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Author Archives: ronald972
Norwegian Art
Today, we visit a country not truly known as being a centre of the arts. Norwegian art is mostly grouped together with the other Scandinavian countries under the name Nordic Art. For most of Norways artistic history, it has been … Continue reading
Qianlong Ch’ien-Lung
I recently came across, what I think are two very fine #Chinese vases. They are not very large, standing only 5 5/8″ (142mm) and 2 1/8″ (54mm) in diameter. Often, I see pieces which are, for me, poorly painted – … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics/Pottery
Tagged ceramics, ch'ien long, flowers, horses, porcelain, qianlong, shrubs, trees
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The Thomas Viaduct or Latrobe’s Folly
Today, we look at a small pen and ink drawing which I came across this past week. It is a landscape in which the focus is a viaduct but amazingly this viaduct is not found here in England but in … Continue reading
Robert W. Macbeth artist
We travel to Glasgow, Scotland, to visit with artist #RobertWMacbeth (1848-1910). Robert belonged to a family which produced a good number of artists. His father was a well known portrait painter, two of his brothers were artists and his niece … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged beaters, hares, hunting, lady, Lincolnshire, lurchers, pheasants, Somerset
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Art walls
After six years of collecting, I have acquired a good number of artworks. This has come to mean that I have run out of wall space to display them. Over time, I have leant towards hanging originals rather than prints. … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Etching, Mezzotint, Oil Paintings, Watercolour paintings
Tagged art walls, gallery walls, landscapes, picture walls, portraits, women
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Tabular Estimate of some leading members of the House of Commons
Quite a while back, I bought a number of pieces as a job lot. I was not actually sure what I might find when I had the time to look thoroughly at the individual pieces. This chapter is about one … Continue reading
Posted in Printing, Writing/Books
Tagged character, chart, estimate, House of Commons, parliament, personalities, politician
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Misssed Places
When my wife and I holiday, we tend to work out and plan what we might like to see and do. Our itinerary is not solid but is flexible on the chance that we encounter something we might like to … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged Burgie Tower, castle, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, stone wall, tower, tree, turret, well
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Hans Feibusch artist
This past week, my eye was drawn to a book – #TheRevelationOfSaintJohnTheDivine. It was published in 1946. The text comes from the #KingJamesBible but it was the illustrations which drew me to the book. The depiction of scenes in lithographic … Continue reading
Posted in Lithographs, Printing
Tagged angels, apocalypse, beast, bible, four horsemen, Hans Feibusch, heaven, hell, revelation, Saint John, woman and child
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Siecle XXe vol. 4
At the end of March, I wrote a chapter on the art magazine Siecle XXe volume 3 which focused on artist Wassily Kandinsky. Volume 4 of the art magazine contained 10 lithographs by various artists. The art publication was the … Continue reading
Posted in Lithographs, Modern prints
Tagged Arp, Bill, Duchamp, Helion, Laurens, Magnelli, modern, siecle xxe, Zadkine
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