The Community's Art Gallery

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:31 pm

We definitely need one. So let me start with this nice hijacking of what the Froggies call "art pompier" (not sure how to translate that: academic/conventional art/kitsch?) by Latvian artist Arthur Berzinsh:

NSFW:

P. – S. Is it possible to mark a whole thread as NSFW? It's a bit tiring to do so on individual images – but then I'm not surfing at my boss' expenses…

Boss Paul · Post by **Boss Paul** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:16 am

Any man who posts a filthy picture not marked NSFW gets a night in the box!

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 4:12 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote:You can always put 'NSFW' in the subject line if that's what you want.

Hmmm… Not everything will be so. (I think.

)

OK, to escape the wrath of Boss Paul – quite active these last days –, some very safe and Murican art: pepper by Edward Weston.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 5:55 am

artnet wrote:Long-Lost Caravaggio Painting Possibly Found in France

The second, long-lost version of Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes might have been rediscovered in the hands of private owners in France, Le Quotidien de l'art reports.

Caravaggio painted two versions of the biblical scene in which Judith beheads the Assyrian general Holofernes to defend her beleaguered city. The first version, painted in Rome, is currently on display at the National Gallery of Ancient Art, at Pallazo Barberini. However, the second version, which was painted in Naples, has been missing without a trace since the early 17th century, according to Le Figaro.

While the authenticity of the painting found in France is still being established, the Ministry of Culture has already placed a preemptive ban on its exit from the country, following interest reportedly expressed by an unnamed American museum to acquire the masterpiece.
[…]
The mysterious second version was mentioned by the Flemish painter Frans Pourbus the Younger in a letter penned in 1607 in which he claimed to have seen the famous work in the studio of the painter Louis Finson.

If authenticated, the painting could be worth €100 million ($113 million). However, the Caravaggio specialist Mina Gregori says she hasn't found the touch of the master's hand in the painting found in France. But, according to Le Figaro, some of her recent attributions have been misguided, so her verdict isn't final.

The Italian experts and Caravaggio specialists Giuseppe Porzio and Maria Cristina Terzaghi are slated to weigh in on the painting in the coming weeks.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/long- ... nce-466646

Found in an attic in Toulouse, when some repairs had to be done…

ed · Post by ed » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:15 am

Classic phony backstory.

I love art theft/capers/forgery. Its always sorta elegant unlike the snatch and run crap that Skeeve pulls.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:00 am

ed wrote:Classic phony backstory.

I love art theft/capers/forgery. Its always sorta elegant unlike the snatch and run crap that Skeeve pulls.

Interesting! We'll see how it ends (if the journalists do their work)…

For now one of the strange paintings of Balthus:

I've seen he spent WWII in Fribourg (Switzerland), where they put up a plaque. The irony is that, from the dates, he immediately left when the war ended.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:42 am

Romantic painting:

By:

Caspar David Friedrich

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:41 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:14 am

↑ André Henri Dargelas (1828 – 1906), Le tour du monde. (Thanks Tineye!)

If we're into XIX^th c. stuff, a Pre Raphaelite:

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Self-portrait, 1847.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Tue May 03, 2016 6:33 pm

Came across this on reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance

Using modern photographs as juxtaposition for renaissance (and other period) art.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue May 03, 2016 10:28 pm

↑ Excellent. The professional ones, no miracle there. One should put some of them through DeepArt…

On the one hand, we all drag along ~ 4000 years (at least!) of visual culture.

On the other, I always wondered how people who watch television ~ 4 hours/day can take so lousy pictures.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue May 10, 2016 3:35 am

Paper sculpture by Peter Callesen. More.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue May 17, 2016 3:27 am

More bones: an early Van Gogh.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue May 24, 2016 4:25 am

American artist Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. After being cut off from most of his projects due to artistic differences between him and his commissioners, the artist decided to start his own personal and independent project and to dedicate 10 years of his life to dig a cave subject only to his own artistic vision.

More pics & details: http://www.demilked.com/cave-carving-ra-paulette/

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:27 am

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun May 29, 2016 4:28 am

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun May 29, 2016 7:05 am

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue May 31, 2016 12:15 am

Degas, Place de la Concorde, 1873 (some say 1875). Could go in the "Past" thread.

