picasso bought movement to Cubism and Matiise brought the background to the fore.
Post Impressionism Matisse versus Picasso We begin to explore the friendship and rivalry between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso with examples from the Exhibition of their works at the National Gallery Canberra.
Contemporary David Zwirner and Paul Klee Publicising the Swiss born artist Paul Klee and the excellent site of David Zwirner exhibiting Klee's works.
Relationships More on Marc Chagall: tantalisingly just on the other side of the comprehensible It is important that to understand an artist like Marc Chagall you need to understand his origins and perception of the world.
Windows Marc Chagall and the America Windows Showcasing American Windows by Marc Chagall that can be seen at the Art Institute of Chcago.
Landscapes The Longest Luncheon on the Grass in history Sharing some images from Luncheon on the Grass series of paintings by Pablo Picasso and also another Luncheon on the Grass painting by New Zealand artist Jacqueline Fahey.
Women Artists Dorothy Braund Dorothy Braund was a painter, printmaker, teacher and critic, she must have been one busy multi-talented woman. Dorothy taught art at three Melbourne schools in the 1950s, gave talks on ABC radio in 1961-64, and reviewed children’s books for the Australian in 1969-77.
Post Impressionism Picasso, Paul and Harlequins Picasso painted pictures of Clowns because they are a great way to illustrate artistic interpretations of human facial features. And what I first found was this delightful painting of Picasso’s son Paul in a Clown Suit created in 1924
Post Impressionism Human Features by Picasso Picasso painted The Barefoot Girl in 1895 when he was 14 years old. He was one of the great masters of all things art. In fact it could be argued that he was the most important art figure of the C20th
Murals Diego Rivera Painter Exloring paintings by Diego Rivera (1886-1957), one of the Mexican muralists known as Los tres grandes who together established the Mexican Muralism Movement. (Image: Self Portrait wikiart.org)
Cubism Fauvism look at the Post-Impressionists who had a wide range of individual styles but extended Impressionism by using vivid colours but in unnatural light and more geometric forms which were often distorted.
