post artwork that I find interesting

“Have you really the courage to go into the wide world with me? asked the chimney sweep.”
illustration for Hans Christian Anderson book, 1916.

Almond Branches in Bloom, San Remy, 1890.

Trinidad Fernandez, 1907, Oil on Canvas

Passage Study, Blue, 2005
Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 24”

http://www.matsuokastudios.com/index.html

Moses, 1945

“In the extraordinarily detailed painting Moses, 1945, the sun is presented as ‘the centre of all religions’. The composition is divided into three registers, which consist of images of gods in the upper section and portraits of ‘heroes’ below, including Alexander the Great, Martin Luther, Napoleon and Hitler, whom she called ‘the lost child’. At the bottom are the masses, and scenes relating to the process of evolution. The painting was inspired by an essay by Sigmund Freud that made a link between Ancient Egyptian beliefs, Moses and the origins of monotheistic religion. The infant Moses has been given the third eye of wisdom, a device Kahlo sometimes used in her portraits of Rivera.”

http://www.fridakahlofans.com/index.html

Armor, charcoal and conté crayon, 1891

Pandora’s Box (1916)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

The World Is Yours, 2005

http://www.artichokeyinkpress.com/phons/archive.php

Princess Hyacinth, 1911
colour lithograph, 125.5×83.5

“Printed in Prague, this poster advertised Princess Hyacinth by Ladislav Novák and Oskar Nedbal, a fairy tale ballet and pantomime about a blacksmith who dreams that his daughter is a princess kidnapped by a sorcerer. The popular actress Andula Sedlá-ková starred in the title role and her portrait with its icy blue eyes and fixed gaze dominates the poster.
Mucha uses the decoration, which incorporates hearts, the tools of the blacksmith, a crown and instruments of sorcery, to make references to the plot of the ballet. The motif of the hyacinth is used throughout the design, from the embroidered robes to the exquisite silver jewellery, as well as in the circular device held by the princess”.

I am all about the crown.

http://www.muchafoundation.org

The Park, 1910 or earlier.
Oil on canvas