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Henry Scott Tuke artist
We travel to Cornwall to visit with artist #HenryScottTuke (1858-1929). Tuke was primarily an impressionist painter, both in oil and watercolour, as well as a photographer. He is best known for his paintings of nude boys and young men but … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged basket, flowers, Henry Scott Tuke, paper, Ribbons, watercolour
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh – The Walberswick Florals
#CharlesRennieMackintosh (1868-1928) is world renowned as an artist and architect. His greatest architectural masterpiece was the Glasgow School of Art. After his success working for # Honeyman&Kepple, he attempted to set up a practice of his own. The failure of … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged flowers, Rennie Mackintosh, still-life, vase
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Robin Anderson artist
Lately, we have been celebrating women artists and women in all fields of work and life . Today, I would like to take you to Kenya to see one of the countries (if not the African continent) premier women artist … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged Africa, boy, cattle, clouds, flowers, Kenya, lion Hunt, Masai, mist, mountains, Victoria Falls, waterfall
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Walter Henry Sweet artist
Today we travel to the southwest of the country -Devonshire- to visit an artist who specialised in working in watercolour. A man who painted harbour scenes, cottage scenes and moorland. #WalterHenrySweet (1889-1943) was a prolific and popular artist at the … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged church, church tower, cottages, flowers, gardens, mother and child, slate roof, thatch roof, trees
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Roy Calne artist
To most people , the artist #RoyCalne is an unknown entity. They might know him better as a surgeon working in nearby Cambridge. Roy Calne was Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University. His pioneering work was in the use of … 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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Emmanuel Mane-Katz
An artist who loved more than one country. #EmmanuelMane-Katz was born in the Ukraine. He use to say his real home was Paris (He became a French citizen) but his spiritual home was Israel where he is buried. His Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Oil Paintings
Tagged Emmanuel Mane-Katz, ewer, flowers, goblet, Hasidic, jug, oil painting, shtetl, still-life
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Gustave Louis Jaulmes
Today's artist, #GustaveLouisJaulmes (1873-1959) was born in Switzerland and died in Paris. He was an eclectic artist whose vast range of interests and wonder had him creating monumental frescoes, paintings, posters, illustrations, cartoons for tapestries, carpets and decorations for objects … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged flowers, Gustave Louis Jaulmes, lovers, river, trees
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Art Drawn
I come across drawings while I search for pieces to add to my collection to blog about. Many are unsigned and not readily identifiable, but I add them to my collection and would like to share a number of them … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged costume, flowers, girl, gown, Kiri Te Kanawa, man and dog, nanny, opera, top hat
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Art of Sister Maria Innocentia
Few will recognize the name of Sister Maria Innocentia, which is the name she took when she became a nun. But at the mention of her last name many will associate ceramic figurines with her for her last name was … Continue reading