Mary Adshead

Art Appreciation

Born on February 15, 1904, Mary Adshead was best known for her work as a muralist.

At a young age, she was taught watercolor painting by her architect father Stanley Davenport Adshead. When she was 16, she enrolled at the Slade School of Art in 1921. 

In the 1930s, she held her first solo exhibition at the Goupil Gallery in France, illustrated children's books with her husband and was elected a member of the New English Art Club, an alternative venue to the Royal Academy.

In the 1940s and 1950s, she designed stamps for the English General Post Office, murals, film sets of Cleopatra, and organized the Society of Mural Painters. 

The Puncture (1928)

A Tropical Fantasy: Charles Reilly's Dining Room Mural (1926)

The Cruise (1934)

Source: Wikipedia, artuk.org

Cosplay is an Art: Anime Los Angeles 2022

 

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Cosplay is an Art: San Diego Comic Con 2021

 

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Fan Art: Iconic Red Heads

So, I do have soft spot for red heads. Perhaps there are other guys that share the same feelings.

One of my favorite bloggers, Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool, re-blogged a fan art by German designer and illustrator RaidesArt of iconic red heads.

See more HERE.

Cosplay Is An Art: C2E2 Chicago Comic Con 2021

 

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Arkhip Kuindzhi

Art Appreciation

Born in present day Ukraine, January 27, 1841, Arkhip Kuindzhi was considered one of the most talented Russian landscape artist of his time. 

Kuindzhi grew up poor and lost his parents at a very young age. In 1855, he became the student of Russian romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky. 

It is said that Kuindzhi's work is heavily influenced by Aivazovsky's style, especially when it comes to sunsets, storms, and surging oceans. Kuindzhi is known for depicting the illusion of illumination in his paintings.

In his 20s, Kuindzhi studied painting at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, then joined an artists' cooperative which eventually became the Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions. He would return to teach at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in his later years, but then fired for supporting students' protests.

Lake Ladoga (1873)

Moonlit Night on the Dnieper (1880)

Red Sunset on the Dnieper (1905)

Sources:

Wikipedia.org

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436833

https://www.wikiart.org/en/arkhip-kuindzhi

Govert Flinck

Art Appreciation

Dutch painter Govert Flinck was born on January 25, 1615. A pupil of Rembrandt, Flinck's work followed the style of his teacher; Rembrandtesque. 

A Baroque painter of portraits, genre, and narrative subjects, Flinck is recognized as a history painter. His popularity among aristocrats led to many commissions for official and diplomatic paintings. 

See my previous blog entry HERE. 

Announcement to the Shepherds (1639)

Bearded Man with Velvet Cap (1645)

Source: 

Wikipedia.org, britannica.com 

https://www.pubhist.com/person/260/govert-flinck