Saturday, March 19, 2022
Friday, March 18, 2022
Fashion is DEFINITELY Art: Rome is My Runway
Altaroma International Couture Spring 2022
via Fashion Channel
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Steve Marker
Music Appreciation
Steve Marker is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the cofounder and guitarist in the alternative rock band, Garbage.
Born on March 16, 1959 in Mamaroneck, New York, Marker attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he met Butch Vig. At the time, Vig and his band, Spooner, were wanting to record a 45 and Marker had the equipment to do so.
A few years later, Vig and Marker started Smart Studios, a recording studio in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1990, Smart Studios produced Nirvana's Nevermind and The Smashing Pumpkins' Gish.
In 1993, Marker, Vig, Duke Erikson, and Scottish singer Shirley Manson formed Garbage.
pitpony.photography
Source: Wikipedia
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Jaroslava Muchová
Artist Appreciation
Czech painter, Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová was born on March 15, 1909. She was the daughter of Bohemian and Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, and a contributor to several of his artwork as a model and as a restorer.
Jaroslava was instrumental in restoring her father's The Slav Epic, a cycle of 20 large canvases, which were hidden from Nazis.
Fun fact, her father pictured her on Czechoslovak currency.
Sitting Girl in a Traditional Costume (1944)
Source: Wikipedia, invaluable.com
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Qayyum Chowdhury
Art Appreciation
Born on March 9, 1932, Qayyum Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi painter, book designer, and illustrator, known to incorporate Bangladesh and its people in his work.
At a young age, Chowdhury was lecturer at Dahaka Art College in Arambagh before joining artist Quamrul Hassan's Design Center then the Pakistan Observer where he was the chief artist.
In 1965, he returned to teaching at the Dhaka Art College where he stayed until 2002.
Throughout his lifetime, Chowdhury received many accolades and awards, such as the Ekushey Padak, second highest Bangladesh award, and the Independence Day Award, the highest state award.
Fun fact: Chowdhury helped design currency notes.
Dancer
Peasant
Childhood Memories
Sources: Wikipedia, Alchetron
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