Autoportrait Day 288~ Isabel Rawsthorne

Posted in Self Portraits, Women Artists by Christy

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

British artist, set designer, and artist’s model
Isabel (Lambert) Rawsthorne (1912-1992)

1. Head with Rose, 1945 / Painting / Warwick Llewellyn Nicholas Estate

2. Seated figure (from sketchbook), c.1936 / Pencil on paper / Tate Archive, London, UK

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“Isabel Rawsthorne: artist and muse” on Art UK:
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/isabel-rawsthorne-artist-and-muse

“What’s in a surname? The female artists lost to history because they got married”:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/13/whats-in-a-surname-the-female-artists-lost-to-history-because-they-got-married

6Nov2021

Born November 6~ Tatiana Bruni

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Tatiana Guéorguiévna Bruni (November 6, 1902-September 19, 2001) was a Russian costume and set designer, painter, graphic artist, and teacher. She created designs for more than two hundred productions.
Biography on ARTinvestmentRU: https://artinvestment.ru/en/auctions/808/#bio

Puss in Boots by Tatiana Bruni
ND / Watercolor and gouache over pencil heightened with white / 15-3/4″x15-2/5″ / Private collection

Tatiana Bruni on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/tatiana-bruni/

Further reading:
https://www.eurasiaartfoundation.org/bruni-gallery
https://www.barnebys.co.uk/blog/the-art-of-tatiana-bruni-soul-of-mariinsky-theatre
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2014/dec/09/the-bolt-shostakovich-banned-ballet-grad-in-pictures

31Oct2021

Born October 31~ Marie Laurencin

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Marie Laurencin (October 31, 1883-June 8, 1956) was a French painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer. Although influenced by cubism and fauvism, she developed her own delicate approach.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laurencin

Perfect Little Girls by Marie Laurencin
1913 / Oil on panel / 21″x16-1/2″ / Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Marie Laurencin on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marie-laurencin/

Further reading:
https://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=412&sold=1
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/marie-laurencin-the-avant-gardist-who-painted-coco-chanel
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-marie-laurencin-queen-avant-garde-paris-misunderstood-decades

8Sep2020

Classical Music Month~ September 8

Posted in Classical Music Month by Christy

Table XV. Baba-Yaga’s Hut by Vasily Kandinsky

“For artist Wassily Kandinsky, the [‘Pictures at an Exhibition‘] cycle served as a basis for his first and only theater project, which was premiered in the German city of Dessau in 1928. Wassily Kandinsky was out to create a synthetic ‘Gesamtkustwerk‘. For him, that meant that sounds took on hues that listeners could see before their eyes as they listened to the music. It was intended to be a Gesamtkustwerk of sound, color and motion.”
~ https://www.dw.com/en/kandinsky-and-mussorgsky-what-happens-when-artists-inspire-each-other/a-19087823

1928 / Graphite, India ink, and watercolor on paper
11 4/5″x15 3/4″ / Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

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15Jun2020

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

11Jun2020

June 11~ Pride Month

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Charles Demuth and Robert E. Locher

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From 1909 onwards, Demuth maintained a romantic relationship with Robert Evans Locher, an Art Deco interior decorator and stage designer [and illustrator, educator, and industrial designer]… ~Wikipedia

…a third theme of Demuth’s work was homosexuality…When Demuth died, he left his Lancaster partner Robert Locher his watercolors and works on homosexual themes. ~https://explorepahistory.com/

End of the Parade, Coatesville, Pa. by Charles Demuth
1920 / Tempera and pencil on board / Collection of Deborah and Ed Shein

Illustration for Vogue magazine by Robert Evans Locher
ND / Ink and watercolor / The RISD Museum, Providence, RI

5Jun2020

June 5~ Pride Month

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Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts

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Artistic and personal partners for more than fifty years, Ricketts and Shannon designed and illustrated books, established an occasional art journal, The Dial, in 1889 and founded the Vale Press in 1894. Named after their house, The Vale, in Chelsea, they published a total of about 75 books, including a complete reprint of the works of Shakespeare.
~The Fitzwilliam Museum