Anna Gillepsie

 

Anna Gillespie was born in 1964. Having obtained a degree from Oxford University in philosophy and politics and then gone on to study international relations at the London School of Economics, 1992 saw a change of direction and the decision to become a full time sculptor. Anna qualified as a stone mason in Bath before travelling to Italy to study with the sculptor Nigel Konstam, and then completing an MA in Fine and Media Art at Cheltenham. Anna Gillespie creates figurative sculptures in a variety of materials including masking tape, bronze, plaster and clay. Her work varies in scale from life-sized, life-like masking tape figures presented in groups to form an installation, to the much more intimate and domestic pieces.

Anna Gillespie’s work seems to contain contradictions; light and heavy, enduring and temporary, still and vibrant, suffering and joy. The work reflects the fragility and vulnerability of human beings, and the theme of captivity is often present. Within the sculptures can be seen traces of global events, the feelings and circumstances of the model at the time when they posed, and – on a more subliminal yet essential level – the personal world of the artist.

The focus of Anna’s work is strength of emotion and simplicity of form. The work does not attempt to capture movement, but rather still moments, and this aspect of the work and the simple poses employed has been deeply influenced by Antony Gormley’s work and writings. Bacon’s writings and work have also been important in clarifying the practice of conveying emotional injury through figuration. Pisano, Michelangelo, Quinn and Munoz, amongst others, are also strong influences.

http://www.annagillespie.co.uk/biography.html

Edmund Rudolph Teske

Untitled 1940s-50s Untitled Shiva composite with Shirley Berman and Madison Grammar School Demolition, 1977 New York, 1939 Gertrude Teske composite Hollyhock House of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1974

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Edmund Rudolph Teske (March 7, 1911 – November 22, 1996) was a 20th-century American photographer who combined a career of taking portraits of artists, musicians and entertainers with a prolific output of experimental photography. His use of techniques like: combined prints, montages and solarizations led to “often romantic and mysterious images”. Although he exhibited extensively and was well-known within artistic photography circles during his lifetime, his work was not widely known by the public. He has been called “one of the forgotten greats of American photography

Bill Allard, Vicky Palermo composite with Poppy, 1964

Belgian Underground (Two sides of 1940s magazine page of girl’s face), 1960s

Olga Teske Schultz composite Mt. Whitney, 1975

Maurice Tabart….

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Maurice Tabart

Walking Tree, 1929

Eiffel Tower and Nude, 1947

L’oeil et la plage

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Composition 1929

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La double mort de Federic Blot

Le plongeon 1948

Sur la plage 1938

Montage (Femme). 1929

Maurice Tabard (French, 1897 – 1984)Maurice Tabard was a dominant figure in avant-garde and modernist photography. His photo-montages, double exposures and solarized prints from the late 1920s and 1930s established him as a visionary artist.Tabard’s artistic formation originated with his father, a silk manufacturer and amateur photographer. After attended the Photographic Institute of New York, he honed his skills as a portrait photographer at the famed Bachrach studios. In the spirit of furthering his career he moved to Paris in 1928. Shortly after his arrival, Philippe Soupault, author and co-founder of the Surrealist movement, introduced him to Lucien Vogel. Vogel, an editor and publisher, helped Tabard to establish himself as fashion, portrait and advertising photographer. Tabard’s work appeared in numerous fashion magazines including Jardin des Modes, Harper’s Bazaar, Figaro des Modes, Elle and Vogue. Charles Peignot, founder of Arts et Métiers Graphique, was impressed by Tabard’s solarizations and hired him as studio director of Deberny-Peignot.Throughout the 1930s-1950s, Tabard continued to experiment with his personal work. His successes in this area led him to become one of the most popular avant-garde photographers of the time.

New-York dans ma barque 1948

Général Lavine

Room with eye, 1930

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Sens Figuré, L’ Addition, 1935

Surimpression 1930

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Wanda Wulz

Francesco Viscuso

Francesco Viscuso, born in Catania (Sicily) in November 1980, lives and works in Rome. He graduated from Art Institute in Catania – Architectural Design – and with a degree in Art Criticism at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. His art ranges from the fields of painting to installation and video, however photography his main medium. The main themes of his work are Time, Memory and Trauma.

Passionate beasts

Gerrit van Honthorst

A Young Woman And Her Maid

Childhood of Christ

Old woman examining a coin by a lantern (Sight or Avarice)

Samson and Delilah

The Duet

The Flea Hunt

Gerrit van Honthorst (1590 – 1656). Gerrit van Honthorst’s night paintings caused such a sensation in Rome that he was known as Gherardo delle Notti (Gerard of the Night Scenes). An Utrecht native and son of a painter of tapestry cartoons, Honthorst’s reputation was made with these nocturnal pictures, usually religious subjects. A single candle served as the light source whose rays were shielded by the figures. The lighting was derived from Caravaggio’s works, and Honthorst’s role in bringing knowledge of Caravaggio and his followers to the North was critical; many painters, including Rembrandt van Rijn and Georges de la Tour, were influenced by Honthorst’s Caravaggesque pictures. After nearly ten years in Rome, Honthorst settled in Utrecht in 1620, where he soon abandoned his Caravaggesque manner and adopted a much lighter palette. In 1628 he was called to England to paint the royal family. There he began his second, court style, painting portraits in the manner of Anthony Van Dyck. Honthorst spent the rest of his career as court painter at The Hague, where he largely devoted himself to portraits, becoming one of the few seventeenth-century Dutch artists to earn an international reputation. He also painted large-scale, decorative works influenced by Peter Paul Rubens and the Carracci.

