May 2012
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caravaggista asked: Hi! I love your Tumblr! :)
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012 Seeing as she only died a couple of months ago, it seemed pretty fitting to make Dorothea Tanning my Artist of the Week. She was an American Surrealist who worked in painting, sculpting and costume and theatre set design. In 1946, she married the German Surrealist/Dada painter Max Ernst, though she also worked closely with Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage. Her 100th...
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ART TIMELINE ... 1958
Beginning by Kenneth Noland: Colour Field painting, abstract expressionism Grey Ochre by Antoni Tapies: tachisme, abstract art Numbers in Colour by Jasper Johns, 1958-59: abstract expressionism, pop art
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Finally ...
… after three painful exams in four days, involving Renaissance society, eighteenth century British art and a horrendous history course which I would quite like to never talk about ever again, the bulk of my second year exams are now over. I have just one history exam next week and a 3,000 word take-away paper the week after. Why am I telling you this you may ask. Well it means that...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mary Cassatt
22nd May 1844 Little Girl in a Blue Armchair 1878
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where-ismymind asked: Do you know of any Art blogs similar to yours?
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Apologies ...
… for the lack of narratives everyone! I promise I’ll be back on form by Friday ;)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Henri Rousseau
21st May 1844 Exotic Landscape 1908
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Robert Delaunay
1885 - 1941 Robert Delaunay was a French artist who worked in an abstract style, usually Cubist or Expressionist based. He founded the style and short-lived movement of Orphism with his wife and fellow abstract artist Sonia Delaunay. The style was epitomised by bright colours, dynamism and  geometric forms juxtaposing with each other.  Champs de Mars, la Tour Rouge 1911 Champs de Mars, la...
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