Degas had a very "photographic" way of framing his subjects in his paintings.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:07 am

Proportions are all wrong.

I declare it "Anti-Art!"

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:09 am

Leonor Fini, Self Portrait with Scorpion, 1938:

And photographed by Henri Cartier-Bresson (Italy, 1933):
really

NSFW:

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:10 am

Alphonse Mucha

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:32 am

↑ Aha! The sugary Moravian Freemason! (Thanks Wikipedia…

) But even for an "illustrator", once his work is on an umbrella, it becomes:

And he alas also produced this kind of painting:

So I really prefer the earlier and rougher ribaldry of Toulouse-Lautrec, e. g.:

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:25 am

He does not measure up to Alphonse.

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:32 am

Francisco was kitsch all by himself (bloody kitsch, but kitsch):

And a Protector of the Arts^®:

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:31 am

Is he still dead?

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 1:04 am

Art for ed:

More: http://federicouribe.com/

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:21 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote:Just because an objet trouvé composer was placed by a smartass makes it no less truly ART^TM.

Hey, for once I agree with you!

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 12:10 am

Ansel Adams, pianist & iconic Murican photographer:

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Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:48 am

For something truly different:

To the (slightly NSFW, of course) gallery: http://www.juxtapoz.com/erotica/book-of ... ions-nsfw/

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:57 am

Marc Riboud, who took this famous picture:

has bitten the dust.

Some other works:

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 9:03 am

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:20 pm

That is just terrible.

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 8:18 pm

Grammatron wrote:

Scraping reddit again, are we?

As most old Oriental carpets have of course disappeared, their representation on paintings interests historians of the subject a lot, e. g. by the Flemish Masters:

(unknown master)

Now the oldest surviving carpet (ca. 2400 years old) comes presumably from the Pazyryk burials:

(note that some internal anatomy seems to be represented)

(Scythian warriors?)

Wikipedia wrote:Pazyryk carpet

One of the most famous finds at Pazyryk is the Pazyryk carpet, which is probably the oldest surviving carpet in the world. It measures 183×200 cm and has a knot density of approximately 360 000 knots per square meter, which is a higher knot density than most modern carpets. The middle of the carpet consists of a ribbon motif, while in the border there is a procession with deers and in another border warriors on horses. The Pazyryk carpet was probably manufactured in East Turkistan around 400 B.C. When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice, which is why it is so well-preserved. The carpet can be seen at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:37 am

Witness wrote: Scraping reddit again, are we?

Oh absolutely. But can you blame me?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 5:34 am

Grammatron wrote:Oh absolutely. But can you blame me?

I'm certainly not throwing the first stone…

Here, some more terrible Russia (also with carpets):

(Like the small guy on the left – would make a more convincing Gandalf, no?)

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:57 am

ed · Post by ed » Sun Oct 09, 2016 5:17 pm

I have an interest in obscure things. On reflection, it is probably becasue if no one else knows anything about the subject, it is easy to be an "expert" and diminsish those about you. Sort of in the land of blind men a one eyed man is king thing.

Anyway, a few years ago I came across this at a flea market in CT

I thought that the peace had merit and looked into the artist. One Charles Howard Johnson

A sad sad story. Guy had talent, moved to NY, got married, had a daughter, illustrated for Life and Look and a bunch of rags of the time. There were even a few writeups which characterized him as a leader of the art movement in NY. He had shows.
Fucker, just when he had the world by the balls, dropped dead at age 28 in 1896.
Obit is here
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-fr ... ref=slogin

It was really sad. Guy had talent and everything going for him, was a "celebrity" of the time. Now I bet no one here even heard of him.
Anyhoo, felt bad and did his bio on wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard_Johnson

ed · Post by ed » Sun Oct 09, 2016 6:30 pm

You could make him a gay icon

ed · Post by ed » Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:01 pm

Didn't know. I am an initiator, those that come after have their reward.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:51 pm

"Shadow doodles" by Vincent Bal. Lots more: https://www.instagram.com/vincent_bal/