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Tag Archives: bridge
Henry Holiday ‘Dante and Beatrice’
I have written in regards to Dante in a couple of other chapters and today we look at an image by artist #HenryGeorgeHoliday (1839-1927). Perhaps Henry Holiday’s best known painting is that of Dante and Beatrice at Ponte Santa Trinitas … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged Beatrice, bridge, canal, Dante, Florence, Henry George Holiday, pigeons, Ponte Santa Trinita, stroll
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Art of Postcards
Postcards are not something which I deliberately search for when looking at art to expand my collection but the other day I did add some postcards to my collection. I chose these 26 postcards since they were from 1907 and … Continue reading
Posted in Modern prints, Watercolour paintings
Tagged bridge, Canterbury, inn, Lord Mayor's Show, oilette, postcards, Richatrd Tuck, river, St Albans, The Weavers
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Art After 2
Last weeks chapter concentrated on the copying of an artists creation by another artist using a different medium to express that second image. The second artists image is said to be ‘after’ the original artists but how close can one … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged bridge, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, island, Italy, JMW Turner, Lord Byron, picnic, river tree, tower
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Art of Bridges
Man has built things to assist his development from his beginning. #Bridges and their development through time epitomise the changes in design and materials available to man’s ingenuity. So two very different bridges ancient and modern from two different parts … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged arched bridge, bridge, city skyline, copse, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Georgetown University, mountain, river, waterfall
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Art of T. Leslie Hawkes
I love going into galleries and museums wherever I go. Galleries filled with local artists’ creations can inspire as well as inform about the area that is around. #TLeslieHawkes was a well-known Lake District watercolour artist who was inspired by … Continue reading
Posted in Etching, Watercolour paintings
Tagged bridge, camel, castle ruin, daffodils, desert, Duddon, Eleazar, farmer, fisherman, horses, Lake District, palm tree, plough, Rachel, river, well
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Art In Variety
Three different types of art today, a linocut, an aquatint, and a pen and ink drawing, all from modern artists. Very different techniques and yet they produce beauty in their own ways. A linocut by James Kerr entitled ‘The Cockerel’. … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Etching, Lino/woodcuts
Tagged bridge, bumble bee, canal, coast, cockerel, dandelion, Hawaiian Geese, ladybird, linocut, London, mountains, Orsman Road, St. Paul's Cathedral
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Art of Queen’s
While considering what to blog about this week, I found myself going through my collection and discovering a couple of prints which might be of interest to some. These prints are not tremendously old but they are local in perspective. … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Modern prints
Tagged Brandon Tower, bridge, Cambridge, Mathematical Bridge, punts, Queens' College, River Cam, The Lodge
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Art of Charity
All of today’s art in this chapter has been purchased through charity shops. This does mean that at times I acquire it at a very affordable price, but I never haggle at these shops since their profits go toward which … Continue reading
Posted in Modern prints, Needlework, Watercolour paintings
Tagged bridge, cathedral, Christ, church, communion, copse, high altar, Hong Ngoc, penitent, river, riverbank, spire, St Mary's Cathedral, Vietnam
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Forgotten Art
I have had in my possession for many years a print, so many years that I do not remember how or where I acquired this print. I know that the print shows the meeting of the Leprozengracht canal and the … Continue reading
Posted in Modern prints, Watercolour paintings
Tagged Amsterdam, boats, bridge, canal, chimney, copse, farmstead, hills, Houtgracht, lane, Leprozengracht, stone fence, tower, Wales
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