Laura JG

A somewhat messy sketch I finished yesterday. “Desrae M.” Drawn freehand on my iPad Pro using the Sketch Club app. Based on a photo reference. But, when is a sketch ever “finished?” #sketchclubapp #digitalart #digitalartist #digitaldrawing #artspout

05:19 PM - May 14, 2024 (Edited)

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A sketch I finished yesterday. “Mia Takes a Cellfie.” A device for communication also become a mask that blocks us from the actual people around us. Drawn freehand on my iPad Pro using the Sketch Club app. Clocks in at 4 hours, 43 minutes total time. #digitalart #DigitalArtist #artspout

A close-up of a young woman taking a selfie. The phone itself blocks our view of her face, except for her eyes.

04:09 PM - May 13, 2024

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Peafowl, opaque watercolor on paper, attributed to Mansur (active at Mughal courts in Delhi and Lahore in late 1580s, Allahabad 1600–1604, & Agra until ca. 1626), Metropolitan Museum of Art. #artspout #arthistory #Indiaart #India

From the museum: “Mansur’s ability to capture the essence of his subject is exemplified here. A male peafowl and hen display themselves in an unusually descriptive landscape, which echoes and mimics their deportment in a single vision of the unity of nature. The artist deployed Timurid-style rock formations to add to the imperial tenor of his study of these majestic birds. The mauve markings of the male are echoed in the flowers in the foreground, his rich tail plumage in the tree beyond.”

02:12 PM - May 13, 2024

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Phoenix and peacock, c. 1820s-1840s, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card, ink on paper, British Museum, London. More info in ALT. #artspout #art #japaneseart #asianartists #arthistory

As the title says, a drawing of a phoenix and a peacock.
From the Museum: "This was a time when Hokusai suffered a series of difficult personal challenges, including a stroke in 1827 or 1828, from which he recovered; the death of his second wife in 1828; and near destitution, as pleaded in a letter of the first month, 1830.
This may have been the time when Hokusai's daughter Eijo, herself a successful artist, came back to live and work with her father, following her divorce."

09:25 PM - May 12, 2024

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By Andy Warhol (1928-1987), two drawings of a peacock, 1957, ink on Manila paper (I’m guessing ballpoint pen), each 16 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (42.5 x 35.2 cm.), sold at auction, Phillips Auctioneers, in 2017 for $17,500. #arthistory #artspout #art

Two different drawings of a peacock, one from the side and one from the back.

04:23 PM - May 11, 2024

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By Koson Ohara (1877-1945), Goose and the Moon, woodblock print. From virtual auction house Artelino, Munich, Germany. It specializes in Japanese prints. #artspout #Art #woodblockprint

From the website: ‘A white goose is joyfully showing its acrobatic flying skill in front of the large full moon. Striking Design.
The plumage is partly embossed.
Rather rarely seen "yoko-e" (horizontal picture) format design by Koson.‘

01:23 PM - May 10, 2024

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Helen Hyde, The White Peacock, 1914, color woodcut on paper, image: 8 3/8 x 10 in. (21.4 × 25.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum. Hyde studied extensively in Japan, and we see the influence very strongly. #Art #arthistory #artspout

A woman and 3 children marvel to see a white peacock and white peahen.

06:02 PM - May 09, 2024

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By Mexican artist Jesús Guerrero Galván (1910-1973), “Niña con perico,” 1938, oil on canvas, 23½ x 19½ in. (60 x 50 cm.), sold at auction, Christie’s New York, in 2007 for $96,000. Alas, I couldn’t find a better resolution jpeg. #Art #hispanicart #mexicanart #MexicoArt #ArtSpout #artspout

A painting of a young girl holding a parakeet.

06:48 PM - May 08, 2024

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By contemporary Chinese artist Lin Hukui (born 1945): Longevity Cranes, scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper, 78.5 x 142 cm. (30 7/8 x 55 7/8 in.), sold at auction, Christie’s Hong Kong, in 2023 for 327,600 Hong Kong dollars. #art #chineseart #ChinaArt #asianart

A painting of a flock of cranes walking in the snow, with trees in a snowy, misty background.

09:41 PM - May 07, 2024

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By Ding Yanyong 丁衍庸 (1902-1978), One Stroke Figure, 1978, hanging scroll, ink on paper, 69.5 x 39.5 cm. (27 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.), sold at auction Christie’s Hong Kong in 2014 for 187,500 Hang Kong dollars. #art #China #chineseart #ChinaArt

An abstracted figure, drawn with one stroke, the artist’s mark drawn vertically on the left.

02:05 PM - May 06, 2024

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What a luscious painting! By Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971), White Peacocks and Blue Delphinium, 1924, oil on masonite, 76.2 x 60.6 cm. (30 x 23.85 in.), private collection. #Art #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists

Two white peacocks, sitting on a tree branch, in a lush outdoor setting.

