Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

May 5, 2018

Kazys Šimonis, Mirages of Dreams




Kazys Šimonis (1887 – 1978, Lithuania)
via the exhibit Mirages of Dreams at ciurlionis.lt 

May 2, 2018

Karl Wirsum


Karl Wirsum (from Karma International gallery, Zurich).

See more here: “Chicago Imagists” at Karma International

Previously: Smoke Hairy Who
Also see the book Chicago Imagists
(I have not yet seen the documentary Hairy Who and The Chicago Imagists.)


January 23, 2012

Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson



2009 self-portrait by Icelandic artist Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson, via a recent Czech exhibit of his works

December 12, 2011

Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico

Juan Soriano, The Beach, 1943




Juan Soriano, Portrait of Lola Alvarez-Bravo with Juan Soriano as a Child, 1944




Juan Soriano, Still Life with Self-Portrait, 1949




Juan Soriano, The Dead Girl, The Wake, 1946





Juan Soriano, Girl with a Mask, 1945




Juan Soriano, Saint Jerome Mourned by Angels, 1949




Juan Soriano, The Burial, 1942

From a random library find: Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935 to 1950

Wikipedia says:

Juan Soriano (1920-2006) was a Mexican painter and sculptor.[...]

He became a member of the Mexican School cultural movement also featuring Frida Kahlo and poet Octavio Paz. He also joined the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios.