Saturday, May 30, 2009

PAUL OUTERBRIDGE 1896 - 1958
Possibly, the only colour photographer.









Sunday, April 19, 2009

JACQUES MAJORELLE 1886 - 1962.
The last - and best - Orientalist.






Saturday, May 03, 2008

JACQUES BELIN.

Morocco in the 1950's.
I am unable to find any information on Jacques Belin. Other than that he was "photographe semi-officiel de la résidence générale."

These pictures all come from:
MAROC UN CERTAIN REGARD.
By Frederic Mitterand and Abdellah Taia.
Actes Sud/Malika Editions.
ISBN 9954-0-3748-9



Friday, September 07, 2007

JEAN GILLETTA 1856-1933

Photographer of the Pays Niçois at the end of the 19th.C.
These pictures come from:
JEAN GILLETTA. PHOTOGRAPHE DE LA RIVIERA.
Jean-Paul Potron.
Gilletta. Nice Matin.
ISBN. 2 915606 40 4






Friday, June 08, 2007

FRED WILLIAMS. 1927-1982.
The Art of Fred Williams: James Mollison.
ISBN. 0195549112.
Fat man in a landscape.



Monday, May 07, 2007

BRUNO SCHULTZ 1892 - 1941.
Bruno Schultz was murdered by the SS. Almost all of his work was destroyed.
The fragments that remain are published in:
THE DRAWINGS OF BRUNO SCHULTZ. Edited and introduced by Jerzy Ficowski.
North western University Press. ISBN: 0-8101-0965-4.






Thursday, May 03, 2007

JACQUES CATHALAA: Taurine Photographer.

These all come from:
TOROVALIE: Daniel Herrero, Jacques Cathalaa, Miguel Darriemerlou.
Editions Cairn
ISBN: 2-912233-16-X






Friday, November 03, 2006

FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960
Depero FUTURISTA!
Go to:
http://www.depero.it/
(Official website.)
One of these was 'borrowed' for the nite-club scene in de Palma's 'BLACK DAHLIA'
Which one....?
(All from:
DEPERO FUTURISTA: Gabriela Belli: SKIRA.
ISBN: 88-818-584-9)





RUSSIAN AND SOVIET THEATRE DESIGN.

These pictures all come from:
RUSSIAN AND SOVIET THEATRE (TRADITION AND THE AVANT-GARDE.)
by KONSTANTIN RUDNITSKY.
Thames and Hudson (English language edition.)
ISBN: 0-500-28195-5
It is hard to choose favourites from this remarkable document.




Wednesday, September 13, 2006

WEI DONG.
WEI DONG was born during the Cultural Revolution. He is self-taught.
You can see more of his work at:
Chinese contemporary.com
plumblossoms.com




Wednesday, August 23, 2006

LOUIS PONS
These images come from:
LOUIS PONS: Editions d'Art. Somogy. PARIS.
Copyright Louis Pons. 1999.

Photograph of Louis Pons by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

































































My thanks to Jack Vidal and Anne Tourlonais for introducing me to the work - and the man.
LOUIS PONS appears in AGNES VARDA's film "THE GLEANERS AND I." (LES GLANEURS ET LA GLANEUSE.)

Monday, July 24, 2006

HERCULES SEGERS. 1589-1638.
Mountain Valley with fields. (Etching and drypoint.)
Segers may have been a teacher to Rembrandt. Rembrandt certainly owned several of Segers' prints.
His strange, visionary landscapes are unique in art history.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

JUAN SANCHEZ COTAN. 1560-1627.
Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and a Cucumber. c. 1600.
This is said to be one of the earliest still lifes painted in Europe.
FRANCISCO de GOYA. 1746-1828.
A Turkey and a Frying Pan. c. 1808-12.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

JEAN BAPTISTE SIMEON CHARDIN 1699-1779
A Partridge and a Pear.


















ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS DESPORTES 1661-1743.
Birds in Exotic Landscapes.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

JEAN FOUQUET: Self portrait.
Self portraits by artists of this period are rare.
JEAN FOUQUET. 1420-1480.
This great master is known to us by name thanks to Francois Robertet, secretary to the Duke of Bourbon, who mentions him in the 'Jewish Antiquities' as "a native of Tours: a good painter and illuminator to Louis XI,".





















On the fates of famous men.
(The trial of the Duke of Vendome)

Caesar crossing the Rubicon.

Martyrdom of St. James
From: HEURES D'ETIENNE CHEVALIER>

Portrait of a fool.