Tag Archives: painting
The price of Bacon
Triptych, Francis Bacon, 1976 Bacon Triptych Auctioned for Record $86 Million – New York Times I didn’t believe I recalled seeing this triptych before, but considering how different it looks in the following image — I’m not really sure anymore. … more…
Ralph Heimans
Reflections Still Life, Ralph Heimans, 1999 (via Tingzin)
Galleria Divinorum
1997 – Inspired by conscious dreaming, a series of paintings made over a 3 year period while working as a screenprinter. Mainly airbrushed acrylics on board. I buy a computer and stop painting, spending the next 6 years in videogames … more…
William Bouguereau (1825-1905)
Minor mystery solved: I’ve had this magazine clipping of a painting floating about in my files, resisting classification, for years and years. I had no information about it, but it hung around, naggingly familiar, possibly for no better reason that … more…
Pre-Futurism of Umberto Boccioni
The Grand Canal in Venice, Umberto Boccioni, 1907. Oil on canvas. 68 x 68 cm. Galleria dello Scudo. Verona. Italia. I seldom just drop a painting in here, but I was struck by the works by Umberto Boccioni posted today … more…
Meredith Allen
Simple idea, drippy, colorful forms, figures in landscape. Very appealing. (via everlasting blort)
Paula Rego: Don’t flinch, don’t hide
Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Profile of Paula Rego. Unfortunately the online version only features one, rather small image from the piece, which is handsomely illustrated in the dead tree version. But there are some works reproduced at Paula’s … more…
International Dunhuang Project
In 1900 a hidden cave was discovered at a Buddhist site near the ancient Silk Road town of Dunhuang. Sealed in about 1000 AD, it contained tens of thousands of manuscripts, paintings and printed documents on paper and silk dating … more…
Picturing America
Beautifully constructed and presented collection of American art from 1730 to the present at the Newark Museum. Includes painting, sculpture and photography. The commentary is a little light, but never mind. Lots of work here that I’d never seen before. … more…
The Trouble With Frida Kahlo
“The Trouble With Frida Kahlo” by Stephanie Mencimer assesses the remaking and selective remodelling of a feminist saint. (via fmh)