Three Flags by Jasper Johns, 1958, Whitney Museum of American Art
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Precious Cargo
The Poisoned Cup (aka “Carrying a Peacock”) by John Dawson-Watson, 1869
Another artist discovered via Pinterest.
John Dawson-Watson was a British Impressionist whose early work seems very similar to John Everett Millais of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood fame. The rich colors and attention to detail found in this work becomes looser and more pastel after he studies Impressionism at Monet’s home in Giverny.
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BLONDIE!
Dagwood by David Gihooly
Gihooly is known for his humorous ceramic sculptures. This one references the huge, crazy sandwiches the character Dagwood used to make in the Blondie cartoons.
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Paper Landscape
Gas Giant by Jacob Hashimoto at MOCA, Los Angeles
Jacob Hashimoto creates large installation pieces made up of many small parts that are constructed, quite often by utilizing kite making techniques. You can see in the photo the individual pieces, some in boxes, some circles that look like small kites.
Video:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/design/100000002782070/gas-giant-by-jacob-hashimoto.html
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Greatness Won’t Stay Hidden
Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley, 2018 Portrait of President Barack Obama. Artist: Kehinde Wiley.
Correction, this is not the official White House portrait. This one is housed at the National Portrait Gallery.
This is the official portrait of President Barack Obama which will hang in the White House. The name of artist is kept confidential. -
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Miss Dora Wheeler, William Merritt Chase, 1882-83, The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting is one of the rel gems of the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. They have access to a large part of their collection and a lot of other interesting things to see and do on their website.
This work by William Merritt Chase is a particular favorite and features two fighting cats hidden in the background.
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Flying Fish
Peacock tiles by William De Morgan and Co., c. 1888-97, The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK.
William De Morgan was closely associated with William Morris the British Arts and Crafts movement, like Morris, De Morgan believed that looking to the skilled crafts of the past would greater enrich the lives of the people of Victorian Britain, as the hand-made work was both fulfilling and beautiful. His work was influenced by the ornate and colorful ceramics of the Middle East.
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Influence from Afar
Chinese Wallpaper design, 18th century, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Chinese produced wallpapers that were made for export, primarily to Europe in the 18th century as part of the movement known as Chinoiserie, in which Chinese porcelains, and in this case wallpaper, were collected and displayed. They were beautiful objects in themselves, but also prized because they were expensive and difficult to obtain.
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Patchwork
The Boulders by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, c. 1923-26, Hunterian Art Gallery, U of Glasgow.
This C.R. Mackintosh watercolor was done after he had arrived in the south of France on the Mediterranean coast where he was struck by the natural rock formations and sets them up in this painting as a contrast to the roofs of the buildings.
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Tchotchke Domination
Meissen Figure Group, artist Johann JoachimKändler, c. 1745-50, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Meissen porcelain was named after the town where porcelain began to be manufactured in 1710. The key to the success of these European porcelain makers, was that they had managed to replicate the hard-paste porcelain techniques that the Chinese had developed and kept secret for centuries. Most people associate Meissen with highly decorative figurines like the one above, but all different types of ceramic goods were manufactured in the area.
Meissen Tea Canister and Cover 1710-13, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Some of the typical “crossed swords” Meissen marks.
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