The Mocking of Christ

The Procuress

The Prodigal Son

A musical party

Joachim Patinir

La traversée du monde souterrain Landscape with St Jerome Landscape with St John the Baptist Preaching Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorraht Landscape with the Flight into Egypt Saint jerome in a rocky landscape

Joachim Patinir, also called Patenier (c. 1480 – 5 October 1524), was a Flemish Northern Renaissance history and landscape painter from the area of modern Wallonia. He was probably the uncle of Herri met de Bles, his follower in establishing the world landscape, a distinct style of panoramic northern Renaissance landscapes. Originally from Dinant or Bouvignes in present-day Belgium, Wallonia, Patinir became registered as a member of Antwerp’s painters’ guild Guild of Saint Luke in 1515, where he spent the rest of his life. He may have studied with Gerard David at Bruges, who had been registered as a guild member in the same year as Patinir. In 1511, In 1521, Patinir’s friend Albrecht Dürer attended his second wedding and painted his portrait. Dürer called Patinir “der gute Landschaftmaler” (“a good painter of landscapes. Patinir often let his landscapes dwarf his figures, which were often painted by other artists.. Many of his works are unusually large for Netherlandish panel paintings of the time, as are those of Hieronymus Bosch, another painter of large landscapes, from a generation earlier. Patenir’s immense vistas combine observation of naturalistic detail with lyrical fantasyThe rocks in his landscapes are more spectacular versions of those around his native Dinant. The further landscape features are painted with a green and blue palette which expresses the dimming caused by distance.Patinir was a pioneer of landscape as an independent genre and he was the first Flemish painter to regard himself primarily as a landscape painter. Patinir died in Antwerp in 1524.

 

St Christopher Bearing the Christ Child St Jerome in the Desert Temptation of St Anthony Miracle of St. Catherine The Tower of Babel

Giovanni Paolo Pannini

The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio (1755) Interior of the Pantheon (1747) Roman ruin with figures (c1748) The Roman Forum with the Arch of Titus (1749) Cardinal Melchior De Polignac Visiting St Peters In Rome (1747)Roman ruins and sculpture (1754) Interior of the Church of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Rome (1750)

Giovanni Paolo Panini (b. about 1692 Piacenza, Italy, d. 1765 Rome, Italy) Best known for his vedute, or view paintings, Giovanni Paolo Panini extended his versatility to portraits, decorative frescoes, and stage design. He also designed architecture, carvings, festival decorations, and ecclesiastical furnishings. He first trained in illusionistic painting under a stage designer in his native Piacenza, then moved to Rome to study figure drawing. Soon he found his specialty in decorations and vedute. By 1716 Panini was making real and imaginary views of Rome’s ancient and modern monuments, which were extremely popular with tourists. His vedute were innovative, unique, and always picturesque; his boldness, sureness in placement of architecture and elegant figures, clear colors, and precise draftsmanship influenced many. His views of festivals, ceremonies, and dignitaries’ visits offered lively documents of contemporary events. By 1719 Panini was already receiving honors: membership in both the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon and the Accademia di San Luca, where he taught and later became principal. During the 1720s and 1730s, he painted decorative frescoes for such clients as the pope, which made him famous. Married to a French woman, Panini also taught at the Académie de France in Rome and influenced many French artists, including Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Interior of St. Peter’s, Rome (1750) Concert given by Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld at the Argentina Theatre in Rome, on the Marriage of Louis the Dauphin (1747) Gallery of Views of Ancient Rome (1758) Gallery with Views of Modern Rome (1759) Ruins with Alexander the great at the Grave of Achilles (1751) Ruins with obelisk (1746)

Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Piacenza, 17 de junio de 1691 – Roma, 21 de octubre de 1765) fue un pintor, arquitecto y paisajista de la escuela romana, discípulo de Benedetto Luti. Nació en 1691 en Piacenza. En esta ciudad estudió como escenógrafo teatral, hasta que en 1711 se desplazó a Roma, donde comenzó a estudiar dibujo con Benedetto Luti. Alcanzó la fama como decorador de palacios, entre ellos la villa Patrizi (1718–1725) y el Palacio de Carolis (1720). Como pintor, es muy conocido por sus vistas de la ciudad de Roma, en las que se interesó sobre todo por los restos más antiguos de la ciudad. Su trabajo más conocido es el interior del Panteón de Roma y sus “vistas” (vedute), pinturas que representan una galería de cuadros que a su vez cada uno es una vista de la ciudad de Roma. En 1719 Pannini fue admitido en la Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon. Enseñó en Roma en la Accademia di San Luca, donde influenció a Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Murió en Roma el 21 de octubre de 1765. Pannini destacó como pintor en su tiempo no sólo por ser el primer artista italiano que afrontó con interés la pintura de las ruinas romanas, sino también porque supo aunar en su estilo la herencia de la pintura renacentista italiana con las nuevas tendencias pictóricas que llegaban de Francia. Fue muy productivo y cotizado, razón por la cual existen ejemplos suyos en muchos de los principales museos europeos, como el Prado.

Happiness….

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
― Gustave Flaubert

I work all day, and get half drunk at night……..