Your extensive library is all vanity: Henry James’s novel The Portrait of a Lady warns against associating our books with status and considering them a marker of “the supposed growth of our intellect advertised in terms of shelf space.” Do you collect books, or do you actually read them? What happened to midrange film dramas? Maybe they […]
Now that school is out, the next best place to read a book is at the beach, on a hammock, in the garden, or outside on a starry summer night. And here are the drawings and paintings to prove it.
There was something dark, mythic and beautifully nostalgic about the world of folklore Ivan Bilibin created. Throughout his career he was inspired deeply by Slavic folklore and myths. He distinctly reflected the mountains, forests and lore of old Russia. Bilibin gained some renown in 1899, when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales which became widely popular.
25. Dánae (Gustav Klimt, 1907)
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“아니, Ivan Bilibin 그림 왜 이렇게 좋아? 너무 심각하게 취향저격으로 좋은데....”
There was something dark, mythic and beautifully nostalgic about the world of folklore Ivan Bilibin created. Throughout his career he was inspired deeply by Slavic folklore and myths. He distinctly reflected the mountains, forests and lore of old Russia. Bilibin gained some renown in 1899, when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales which became widely popular.
Bato Dugarzhapov (1966 -) Russian impressionist painter. After discovering and sharing Eduard Manet’s legacy and before returning to printed matters meet this Russian painter. (Left: bouquet, a detail) Site-links where you can visit Bato Dugarzhapov’s art are at the end of this posting. Selecting 16 out of the odd 300 I found on the Internet an impossible and unthankful task. Just ask me to “publish” 16 more. Born in Chita in the far far East of Russia, north of China and north of Mongolia maybe explaining his “wide angle” vision and why so many of his compositions are painted against the light. For photographers, besides the most interesting, creative and challenging also the most difficult light to pursue and catch. This selection a few my favorites. To get you interested in case, like me, you’ve never heard of him before. Now you have. 250+ to go. (Paris, Seine bookstall and banks) (Thaw) Konstantin Korovin (1861-1934) is considered the Russian Claude Monet (1840-1926). He was a contemporary of Monet. A century later Bato Durgazhapov taking Impressionism beyond Monet and Korovin. His picking up Light with a brush from his soft pastel pallet is extraordinary. Some of his painting almost “go completely abstract” but squeezing the eyelids against the sun the scene eventually emerges from the canvas. Comparing one can find examples of practically all stages of Monet’s artistic lifetime evolution. The same goes for Korovin . He must have studied both painters intensively. Korovin once was director of the Moskow Art School where Bato D. was a student a century later. His paintings are of course way out of my financial range but discovering him made me a richer man. Hopefully there will be a book in future. In my lifetime. See the gull in the sky !! (Paris, Seine at night) Willow and pond (Whisterias) Visit: http://eye-likey.blogspot.com/2010/10/bato-dugarzhapov.html http://www.artrussia.ru/artists/artist_s.php?id=440&foa=f Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.
When did a Regency lady eat her dinner? When you’re writing a novel set in the Regency, it’s the simple things like mealtimes that can trip you up. It might not matter to everyone whether these facts are right or not, but I like to try and get the details as accurate as possible. I’ve already blo
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Have you heard of Maria Prymachenko? She was an internationally acclaimed naïve artist whose works drew from traditional Ukrainian folk art.
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Also known as Russian Wolf Hounds are officially my favorite dog breed. I had the chance to play with one in a park the other day. The dog was mesmerizing, and with out effort so elegant. Happy holidays Blogger folk!
