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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Artist of the Week - Max Weber

Max Weber

(1881-1961)

Russian-American Painter

Biography

Joel's Cafe
c. 1909-10

Three Figures
1910

The Cellist
c. 1917

Sabbath
1919

Still Life Composition
1933-34

Sign Carriers
1938

In a 1915 newspaper article he stated that his aim at the time was to express "not what I see with my eye but with my consciousness . . . mental impressions, not mere literal matter-of-fact copying of line and form. I want to put the abstract into concrete terms."

Red Poppies
1953

Max Weber link

Another biography

Art Knowledge News

Online Browsing's Max Weber page

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Somewhat Surrealistic Sunday

I've been posting a lot of weird art lately, so as a visual antidote, I'd like to share with you some pleasing images by Serbian Dusanka Petrovic - Душанка Петровић, born 1948. I couldn't find any other biographical information. More images available at Ricci-Art.

Enjoy your day. Peace and love,

Gina

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Artist of the Week / Linking to ABC Wednesday

K is for Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

1886-1944

Black is like the silence of the body after death, the close of life.
~Wassily Kandinsky, 1911

In 1911, a new group of German artists began exhibiting their work to the public. Der Blaue Reiter was to become the high point of German Expressionism, but it also opened the way towards abstraction with its stand for free experimentation and originality. It is Wassily Kandinsky, the most influential member of the group, who is most often credited with the distinction of painting the first ``abstract'' picture, in 1910.

The Blue Mountain

1908-09

Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula

1908

The First Abstract Watercolor

Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for color, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential. (Wassily Kandinsky)

WWI

1913

"Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated." (from On the Spiritual in Art)

Moscow I

1916

"Color is the power which directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with the strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul."

~Kandinski

Red Oval

1920

That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul.

~Wassily Kandinsky

Yellow, Red, Blue

1925

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Orange Violet

1935

Twilight

1945

Sources

Olga's Gallery

WebMuseum Paris

The Guggenheim

History of Russian Painting

Humanities Web
The Painter's Keys

Linking to ABC Wednesday

Sunday, January 2, 2011

On the Ninth Day of Christmas...

Oh. The ninth day almost got by me...

This piece by Marc Chagall is painted on the ceiling someplace in France or Russia, I believe. Isn't it beautiful? And this I give to you on the ninth day. Have a good one!

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Characters on Canvas

B.I.T.C.H.

(Babe in Total Control of Herself)

I like how the right part of her cloak looks like an octopus' tentacle.

:-)

It's actually a portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna by Russian painter Aleksey Antropov.

1750s. I like how the right part of her cloak looks like an octopus' arm.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Surealistic Sunday

Today a mash of surrealist works from yesterday and today and every time in-between! No chronological order as well as spotty information and links, qualify this post as...ur..random? ;-) Just enjoy the images and let your eyes have some fun!