Category: painting

Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud, “Man with a Feather (Self-Portrait)”, 1943

Lucian Michael Freud was a British painter and draftsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of a Jewish architect and the grandson of Sigmund Freud. His family moved to Britain in 1933 to escape the rise of Nazism. He attended Goldsmiths College, London, from 1942-1943..

His early career as a painter was influenced by surrealism, but by the early 1950s his often stark and alienated paintings tended towards realism. Freud was an intensely private and guarded man, and his paintings, completed over a 60-year career, are mostly of friends and family. They are generally somber and thickly impastoed, often set in unsettling interiors and city scapes.

The works are noted for their psychological penetration and often discomforting examination of the relationship between artist and model. Freud worked from life studies, and was known for asking for extended and punishing sittings from his models.

David Sarazhin

Denis Sarazhin, “Pantomine 3″, Oil on Canvas

Denis Sarazhin was born in Nikopol, Ukraine in 1982 . He attended the Kharkov Art and Design Academy, graduating in 2008. He specialized in painting and was a pupil of Ganozkiy V. L., Chaus V. N., and Vintayev V. N.. Sarazhin was awarded with the 1st Degree Diploma Award for Excellence in Painting from the Ukrainian Art Academy. Since 2007 he has been a member of Kharkov’s section of the association of Ukraine’s Artists’ Alliance.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Philistines”, 1982, Acrylic and Crayon on Canvas, 183 x 312.5 cm.

“Philistines” is an example of Basquiat art that can be seen as an attack on the people that came to surround him, the definition of Philistine being a person who is unreceptive towards culture and the arts, while also having biblical references which were known to appear in the work of Basquiat.

“Philistines” was originally created for a show in 1982 at the Fun Factory, where prices were set deliberately low as a protest against what he considered the exploitation of his work. This incredible piece was sold for just $570 with Jean-Michel Basquiat receiving no money from the sales.

Vilhelm Tetens

Vilhelm Tetens, “Evening, Bathing Boys”, 1905, Oil on Canvas, Regional Psychiatric Center, Viborg, Denmark

Born on November 21, 1871 in Copenhagen, Vilhelm Tetens was a Dutch painter of still-life, architectural forms, and figurative works. He was a student of painter Malthe Odin Engelsted and studied at the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler,  Artists; Free Study School, under painter Kristian Zahrtmann.  While at the school, Tetens developed friendships with painter and draftsman Christian Kongstad Petersen and the Norwegian painters Thorvald Erichsen and Oluf Wold-Torne.

In 1896, Vilhelm Tetens had his first exhibition in the city of Charlottenborg. Two years later he took a trip to Norway to visit his friend Oluf Wold-Torne. Despite the close friendship, Tetens work did not show the boldness of form and color that was present in the work of Wold-Torne. However, even at a young age, his portrait work showed an understanding of the medium and an empathy for the sitter. Tetens painted portraits of his friends Wold-Torne and Petersen in the 1890s which were done in the popular symbolist style.

In addition to his painting, Vilhelm Tetens was also a costume designer; his first assignment was in 1902 to design the costumes for Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s opera “Saul and David”. For a number of years after that, Tetens was the costume designer for the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. 

Between 1903 and 1919, Tetens produced several major works which include “The Family in the Green” executed in 1903; “Evening, Bathing Boys” in 1905; the “Young Man” in 1909, “Portrait of My Mother” in 1907; and the 1919 “Portrait of Professor Folberg”  which was awarded an Exhibition Medal.  

Vilhelm Tetens died in Hillerød, Denmark, on the 13th of January in  1957. His work is in the collections of  the Museum at Koldinghus, the Statens Museum for Kunst, the Horsens Art Museum, and the Sorø Art Museum.

Jean Isherwood

Jean Isherwood, “Emus on the Plain”, Date Unknown, Oil Paint on Board, 23 x 35 Inches

Australian painter Jean Isherwood, born in 1911, studied at East Sydney Technical College and took Royal Art Society classes with Italian-born art teacher Dattilo Rubbo. Influenced by prevailing modernist movements of the 1930s, she exhibited first in 1934 with the Australian Watercolor Institute, of which she became a member in 1947.

Between 1950 and 1980 Jean Isherwood won 19 prizes for watercolors and 37 for oil paintings. She taught at the National Art School in Sydney from 1961 to 1974. Isherwood was an exacting teacher, placing emphasis on perspective drawing, anatomy and design.

In 1959 Jean Isherwood travelled aroung New South Wales by car. From that time onward, she becamae primarily a landscape painter and a major exhibitor in competitions. Isherwood died at home at the age of ninety-four. Her funeral notice requested the those attending should wear bright colors.

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Howard S Sewall

Howard S. Sewall, “In the Garden”, Oil on Canvas, 1937, Timberline Lodge, Oregon

Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Clackamas County, Oregon, about 60 miles (97 km) east of Portland. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, it was built and furnished by local artisans during the Great Depression.

Howard S. Sewall was born in Minneapolis, MN, in 1899 and moved to Oregon in 1920. From the 1930s to the early 1940s, Sewall taught at the Salem Art Center and at various art studios in Portland and also worked as a WPA artist.

Sewell is well known for his abstract mural paintings which include images of common working people. Two murals depicting iron and wood workers are in the Timberline Lodge collection and Sewall painted sixteen murals for Oregon City High School in the 1930s. Sewall also produced textiles and hand loomed rugs. He died of cancer in 1975.

