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A Not forgotten 20c Australian Artist - Sculptor
2007-09-05 18:07:00
I have upset an Aussi friend, so this puts the record straight. He follows the Australian character to the letter. Do visit his website.Helen Mirren launched her film career from one of his books when it was made into a film.Some of the pictures of his old haunt look a little bit close to the bush again, though the swimming pool must have a good story to tell!I give you Norman Lindsay.
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Mackennal in New South Wales
2007-08-24 10:31:00
In case you missed the pdf of Mackennal here is an example of what it contains. Particularly good work here, shows especially well what a rock can contain!Find it here or visit and send us some even better pictures please!http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
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Australia
2007-08-22 11:21:00
When I first visited Chris’ Millers Figure Sculpture site more than a year ago, I noticed that there was no mention of Australia and New Zealand which worried me. I spent some time trying to find some examples to offer him but failed to fine anything suitable on the internet and so had to accept defeat.Until now;Now I have been more successful, Absolute arts has announced an exhibition of one of Australia’s sons Bertram Mackennal. Find it here http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/There are other Australian sculptors like Harold Parker,Nelson Illingworth, C Web Gilbert, William L Bowles, Theodora Cowen and of course…………Norman Lindsay see above.

Good Luck
2007-08-21 00:06:00
Pink for a Southern Belle - Susangelique
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The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
2007-08-18 13:56:00
At Easter I visited Oxford and inevitably spent much of my time here at theAshmolean Museum Here are some of my pictures from one of the oldest Museums in Europe. Roman if I remember correctlyThe enticement to go up stairsWas well rewarded!DruryFordDegasFedi
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Slavery
2007-08-17 23:16:00
I came across Power’s "Greek Slave ", above, through a search for “Parian Ware” a medium in  which I have recently completed a commission. (see   http://iath.virginia.edu/utc/sentimnt/grs lvhp.html   for a brief history)Slavery and the history of slavery are not subjects I know a lot about, but it is a subject that crops up quite often in "browsing" Fine Art. Many Painters and sculptors have depicted or illustrated the condition with their own agenda in mind. In my naivety, I like to believe they intended to stimulate the “male gaze syndrome” only to draw attention to the issue; to cause guilt in the male conscience and anger in the female one and a positive reaction in both. Anyway, whatever you may think of their intentions some of these works are beautiful and the work well executed. My school had a “house” named after Mr. Wilberforce and I post these images in recognition of this anniversary year when such suffering was abolished in the British Empire.Lilli Wis...
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Lady American Sculptresses
2007-07-12 12:32:00
I am adding works to this post as I find them so do come back regularly Sally Farnham's "Payday". This is how I have always thought of America!Of course one’s ignorance is highlighted when one talks about a subject one knows nothing about so please forgive me. As a very isolated Englishman I would be surprised if some one called Elie or Bela turned out to be male, this is as much to do with dyslexic spelling problems as it has in plain ignorance, but in passing I have noted that American female Sculptors seem to use three names, and were very sensitive about their gender.The French elevate gender to all; it is either masculine or feminine. I am most definitely not French but I make no apology for using Sculptor and Sculptress for The Greatest Of All The Fine Art Skills; and as they say South of Calais “vive la difference”. Anna Coleman LaddEdith Woodman Burrows Edith Barrett ParsonsBessie Potter VonnohNancy Coonsman HahnJanet ScuddenMalvina Cornell HoffmanSara Morris Greene ...
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Lady Painters and Sculptors
2007-07-03 19:23:00
This is in response to Chris Millers' post on Sally Farnham, one of the many talented Lady Sculptor s of America.Some time ago I was given a book about the paintings and sculpture collected by King Charles I of England, a subject that brought me to thinking about female artists and sculptors over the centuries in Western Art. (The Sale of the Late King's Goods by Jerry Botton, pan Macmilliam 2006)The war of the sexes is as alive today as it ever was. Australians are never nervous to call something by its “proper” name. Germaine Greer describes graphically Artemisia’s colourful life in another book I acquired recently.http://www.metmuseum.org/special /Orazio_and_Artemisia/gentileschi_images. htmArtemisia shows a great deal more form and colour than a local who’s bed we were “privileged” to view a year or two ago!http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Oraz io_and_Artemisia/55.L.htmIt must be said that the Lady Sculptors of America of the 19c and 20c are worthy of study. I will lis...

