Alicia Brizzio

Art Appreciation

Is it possible to fall in love with a painting? I ask this because after coming across a painting of a naked girl seated and reaching for her toes, I can't stop looking. The painting is titled "Desnudo" and it's by Argentina artist Alicia Brizzio.

The self-taught artist is well recognized for her oil, acrylic and pastel techniques. You can see more of her figurative works HERE.

Retrato via artodyssey1

Desnudo via tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica

Solo Una Mujer via artodyssey1

Sources:

http://www.aliciabrizzio.com/home.html
http://aliciabrizzio.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alicia.brizzio
https://youtu.be/kZ-847G0yug
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/aliciab/
http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2011/05/alicia-brizzio-buenos-aires-argentina.html
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2012/01/alicia-brizzio.html

Sunil Janah

Photography Appreciation

Sunil Janah was an internationally acclaimed documentary photographer known for capturing the struggles of ordinary Indian people and well-known people like Gandhi.

You can read more about Sunil Janah and view his photography HERE.

via sensor

via swarajarchive

via punjabinpictures

Sources:

http://suniljanah.org/sjanah/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Janah
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/the-photography-of-sunil-janah/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/world/asia/sunil-janah-who-photographed-bengal-famine-dies-at-94.html?_r=0
http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv19n1/sunil.htm
http://issuu.com/ram-rahman/docs/sunil-janah-photographs
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/portraitist-of-the-nehruvian-era/article3559899.ece
https://swarajarchive.wordpress.com/art/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/sunil-janah-exhibition/ https://rotigraphy.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/sunil-janah-passes-away/ http://punjabinpictures.blogspot.com/2006/05/punjab-1945.html
http://sensor.jkeveningmail.com/2012/07/the-photography-of-sunil-janah.html

Talantbek Chekirov

Art Appreciation

I came across Kyrgyzstan artist Talantbek Chekirov's work while visiting one of my favorite art blogs, Maher Art Gallery. What caught my attention was his photorealistic paintings of beautiful women.

Chekirov is known for his oil paintings that uses light to detail the complexity of the female form in intimate settings.

You can see more of his beautiful paintings on his Facebook page HERE.

Fortuna via designterritory

Heaven in New York via fasci-arte

Untitled via fasci-arte

Sources:

http://www.originalpaintings.com/talantbek_chekirov.htm
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Talantbek-Chekirov/485761021461031
http://www.paintinghere.org/artist/talantbek_chekirov.html
http://www.watergatestreetgallery.co.uk/artist/12436/talantbek-chekirov
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/sensual-photorealistic/
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/talantbek-chekirov
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2013/05/talantbek-chekirov.html
http://designterritory.blogspot.com/2011/01/talantbek-chekirov.html
http://maherartgallery.blogspot.com/2012/03/talantbek-chekirov-1971-kygystan.html
http://fasci-arte.blogspot.com/2014/10/talantbek-chekirov.html
http://www.kaifineart.com/2014/02/talantbek-chekirov.html

Alexandra Nedzvetckaya

Art Appreciation

Russian artist Alexandra Nedzvetckaya is known for her realistic oil paintings of deeply expressive women in folklore settings.

Perhaps the painting that caught my attention was her depiction of Judith and Holofernes. In the painting, Judith is shown in deep thought while holding the decapitated head of Holofernes.

In other beautiful paintings, the female is shown in dreamlike settings, such as "Sovereign of Butterflies," where the girl is shown with her eyes closed and butterflies floating above her hands.

You can see more of her beautiful work HERE.

Judith via just-art

Sovereign of Butterflies via just-art

Summer via conchigliadivenere 

Sources:

http://www.academart.com/nedzvetckaya.htm
http://www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/visual-artists
http://1siir.de/Alexandra-Nedzvetckaya.htm
http://www.picturesofbabies.net/realistic-paintings-by-alexandra-nedzvetckaya/
http://just-art.tumblr.com/post/96102073932
https://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/alexandra-nedzvetckaya-1981-russian/

Francesca Woodman

Photography Appreciation

I started this blog a few years ago because I wanted to share appreciation for the art I came across on the internet.

