June 5~ Pride Month

Posted in Pride Month by Christy

Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts

There are six links below

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

Mr Charles Ricketts and Mr Charles Hazelwood Shannon [Part IX]
by Sir William Rothenstein / 1897 / Tate Britain, London, UK

Don Juan challenging the Commander by Charles Ricketts
c.1928 / Oil on canvas / Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Charles de Sousy Ricketts by Charles Haslewood Shannon
1898 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

28Jan2018

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/28~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What 18th century type designer‘s original letter stamps and matrices were donated to Cambridge University Press?

What 20th century painter’s method consisted of flinging and dripping paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/28/january-28/

22Jan2018

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/22~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What French painter, illustrator, and designer began painting in an Impressionist style but then became successively involved with the Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism movements?

What Dutch graphic and type designer has developed many popular typefaces, including those used by the signage systems of the Dutch highways and the Amsterdam metro?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/22/january-22/

13May2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/13~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What artist collaborated with Pablo Picasso, during which time among other things they developed Cubism, from 1909 until 1914?

In 1972, which German designer refined Olympic pictograms into the concise system that most people think of today as the symbols of the games?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/13/may-13/

16Feb2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/16~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

This painter lived during the Sengoku period and was the 5th head of the Kano school.

In 1818 this designer’s widow completed and published her late husband’s “Manuale Tipografico” in two volumes.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/02/16/february-16/

28Jan2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/28~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What 18th century type designer‘s original letter stamps and matrices were donated to Cambridge University Press?

What 20th century painter’s method consisted of flinging and dripping paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/28/january-28/

22Jan2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/22~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What French painter, illustrator, and designer began painting in an Impressionist style but then became successively involved with the Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism movements?

What Dutch graphic and type designer has developed many popular typefaces, including those used by the signage systems of the Dutch highways and the Amsterdam metro?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/22/january-22/

13May2015

May 13~

Posted in Artists Born Today Include: by Christy

Georges Braque (1882-1963)
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/georges-braque

Otl Aicher (1922-1991)
http://www.linotype.com/651/otlaicher.html

16Feb2015

February 16~

Posted in Artists Born Today Include: by Christy

Kanō Eitoku (1543-1590)
http://jyuluck-do.com/profile_kano_eitoku.html

Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813)
http://www.linotype.com/683/giambattistabodoni.html

28Jan2015

January 28~

Posted in Artists Born Today Include: by Christy

John Baskerville (1706-1775)
http://www.linotype.com/702/johnbaskerville.html

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/jackson-pollock

The Misty Miss Christy

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Tag Archives: Type Designer

June 5~ Pride Month

Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts

There are six links below

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/28~

What 18th century type designer‘s original letter stamps and matrices were donated to Cambridge University Press?

What 20th century painter’s method consisted of flinging and dripping paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/28/january-28/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/22~

What French painter, illustrator, and designer began painting in an Impressionist style but then became successively involved with the Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism movements?

What Dutch graphic and type designer has developed many popular typefaces, including those used by the signage systems of the Dutch highways and the Amsterdam metro?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/22/january-22/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/13~

What artist collaborated with Pablo Picasso, during which time among other things they developed Cubism, from 1909 until 1914?

In 1972, which German designer refined Olympic pictograms into the concise system that most people think of today as the symbols of the games?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/13/may-13/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/16~

This painter lived during the Sengoku period and was the 5th head of the Kano school.

In 1818 this designer’s widow completed and published her late husband’s “Manuale Tipografico” in two volumes.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/02/16/february-16/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/28~

What 18th century type designer‘s original letter stamps and matrices were donated to Cambridge University Press?

What 20th century painter’s method consisted of flinging and dripping paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/28/january-28/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/22~

What French painter, illustrator, and designer began painting in an Impressionist style but then became successively involved with the Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism movements?

What Dutch graphic and type designer has developed many popular typefaces, including those used by the signage systems of the Dutch highways and the Amsterdam metro?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/22/january-22/

May 13~

February 16~

January 28~

Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts

There are six links below

What 18th century type designer‘s original letter stamps and matrices were donated to Cambridge University Press?

What 20th century painter’s method consisted of flinging and dripping paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/28/january-28/

What French painter, illustrator, and designer began painting in an Impressionist style but then became successively involved with the Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism movements?

What Dutch graphic and type designer has developed many popular typefaces, including those used by the signage systems of the Dutch highways and the Amsterdam metro?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/22/january-22/

What artist collaborated with Pablo Picasso, during which time among other things they developed Cubism, from 1909 until 1914?

In 1972, which German designer refined Olympic pictograms into the concise system that most people think of today as the symbols of the games?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/13/may-13/

This painter lived during the Sengoku period and was the 5th head of the Kano school. In 1818 this designer’s widow completed and published her late husband’s “Manuale Tipografico” in two volumes. Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/02/16/february-16/

What 18th century type designer‘s original letter stamps and matrices were donated to Cambridge University Press?

What 20th century painter’s method consisted of flinging and dripping paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/28/january-28/

What French painter, illustrator, and designer began painting in an Impressionist style but then became successively involved with the Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism movements?

What Dutch graphic and type designer has developed many popular typefaces, including those used by the signage systems of the Dutch highways and the Amsterdam metro?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/22/january-22/

This painter lived during the Sengoku period and was the 5th head of the Kano school.

In 1818 this designer’s widow completed and published her late husband’s “Manuale Tipografico” in two volumes.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/02/16/february-16/