Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Edwin Longsden Long


Here are two paintings by Edwin Longsden Long in which he uses the same pose, and probably the same model. The group painting is titled Love's Labours Lost, the portrait is titled Ready for the Bath.

Biography at the Art Renewal Center.

And more art at Painterlog.com


Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London


Temptress: From the Original Bad Girls to Women on Top

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Clement Donshea





Clement Donshea was an American artist and illustrator. He illustrated many advertisements in the mid-twentieth century. He art at Roeliff Jansen and Hudson Schools in Columbia County, New York. He studied at Pratt Institute, the Art and Students League of New York City, and at Beaux Arts, Paris.

The drawings shown here are for sale on Ebay they were done around 1911.



Lifestyle Illustration of the 1950's



Creative Illustration



Sunday, August 11, 2013

Loris Alvin Withers




Loris Withers was born in Philadelphia in 1891and later lived in Brooklyn and Port Washington, NY. He attended the Academy de la Grande Chaumiere, the Art Student League of New York, the National Academy of Design and the Carnegie Mellon Technical Institute. He taught at Hunter College and at Brooklyn College. These drawings are for sale on Ebay and were exhibited at the Salmagundi Art Club.

 

Others are for sale at the Hammingway Art Gallery

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Drawing, Painting and Sculpture


Drawing, Painting and Sculpture by Michael Gillen, Henry Kallen and Herbert Kallen was another book from the 1950s that promised to teach you the basics of how to draw, paint and sculpt at home in your spare time. The authors succeed in 95 pages and three chapters, Drawing by Michael Gillen, Painting by Henry Kallen and Sculpture by Herbert Kallen.

In publishing and promoting the book they sought to capitalize on the post-war optimism and desire to improve one's skills and make a better life with ads like this one.

Draw at Once from Models  -  Over 200 Pictures Show How
Three famous artists have pooled their talents to present a different kind of art instruction. Using actual photographs, they take you from the living model to the rough sketch to the finished art. No special talent or experience is needed to enjoy the pleasure of drawing, painting or sculpture from the basic art poses shown in this new, big 3-in-1 book.  It is a real art lover's book, cloth bound, actual size 8 1/2 x 11 - larger than this magazine page.
Try Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from Models ten days, and if you don't enjoy learning by this photographic method, return the book for a full refund of the purchase price.



Friday, July 5, 2013

Museum Visitors

 Robert McGinnis, Dean Yeagle

 Robert Schwarz Nude at an Exposition
 Nude visitor at the Leopold Museum
Karen Knorr

Mimesis in the Louvre: Performance was done in the Louvre by Nessa Norich, Jessica Hinds, Charlotte Duberry, Marina Lazzarotto and Sofia Senna.

Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer (2008)
The Paperback Covers of Robert McGinnis (Paul Langmuir Books)
Mandy Godiva By Dean Yeagle
Scribblings 3 By Dean Yeagle
sketchbook Yeagle
Karen Knorr