Archive for May 27, 2014

Artist of the moment……..Antonio Llorens

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Antonio Llorens was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in the year 1920 and was among the foremost painters of Latin America working in an Abstract style. For his artistic education Llorens attended the Circulo de Bellas Artes located in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Llorens went on to found his own group of Abstract artists of Uruguay.

The artist was also an avid painter of murals completing many public and private works over his lengthy career.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

Antonio Llorens passed away in 1995.

Llorens had a great sense of color but what I appreciate most is his sense of design. He uses shapes we are all familiar with, yet always seems to include some organic shapes to keep the viewers eye interested.

Though it isn’t Op Art, it definitely has some Op Art characteristics as his works often seem to be in motion. His choice of colors used always enhance his bold shapes. Very elegant abstract art that if I were to compare to a modern artist, I would Llorens reminds me of Rex Ray.

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Artist of the moment……….Frank Henry Shapleigh

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Frank Henry Shapleigh was a wonderful painter of the American landscape. Frank Shapleigh was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1842. Shapleigh was one of the painter’s who specialized in painting the White Mountain landscapes of New Hampshire. These artists wanted to help tourism in this area in addition to selling paintings. This was long before the days of flickr and a century before poster artists like David Klein made wonderful vacation imagery available to everyone.

For his artistic education Shapleigh attended the Lowell Institute of Drawing and also studied in Europe privately.

Shapleigh also painted images that included much of the local north western architecture which included barns and marine scenes.

Price range information: Works range from $10,000 to $200,000. Shapleigh worked in oils and watercolors.

Frank Shapleigh passed away in 1906.

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Artist of the moment……Saul Steinberg

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Saul Steinberg was both an amazing artist and renown writer. Saul Steinberg was born in Ramnicu Sarat, Romania in the year 1914. Steinberg was best known as an illustrator for the New Yorker magazine. He is best known for his landscapes of New York with Manhattan the main focus. He also enjoyed drawing cats.

For his artistic education Steinberg attended the University of Bucharest where he studied philosophy before finishing school in Milan, Italy where he studied architecture.

Saul Steinberg passed away in 1999.

As an artist who loves the art of collage and drawing, I enjoy Steinberg’s use of perspective in his landscape works the most. I found it interesting also that Steinberg referred to himself as a writer who draws.

In this clip we see the artist at work on a drawing:

Steinberg was a very prolific artist and his work was widely popular. Here we view a book by the artist:

price range information: Works range from $2,000 to $40,000. Steinberg worked in collage, watercolor, ink, and graphite. Many works are available as lithographs or posters.

Another great thing to learn from this artist is that he considered himself an a writer who draws, he loved letters and the art of typography. The skill in his free hand drawing of letters was outstanding. If you enjoy typography be sure and check out my posts on Robert Cottingham, Stephen Powers, and Mel Bochner who all make wonderful art using the letterform as a means of expression.

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