E_Meeting
2007-06-28 14:26:00
I had a really great day yesterday in the V&A, my first e-meeting. I had the privilege to meet two of the best bloggers in English. My camera does not like the lighting in dark museums and so my pictures were very disappointing. I do hope that soon our technology will overcome this difficulty of long exposures, camera shake and noise. The beautiful works from Japan, India, Persia, China and Europe that I took are not good enough to show here. Camera shake is the main problem when flash is not favoured; but I have a few to share that show a record of the day.I have to admit I got off to a bad start. Apart from being late I got them the wrong way round, I took Conrad for Gawain, once that was sorted, things could only get better! From their blogs I had imagined them to be much older. (I hope they will see that as a complement.)Gawain is a mine of information. I stated that I was happy to tag along and listen. This was a wise suggestion on my part as an unstoppable flow of knowledge ...

Lady Godiva
2007-06-23 23:49:00
In my continuing search for works by Sir William Reid Dick I found this one of Lady Godiva who's story has intrigued me since I first heard it as a school boy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Go diva_statue.jpgAlso at the RA we can fine a Christ Child and Mother here:http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin /hixclient.exe?submit-button=SUMMARY& $03/1711%20index%20mus_obj_parts=.&_IXMAX HITS_=1&_IXSPFX_=full/t

Droit de Suite
2007-06-21 23:12:00
If you write a book and it is published and does well you get royalties, same with a film, play, music etc. But as a painter or sculptor once you have sold your work of art for £500; that’s it. When the buyer sells it on for £50,000 a couple of years later the painter/ sculptor gets zero. Is that fair?The basic idea of Droit de Suit e is that an artist should get a share of any increase in value that occurs after the sale of an artwork.This is discussed here:http://theonlinephotographer.blogspo t.com/2007/05/unfair-in-end.htmland in great depth here: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/documents/p ublications/325.pdfAny comments?

