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LS Lowry artist
I added a somewhat unique piece to my collection this week. A lithograph by #LSLowry. Over the time I have been collecting art, I have come across a number of prints by Lowry but up till now they have been … Continue reading
Posted in Lithographs
Tagged children, crowd, esplanade, lithograph, LS Lowry, Punch and Judy, School Prints, seaside
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Robert Scott engraver
Today, a friend from Church gave me an old bible. It was the second volume out of a set. Covers intact but some water damage had occurred to the pages. Printed in 1815 (New Testament) and 1817 for the minor … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged apostles, children, Christ, Daniel, dream interpretation, etching, Holy Bible, king, lions, paper, Robert Scott
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Pedro Lobos Art
I came across two woodcuts this past week. They originate from an artist previously unknown to me and from a country which I have no other art works from. Neither have I visited this country. Even the continent in which … Continue reading
Posted in Lino/woodcuts, Modern prints
Tagged children, Chile, dance, dress, Pedro Lobos
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Art by PW Tompkins
#PeltroWilliamTompkins (1759-1840) was an English engraver. The son of a landscape painter with a brother who also specialised as a draughtsman and aquatint engraver of course he followed into the family tradition. Tompkins studied under the great #FrancescoBartolozzi working in … Continue reading
Art Familial
Today, we go and have family pictures taken. And we take it for granted the ease at which these images are then produced and reproduced. But years past the painting of ones family or a personal portrait was not such an … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged children, cottage, cradle, eating, family, farm house, knitting, Reading, toddlers
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Art of the Dot
I beg your indulgence as I return to a topic which I have talked about earlier. The artistry and beauty of the stipple engraving. Perhaps some might call what is portrayed in this picture dated, idealistic or naive and in … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged children, copse, cottage, dancing, flock, penny whistle, road, Robert Burns, sheep, shepherd, spinning wheel, sunbeam, twilight
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Art of Youth
The portrayal of children in art can be and often is quite idealized. The first artwork pictured here is such a work. When I first saw it from a distance, I thought it to be fairly impressionistic in style and … Continue reading
Posted in Needlework, Watercolour paintings
Tagged baby, children, dress, gate, girl, lark bunting, needlework, path, rabbits, shawl, stairs, yard
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