08:49 PM - May 05, 2024

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Chinese artist Cheng Shifa (1921-2007), Rooster and Chicken, 1987, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 90.2 x 50.4cm (35½ x 19⅞in), sold at auction for 19,125 Hong Kong dollars, Bonhams, 2021, online auction. #Art #chineseart #asianartists

A lovely painting of a rooster and a chicken with a flowering tree in the background.

11:53 AM - May 04, 2024

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The interior of a cactus flower. Photo taken with my iPhone 15 Pro Max, Moment macro lens attached. Edited in Camera+, Carbon, and Distressed FX apps. #iphonography #macrophotography #iphoneonly #DistressedFX

The interior of a yellow cactus flower, seen in extreme closeup.

07:06 PM - May 03, 2024

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Your art history post for today: Detail, “Peacocks and Cherry Blossoms,” c. 1925, by Imazu Tatsuyuki (Japanese, active early 20th century), two-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. #arthistory #japanart #japaneseart

From the museum: “Against the brilliantly rendered background of a cherry tree in full bloom, a peacock is perched upon a branch with its tail feathers gloriously arrayed.”

10:42 AM - May 03, 2024

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What a luscious embroidered silk coat! Made circa 1900. Designer: Iida & Co./Takashimaya (Japanese, founded 1831). I don’t know how many were made. This one is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. #fashion #fashionhistory #fashiondesigner #japan

A gorgeous vintage silk coat, with a peacock embroidered on the back. Very beautiful.

08:51 PM - May 02, 2024

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“Young Leaves,” silkscreen, by Shōen Uemura (1875 - 1949). Being a print, it appears in more than one collection. One of the leading women artists of modern Japan, in 1948, she became the first woman to be awarded the Bunka Kunshō [Order of Culture]. #arthistory #japan #womenartists

A young woman in traditional Japanese dress and hairstyle gazes at foliage.

06:25 PM - Apr 30, 2024

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Nicknamed “il Moro” (the Moor), because he was biracial (the son of Pope Clement VII and an enslaved black woman), here is the Duke of Florence, Alessandro de’ Medici. Painting, c. 1534, by Pontormo (1494-1557), oil on panel, Art Institute of Chicago. #arthistory #biracial

A portrait of a biracial man of Renaissance Italy.

05:32 PM - Apr 29, 2024

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Alice Neel (1900-1984), Faith Ringgold, 1977, oil on canvas, 48 × 35 13/16 in. (121.9 × 90.9 cm), The Menil Collection, Houston. ©The Estate of Alice Neel. #arthistory #Art #womenartists

“… sympathetic and warm art-world likeness… of African-American painter, sculptor and performance artist Faith Ringgold (1977), strong and regal in a flowing red, white and black dress. Neel met Ringgold, famed for her vivid story quilts, through the National Women’s Caucus.“

12:51 PM - Apr 25, 2024

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I’ve been taking cactus flower pictures with my new iPhone 15 Pro Max. I ran this one thru the Distressed FX app for color and textural effects. #iphonography #DistressedFX #digitalphotoart #digitalphotography

06:49 PM - Apr 24, 2024

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“The excavators nicknamed her 'The Princess', which is a much more romantic label than 'Coffin F'. This is the stunning lid of one of the coffins found in KV63, the first tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 83 years.” — Jeff Burzacott, Nile Magazine, May 14, 2015. #archeology #egypt

The face of a woman, carved on a mummy lid. Found in 2006.

04:22 PM - Apr 24, 2024

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I haven’t been sharing sketches lately. Here are two recent scribbly ones of hubby, seated in the comfy chair. Drawn from life. Sketched freehand on my iPad Pro, using the Sketch Club app. Not meant to be Great Art (whatever that might be). Just for fun. #digitalart #digitalartapp #Art .

06:01 PM - Apr 23, 2024 (Edited)

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By Sargent Claude Johnson (1888-1967), Singing Saints, 1967, Tempera and enamel on steel, 31 1/2 x 25 inches. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has an exhibit of his works up thru May 20, 2024. More info in ALT. #arthistory #blackart #blackartists #Art .

A semi-abstracted work of a black woman playing a stringed instrument, another woman behind her, arm upraised. From the Huntington: “Sargent Claude Johnson was born in Boston in 1888 to Eliza Jackson, a woman of African and Cherokee heritage, and Anderson Johnson, a Swedish American. A multiracial artist who identified as Black… Johnson drew from a range of international influences, including traditional and contemporary arts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He traveled to Japan and Mexico, where he met with Mexican modernist artists and learned traditional pottery techniques from Indigenous artists. Johnson was among the earliest of a generation of African American artists to travel to Mexico.”