Recently, I stumbled upon the work of a young artist while surfing the web, and to be honest, her beauty caught my attention. I scrolled and admired each photo that she took. The majority of them featured herself as the model, and I was so intrigued and wanted to find out more about this photographer.

Her name was Francesca Woodman, and she was best known for the black and white photos of mostly herself posing in erotic positions that held a sort of cryptic message. The American photographer was the daughter of two known artists, George and Betty Woodman. And similar to her parents she was an artist who found her passion in photography to express herself.

Unfortunately, she killed herself at the age of 22, but her work continues to garner critical acclaim and recognition. You can see more of her work HERE.

Polka Dots, Providence, Rhode Island (1976) via fansinaflashbulb

Untitled, Rome (1977-1978) via myprivatebrussels

Untitled (1975-80) via deathhour

Sources:

http://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/francesca-woodman/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Woodman
http://www.artnet.com/artists/francesca-woodman/
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/aug/31/searching-for-the-real-francesca-woodman
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/francesca-woodman-10512
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4432
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/arts/design/francesca-woodman-at-guggenheim-museum.html?_r=0
https://deathhour.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/francesca-woodman/
http://myprivatebrussels.com/2014/07/30/woman-the-feminist-avant-garde-of-the-1970s-francesca-woodman/
http://jadedigitalimaging.blogspot.com/2013/02/artist-francesca-woodman.html
https://fansinaflashbulb.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/recent-acquisition-francesca-woodman/

Riccardo Mannelli

Art Appreciation

Italian artist Riccardo Mannelli is known for known for paintings of older subjects and their real bodies in intimate moments.

I came cross this artist's work while surfing La Conchiglia Di Venere art blog, and I quickly became enamored with the "natural" depiction of his subjects either making love or caught in deep thought.

You can see more of his wonderful work HERE.

Hasta Manana Mio Amor 4 via conchigliadivenere 

Blues Freddo via thisisnthappiness 

Sources:

http://www.artnau.com/2014/12/riccardo-mannelli/
http://www.galleriagagliardi.com/en/artist-works/riccardo-mannelli
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Mannelli
http://www.grimildeblog.it/amore-e-sesso-nei-quadri-di-riccardo-mannelli-soprattutto-amore
https://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/riccardo-mannelli-1955-italian/
http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/105654610044/reality-bites-riccardo-mannelli
http://quaz-art.blogspot.com/2012/03/riccardo-mannelli-appunti-per-la.html
http://www.eccellentipittori.it/riccardo-mannelli
http://www.juxtapoz.com/erotica/paintings-by-riccardo-mannelli
http://www.tricromia.com/en/tricromia-artisti/riccardo-mannelli

Edward Steichen

Photography Appreciation

Luxembourgian American photographer, Edward Jean Steichen, is recognized as the first modern fashion photographer who captured models and movie stars such as Marion Morehouse and Gary Cooper.

The Academy Award winner was also known for co-founding the internationally famous art gallery 291 on Fifth Avenue in New York City with Alfred Stieglitz.

You can see more of his wonderful photographer HERE.

Gary Cooper (1930) via tmagazine 

Gloria Swanson (1924) via venetianred 

Marion Morehouse and unidentified model
wearing dresses by Vionnet (1930) via tmagazine

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Steichen
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/steichen/
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stei/hd_stei.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edward-steichen-in-vogue-125189608/?no-ist
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5623
http://www.artnet.com/artists/edward-steichen/
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/EdwardSteichen
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1780/edward-steichen-american-1879-1973/
http://venetianred.net/tag/edward-steichen/
http://thebluelantern.blogspot.com/2014/01/edward-steichen-painting-or-photography.html
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/in-focus-edward-steichen/?_r=0
https://danielgerhartz.wordpress.com/tag/edward-steichen-paintings/