Sir William Reid Dick's Kelpie
2007-06-20 15:27:00
Marly is right in some respects on the subject of "Kelpie" on my English Sculpture blog. Here is a bronze version of the same sculpture. The plaster would have been made as a "master" and kept by the foundry or the sculptor in case of accident and for the record. Smaller or larger versions could be made from this "master". "Artprice" mentions a sale of this work with details but you have to pay to see a photo of it. So for the time being I will still have to hope I got it right!http://englishsculpture.blogspot.co m/2007/06/sir-william-reid-dick.html
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More on relief
2007-06-07 13:43:00
For my e-friends across the water I post these that Chris Miller missed out of the Reingold sale catalogue.
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Relief
2007-06-04 15:54:00
I wait with bated breath for the next instalment of Amanda Sisk’s post on sculptural relief and drawing. As Chris has also picked up this subject in a very positive way I felt somewhat bound to add my bit. It is necessary sometimes to resort to relief for reasons of space in particular. I do not however warm to it as a an Art in its own right. I feel that far from being the best of both worlds it instead lacks more that it gains. Sculpture has the advantage of presence; it exists, where as a painting and to some extent therefore a relief, is only an image. There are however some excellent examples of good relief work which have much to commend them.(I have not included the negative (concave) relief but will deal with it under another topic one day.)Here are just a few I found at random from the 19th C ranging from “the almost flat” to the almost 360 degrees. “Life’s Circle” by Alfred Turner is a bit idealistic so I will have to admit I like it. The painter Eva Roos Vedde...
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Women in Art (paintings)
2007-06-03 23:08:00
I found this rather wonderful u tube. Apart from being clever, it is beautiful.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= nUDIoN-_Hxs
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Letters from America
2007-05-29 11:08:00
I get two letters each week from Robert Glenn a painter of distinction in the United States. They are of course not always relevant to a busy sculptor but I find they often have some excellent words of wisdom and interest. They are a calming influence and give one hope that one day all the effort will be rewarded. "A regular super-charged moral boost."Last week he showed us a painting trip he made in his car; beautifully put together and so was the car, especially as the steering wheel is on the right side in both senses of the word!I recommend a visit and to watch "Forest Spirit".http://www.painterskeys.com:80/
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Exhibition at the Barber Institute
2007-05-24 10:28:00
Dual Nationalities:The Exchange of Artistic Ideas25 May to 26 August 2007I look forward to visiting this exhibition at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. It has a wonderful reputation and is sited within the University Campus of Birmingham, England's second largest city.
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A flower for the south
2007-05-18 11:47:00
Here it is, or was, for Susangelique.
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Tegners Two
2007-04-25 23:23:00
215. Man Running after his Ideal 1920, bronze.I have now added some titles and comments. I wonder if it is useful to see them first without and decide on the merits of each work as they are put to you “blind” ? These pictures come from Tegners gallery in Denmark with appropriate permission. 168. The Arch of Life also called The Arch of Columns, prior to October 1915. Plaster, plastelina, wood, and paint. Model for an arch that Tegner envisaged be erected by Trianglen at the entrance to Fælledparken, Copenhagen. Exhibited at Copenhagen City Hall in October 1915. The plan was never carried out. What a terrible pity. 195. Leda and the Swan 1918, plaster. Created on the basis of an ancient Greek relief, sketched in Athens in 1902.177. Leda Fountain 1916-17, plaster. Study for a three-piece fountain commissioned by the stock broker Johan Levin, who also bought other sculptures by Tengner. Model for the the main part of the bronze fountain, which today stands by the Ege carpet factor...

One answer to global warming
2007-04-22 18:43:00
I hope to do a sculpture of this Fell Pony in time for the Christmas exhibition in London. This is one of the most "more-ish" sports I know. More pictures to come soon.
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Dedicated to all those young who will not see this again
2007-04-19 01:49:00
Here is a picture of the woods here. I dedicate this picture to all the young who will not see something like this again as a result of gun crime.Since the swallows left in October last, the little stable yard outside my studio (the old tack room) has been very quiet. Yes, a dozen or more wrens live in the far wall behind my desk and I hear a lot of pushing and shoving, bickering and squabbling at bedtime, but at last things are livening up properly. This picture explains much, his animals have been out to grass as he has been off sick, but all is getting back to normal. An advance party of swallows has settled in and soon the main party will arrive making the Etoile feel safe and navigating Trafalgar Square a doddal. They come in at low level at a hundred miles and hour within inches of each other (and me). If I leave my door open they will come in and look for a suitable spot to set up home! I guess that there may be as many as 30 or 40 birds in flight sometimes.
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One Of Art's Greatest Secrets
2007-04-03 16:46:00
95. Female Figure. A Fragment.1904, plaster.A note of explanationChris Millers site of 20 C figure sculpture started me off with this blog, so I must get back again to the business in hand.Please forgive the enthusiasm I have for this Sculptor, but I am somewhat incensed at the low profile he seems to have in the world.It seems difficult to believe that so gifted a sculptor, putting Michelangelo and Rodin in the shade, who was almost as prolific as Vigeland and twice as talented, should not have a Wikipedia listing in English.Is it beyond belief that such an amazing Artist can be almost completely buried by the 20 century? I genuinely believe that history will eventually exalt him above his peers and place him firmly in the highest echelons of the greatest sculptors of all time.It must be said that I do not speak his language, nor can I find much written about him in English so I am in a privileged position, seeing each work without prejudice; purely as sculpture, without history or...
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White Violets ?
2007-04-02 17:29:00
Marly, I am a total guesser though, yes I believe these are English native Viol ets. I will need to look more deeply though to find them. These sound as if they are North American.http://www.msuturfweeds.net/deta ils/_/wild_violet_17/http://www.blupete.c om/Nature/Wildflowers/VioletW.htmhttp://w ww.prairiefrontier.com/pages/natvpics/nat ivee6.html
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Riot of spring
2007-04-02 12:28:00
Here very quickly are some pictures of spring today. Primroses, a white violet, hawthorn (blackthorn) and for Erik a Tulip!
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For Chris
2007-03-29 23:17:00
Well it varies! My favourite which we bought last year was £15, ($ 28) it had a good number of flowers but was rather “leggy” and so in the “sale” at half price. This year it is doing well but still a bit “leggy”. I think when it has flowered you can prune it so it becomes more bushy like this good one which was priced at £180 ($335) this year. Needless to say it did not end up in our car. I have posted a "detail" picture too for good measure! PS We do not have shares (stock) in this company by the way!!!
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Camellias
2007-03-27 22:59:00
Camellia Sunday, here are the first 8 of the 16 or so I photographed at the annual sale. You may love or hate looking at plants, on the whole I get bored quickly except for Azaleas and Camellias when in abundance. I recommend Exbury Gardens for Azaleas. If it is Camellias you like then you will find Trehane nursery a paradise. There are 30,000 named varieties of Camellias, 132 are in their catalogue with origins around the world from the USA, New Zealand, Japan, England to name just a few.I will save my favourite for another time, they are called Jury's lemon and Midnight.http://www.trehanenursery.co.uk/