02:01 PM - Apr 22, 2024 (Edited)

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A bravura work! The Annunciation, c. 1570-1572, by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541-1614), oil on panel, Height: 26.7 cm; Width: 20 cm, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. More info in ALT. #arthistory #Art

From the Museum website: “In keeping with iconographic tradition, the Virgin turns in surprise at the arrival of the Archangel Gabriel and the Holy Ghost. This work is very close, compositionally and stylistically, to the Annunciation of the Modena Triptych, but it is not known whether it is a sketch for that work, or an autograph reduction. Probably painted in Venice just before 1570, this piece seems to be inspired by the work of Titian, although the architecture in the background and the tile flooring in the room hearken to Tintoretto. These were the two painters who most influenced El Greco.”

05:10 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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“Flags for the Emperor’s Birthday” (天長節之旗), by Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900), ukiyo-e woodblock print. Being a print, it is in more than one collection #Art #Japan #woodblock #JapanArt #JapaneseArt

Info from 美和 Miwa Japanese Art: “Beautiful original woodblock print made in January 1877 by the artist Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周) and depicting Otomo Wakana (大友若菜), played by the actor Onoe Kikugoro V (五代目尾上菊五郎). The young princess holds in her hand the magic scroll with which she summoned a tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛) giant spider who helped her to carry out her revenge on the Kikuchi clan (菊池家), responsible for her father’s death in the context of a feud…
[We see a] roll of fabric supported in the upper right corner by a spider, and the Hinomaru (日の丸) flags waving on the occasion of the Emperor’s birthday, which in 1868 was introduced by decree into the Japanese calendar to be celebrated as a national holiday.” — https://www.miwajapaneseart.com/product/the-emperors-birthday-toyohara-kunichika/

01:23 PM - Apr 18, 2024

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By Edward Hopper (1882–1967), “Eleven A.M.,” 1926, oil on canvas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. #art #arthistory

Paul Richard, Washington Post, April 6, 2002: “In Edward Hopper's "Eleven A.M." (1926) time seems set adrift. This is a picture of two reveries, one hers, the other ours.  A nude sits amid draperies. Any image so familiar is bound to feel at least a little bit antique. The woman by the window lost in her own thoughts calls to mind Vermeer. Her nakedness-with-shoes suggests Manet's scandalous "Olympia." But these are fleeting references, and do not linger long. We're not in Delft or Paris. The intimate-anonymous flavor of the scene is 20th-century American. We're in a building with an elevator. The woman in the easy chair stares into an air shaft. Other lives are being lived just beyond the walls. There's no glass in the window. The viewer cannot tell if it's closed or open. Hopper seldom bothered painting in his panes. She's vulnerable. Her building's heavy, square-cut blocks accentuate the softness of her unclothed flesh. And yet we sense no danger. She's not a victim or a sex object...

01:30 PM - Apr 17, 2024

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The Mothers (Die Mütter), c. 1922–1923, by Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), lithograph (Edition 1/100), Cranbrook Art Museum. In 1923 at the height of the pacifist movement in Germany Kollwitz created a portfolio of 7 woodcuts titled War. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #War #Art

From the website: “Following the catastrophe of World War I, German artist Käthe Kollwitz produced a portfolio of seven woodcuts entitled War in 1923 at the height of the pacifist movement in Germany. Using generalized figures of mothers, widows, young soldier volunteers and grieving parents, the prints focused on the pain and sorrow of those left behind. Kollwitz was particularly sensitive to the grief of mothers, having lost her own son Peter in the early months of the war.
The Mothers, part of the War portfolio, shows a group of women locked into a solid sculptural mass that forms a protective barrier for the infant held by one and the two children who peer out between their mothers’ skirts. Though implying that mothers will stand together to prevent their children from marching off to future wars, the women are defensive and anxious. The woodcut evokes the sacrifice and suffering of German mothers who sent their sons off to war for their country’s honor and now fear losing the flow...

07:20 PM - Apr 16, 2024

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A second art history post for today, as it is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). So, I share this graceful drawing: “A maiden with a unicorn,” pen and dark brown ink on laid paper, sheet 9.5 x 7.5cm,, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. #arthistory .

A graceful sketch of a seated young woman pointing at a unicorn which lies at her feet.

05:32 PM - Apr 15, 2024

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I love the sweet whimsy of this ceramic work by Ukrainian artist Olʹha Rapaĭ-Markish (also known as Olʹha Rapaĭ or the anglicised Olha/Olga Rapay). #arthistory #Ukraine #ceramics #womanartist #womenartists

A ceramic work. We see a blond angel with a crown. On her shoulder a large flower. Her torso nude, and instead of human legs she has bird legs. Her wings and lower body are highly decorated with colorful foliage, and her tail multi-colored. We see in the right background a sun behind one shoulder. On the left background, a moon at her feet. Both sun and moon have faces.

03:12 PM - Apr 15, 2024 (Edited)

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