Archive for December 31, 2014

Happy New Year!!!! Art Celebrating New Year’s and New York City’s famed Time’s Square

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For us here in the states we will celebrate later tonight, but Australia is celebrating right now! Let’s have a quick look at some holiday art.

First up Andy Warhol!

 

Below a work by Canadian painter Mark Lague:

And a work by Andrea Meyer celebrating dusk in the big apple!:

 

Below we take a look at a poster made by American poster artist David Klein. The appraisal was made on Antiques Roadshow:

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200905A16.html

And a work by realist Daniel E. Greene. This work is part of his mosaic series. These are spectacular works to see in person with the play of reflective light on various surfaces.

We close the year with a hilarious photograph taken by Australian photographer Inge Morath of a llama in a taxi cab! Happy New Year Everyone!

Artist of the moment…….William Gear

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William Gear was a Scottish painter renown for his abstract paintings. William Gear was born in Methil, Fife, Scotland in the year 1915. His father was a coal miner.

The artist attended the Edinburgh College of Art.

Gear was called to serve for his country and joined the        . When Gear traveled he often helped to contribute to funds which helped struggling artists during the tough economic times of war.

After serving his country the artist moved to Paris and began having solo exhibitions.

The artist and was among the first in his region to employ the medium of silk screening to produce prints.

Gear also served a head of the art department at the Birmingham College of Art.

William Gear passed away in 1997.

price range information: The artist worked in watercolor, oils, inks, gouache, and mixed media with prices ranging from $5,000 to $60,000. Gear also worked as a designer of textiles.

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Artist of the moment………..Charles Mackintosh

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Charles Mackintosh was a Scottish born architect and artist who painted in a modernist style. Charles Mackintosh was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in the year 1868. He was the fourth of eleven children. His father worked in the city police department. Mackintosh also worked as a sculptor.

He won a scholarship to study architecture after his high school age education was complete. He worked in this field from 1896 to 1906. Below we view a fantastic house that was designed by Charles Mackintosh but not completed until recently. The house is filled with examples of modernist art including the fireplace, many sets of tables and chairs, and light fixtures:

Mackintosh was inspired by Japanese art.

As a painter the artist worked mainly with the medium of watercolor. His favorite subjects were landscapes and floral works.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

Below a wonderful selection of modernist art from Charles Mackintosh:

He lived briefly in France and painted marine scenes of Port- Verdes, France often.

Charles Mackintosh passed away from cancer in 1928 at the age of 60 years old.

I enjoy the shapes the artist used in his depiction of flowers.

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