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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Artistry of Hokusai Katsushika
I have come across Japanese and Chinese artworks and am fascinated by their technique and style. I picked up a woodblock print by #HokusaiKatsushika. I believe it to believe a fairly modern reprint on quite rough textured paper. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Lino/woodcuts, Watercolour paintings
Tagged bamboo, blossoms, lumber, Mount Fuji, saw, sparrows, Totomi
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Art of Joseph Bell
This weeks chapter is one of speculation and imagination in regards to an aquatint in my collection. It is a portrait of a man who was the inspiration for a very famous fictitious character known around the world. I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Aquatint
Tagged doctor, Dr. Joseph Bell, investigations, medicine, portrait, sherlock holmes, signature
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Art from George Cattermole and Vincent Brooks
Two acknowledgements but one piece of art. #GeorgeCattermole (1800-1868) is the original artist while #VincentBrooks (1814-1885) is the man who made the lithograph which I bought the other day. I present ‘Columbus propounding to the Prior of the Franciscan Convent … Continue reading
Art Shakespearean
I have read quite a lot of Shakespeare thru my days and I recently purchased an almost complete set edited by Charles Knight. I didn’t actually buy them to read but I wanted to add the illustrations into my collection. … Continue reading