Amanda Sisk
2007-03-23 21:48:00
I am slightly in awe of Amanda ’s talent and this little computer can give you only a fleeting glimpse of that talent.Sculpture has presence and sculpture has depth in every sense which a two dimensional computer screen or a photograph can not begin to communicate.With this handicap and only these three pictures, “borrowed” from her some months ago, I start the process of exposing Amanda! Like all the best artists she will claim she has not much to show at the moment but she will I am sure release some more soon. A technical note only. The line of the jaw, the fine line of nose and lips indicate considerable skill and refinement. What particularly captures me is the position of the head very carefully chosen to suit the powerful presence this work must exude. The contrast between flesh and bare medium conveys a shiver combined with the blindfold. Both artist and subject have powerful personality. With no clues to a story behind this work it becomes intriguing. The two heads are...

My Dormitory Ghosts
2007-03-22 11:08:00
I wasn’t really interested in ghost stories but I was in demand as a teller of them. This constantly got me into trouble for talking after lights out in a classic English prep school in the late 50s early 60s. The Vicar of Seaford was chosen for his power of story telling too. He preached to a thousand children aged 7 to 13 each Sunday. It was a strange community then, some nine boys’ and two girls’ boarding schools all within a square mile or so. We were all given a penny to put in the collection. A copper penny (two shown with a 1921 dollar) was big and the newer ones heavy, so the collection plate must have weighed a ton. We strutted out in our short trousers and caps in a long crocodile the half mile to Church. There were two services to fit us all in. The Vicar was young and understood how to hold our attention. Some of his sermons I still remember today. On his annual evening visit to us he would tour the dormitories as part of his pastoral duties. He was entertaining, ...
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Drax
2007-03-19 13:36:00
Everyone who comes to visit us for the first time asks, as they arrive, “what is that great arch with the deer on it just up the road”? We call it Stag Gate. We live in an interesting part of England. The answer is Charlborough Park, The Drax estate. The Wikipedia entry is well worth a “read”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charborough_ HouseLion Gateand the sculpture up the drive.Lulworth Castle and of course Corf Castle both were on the King’s side and will be shown in due course.