Tag Archives: Designer

June 15~ Pride Month

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Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde

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MacBryde moved to Glasgow to study at the School of Art from 1932–1937 and met Colquhoun, who won a scholarship to study there in 1933, a year later. From that point onwards they became inseparable. ~artuk.org/
The Painters Colquhoun & McBryde (The Two Roberts) by Ian Fleming
1937-1938 / Oil on canvas / The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections, Scotland, UK

Woman with a Goat by Robert Colquhoun
ND / Oil on canvas / Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool, UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still Life, Vegetables by Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)
ND / Oil on canvas / Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Scotland, UK

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 18

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Theatrical Composition by Alexandra Ekster

c.1925 / Oil on canvas / 58 5/8”x42 7/8” / MoMA, NYC

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See also: March 18~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/18/march-18-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 27

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The Artist Getting It All Down by Valerie Maynard

Date? / Woodcut on rice paper / 12”x9” / Various, private collections

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See also: February 27~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/27/february-27-african-american-visual-artists/

December 22, 1889~ Natan Al’tman born

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Ukrainian artist, stage designer, and book illustrator
Natan Al’tman was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on this day in 1889

Shabbat Meeting aka Portrait of a Jewish Man by Natan Isaevich Al’tman (Natan Al’tman)
c.1910 / Oil on canvas / 31”x23 1/4” / Private collection

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Previous December 22 posts:

December 22~ Animals in Art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/22~

December 16, 1913~ Charlie Chaplin begins his film career

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Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. From “Easy Street” (1917) to “Modern Times” (1936), he made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time. He was best known for his character, the naive and lovable Little Tramp.
~https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/charlie-chaplin-about-the-actor/77/

Charlot Cubiste by Fernand Léger

1924 / Painted wooden elements, nailed on plywood / 29”x13”x2 2/5”
Pompidou Centre, National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

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Link~ Le Ballet Mécanique: The Historic Cinematic Collaboration Between Fernand Legér and George Antheil
NYPL~ https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/07/ballet-mecanique-interwar-avant-garde-cinema

Previous December 16 posts:

December 16~ Animals in Art

Edward Ruscha: Born December 16, 1937

How Kandinsky helped create abstract art

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/16~

November 30, 1953~ French artist Francis Picabia dies

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Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turn Quickly) by Francis Picabia

1916-1918 / Brush and ink with watercolor and shell gold over a 19th-century French lithographic illustration; laid down on canvas / 19 1/2”x12 7/8” / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Previous November 30 posts:

November 30~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/30~