Arthur Runquist

Arthur Runquist, “Lunch”, 1939, Oil on Canvas, Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration

Arthur Runquist, the elder of the two Runquist brothers, was born in South Bend, Washington in 1891 and educated at the University of Oregon. He was Alfred Schroff’s assistant there until he left in 1920 to study at the Art Students League. Like his brother Albert, he exhibited at the New York World’s Fair in 1939 and the American Artists Congress in New York a year later. In addition, Arthur had work at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939. Working for the WPA, he completed two murals with the theme, Tree of Life, painted in 1938 at the University of Oregon.

His painted documentation of the workers gained him a reputation for social commentary. Figures are more prominent in his work than in those of his brother Albert Runquist. Even landscapes were secondary in importance to the people appearing in them. Like his brother, he recorded life on the Oregon coast with sensitivity. In their early works it is often difficult to distinguish one brother’s work from the other. It was only later that their styles began to differ. Arthur’s work was somewhat tighter, more linear and figure centered, while Albert’s work was looser, more painterly, showing atmosphere and effects of light.

Riusuke Fukahori

Three Artworks/ Paintings by Riusuke Fukahori

Japanese contemporary artist riusuke fukahori made his London debut in 2012 with ‘Goldfish Salvation’, a collection of paintings and sculptures revolving around the often colourful freshwater fish. What looks to be an actual goldfish frozen in time is a careful construction of casting resin which has been layered with acrylic paint. section by section.

Fukahori builds up the fish with fleeting brushwork, resulting in an effect that resembles motion blur underneath water. cast in a variety of vessels – from large sushi basins to the hollow insides of black bamboo. The ‘living sculptures’ are a delicate balance between painting and sculpture. The artist’s meticulous attention to detail coupled with the tedious nature of the style creates highly dynamic three-dimensional pieces that capture the delicacy and animated life of the fish.

The top four images are from the painting “Muses”, an acrylic paint image embedded in casting resin in a sushi basin. The fifth and middle image is entitled “A Cup of Flower” and is an acrylic paint image with casting resin in a rice measure. The last two images are from a painting entitled “Kaguya Aokaki”. it is an acrylic paint image embedded in casting resin in a section of black bamboo.

Jean Leon Gerome

Jean Leon Gerome, “Duel After a Masquerade Ball”, Oil on Canvas, 1857-59, Walters Art Museum

In 1859, William Thompson Walters, purchased” The Duel After the Masquerade” at the National Academy of Design in New York for $2,500. The painting is a replica of the “Suite d’un Bal Masque” painted by Gérôme for the duc d’Aumale and exhibited at Gambart’s London Gallery in 1858. The original is part of the collection of the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France.

The scene is set on a gray winter morning in the Bois de Boulogne, trees bare and snow covering the ground. A man dressed as a Pierrot has been mortally wounded in a épée du combat duel and has collapsed into the arms of a Duc de Guise. A surgeon, dressed as a doge of Venice, tries to stop the flow of blood, while a Domino holds his head.

The survivor of the duel, dressed as an American Indian, walks away with his second, Harlequin, leaving behind his weapon and some feathers of his headdress, towards his carriage, shown waiting in the background.

The bizarreness of the scene in regards to the brightly colored costumes turns to pathos at the sight of blood on the Pierrot.

Konstantin Lupanov

Paintings by Konstantin Lupanov

Born in 1977, Konstantin Lupanov studied at the Krasnodar State University of Culture and Art. He lives and works in Krasnodar, Russia. This talented artist calls his paintings “fun and irresponsible garbage.” Konstantin Lupanov paints what he loves. The primary subjects of his paintings are his friends, acquaintances, relatives, and his beloved cat, Philip. “The simpler the subject”, says the artist, “the truer the painting”.

W.C. Richardson

Paintings by W. C. Richardson

W.C. Richardson has been making abstract paintings for over 30 years. He received a BFA in 1975 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and an MFA in 1977 from Washington University, St. Louis, MO. He began teaching at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1978 and is currently an Associate Professor there. Richardson’s awards include four Individual Artist’s Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council. Since 1976, his work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the U.S., as well as in Russia, Belgium, Turkey and Jordan.

“Color is one of the most intuitive aspects of my work. I build the color in my paintings through trial and error, responding to unpredictable interactions. I’m conscious of the spatial properties of different hues and values, and use their advancing and receding properties to locate them in space. I also use color to differentiate or connect elements in a complex surface. I commonly play intense, saturated colors against neutrals, with black and white used for emphasis and punctuation.” – WC Richardson

Vincent Desiderio

Vincent Desiderio, “Cockaigne”, 1993-2003, Oil on Canvas, 284.5 x 388.6 cm, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Desiderio is a senior critic at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the New York Academy of Art. He lives and and works in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Desiderio received a BA in fine art and art history from Haverford College in 1977. He subsequently studied for one year at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, and for four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1979 and 1983.

He is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, two National Endowment for the Arts Grants, the Everson Museum of Art Purchase Prize, a Rome Grant from the Creative Artists Network and a Cresson Traveling Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1996, he became the first American artist to receive the International Contemporary Art Prize awarded by the Prince Ranier Foundation of the Principality of Monaco.