Posts Tagged: history
Serial Suprematist
Stef studying the subtleties of Nixon’s Black cross painted in 1992.
Shakespeare Gentleman Illustrator
The first Shakespeare Penguin titles appeared in 1940. They were designed by the steadfast classicist Jan Tschichold. By the late 1960s the series was looking dated. Penguin was trying to be less literal and more cerebral, and designer Germano Facetti had
Shakespeare Gentleman Illustrator
The first Shakespeare Penguin titles appeared in 1940. They were designed by the steadfast classicist Jan Tschichold. By the late 1960s the series was looking dated. Penguin was trying to be less literal and more cerebral, and designer Germano Facetti had
When Text is Enough
When the time came for Paul Auster’s Penguin books to be redesigned, he asked the art director to consider using a typographical rather than image based approach.
When Text is Enough
When the time came for Paul Auster’s Penguin books to be redesigned, he asked the art director to consider using a typographical rather than image based approach.
Atmospheric Content
“The pictorial idea, be it drawing, collage or photograph, will indicate the atmospheric content of the book.”
Atmospheric Content
“The pictorial idea, be it drawing, collage or photograph, will indicate the atmospheric content of the book.”
50 Shades of White
I’m noticing a trend in book design. Many shades of white.
Middlemarch Winter
“There is something in daubing a little one’s self, and having an idea of the process.”
Middlemarch Winter
“There is something in daubing a little one’s self, and having an idea of the process.”
Spooky Spirit
This little hoofed fellow is supposed to stop dead people coming out of their graves to interfere with the living.
Spooky Spirit
This little hoofed fellow is supposed to stop dead people coming out of their graves to interfere with the living.
Alfred and Uma
Most of the fabulousness of the National Gallery of Victoria can be attributed to Mr Alfred Felton.
Alfred and Uma
Most of the fabulousness of the National Gallery of Victoria can be attributed to Mr Alfred Felton.
Cézanne Seeing
When Ellsworth Kelly was a young boy, he put a print of this chesnut tree painting of Cezanne’s on his wall.
Cézanne Seeing
When Ellsworth Kelly was a young boy, he put a print of this chesnut tree painting of Cezanne’s on his wall.
Sophie Tauber-Arp
‘The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated, it is one of humankind’s deep-rooted, primordial urges.’
Sophie Tauber-Arp
‘The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated, it is one of humankind’s deep-rooted, primordial urges.’
John Coburn’s River and Bend
John Coburn’s precise, clear and deliberate style.
Ian Fairweather’s Mothers
Umbrellas and mothers. Two of the most common motifs used by Ian Fairweather. “Ian is a strange child. He likes to be away by himself and can never by found when he is wanted,” said Ian’s mother, Rose Fairweather. Ian’s parents
Ian Fairweather’s Mothers
Umbrellas and mothers. Two of the most common motifs used by Ian Fairweather. “Ian is a strange child. He likes to be away by himself and can never by found when he is wanted,” said Ian’s mother, Rose Fairweather. Ian’s parents
Ian Fairweather’s Land and Mindscapes
Empty space and calligraphic marks are the bits I like about this Ian Fairweather painting. Such a unique aerial landscape with its stumpy trees and strange white stilts. Alongside lovely white voids. A Balinese temple. | Ian Fairweather, Landscape, 1954 |
Ian Fairweather’s Land and Mindscapes
Empty space and calligraphic marks are the bits I like about this Ian Fairweather painting. Such a unique aerial landscape with its stumpy trees and strange white stilts. Alongside lovely white voids. A Balinese temple. | Ian Fairweather, Landscape, 1954 |
Ian Fairweather’s Parasol
Around the time my parents were contemplating a new life in a bright and airy space artist Ian Fairweather (1891 -1974) had built a cottage on Bribie Island.
Ian Fairweather’s Parasol
Around the time my parents were contemplating a new life in a bright and airy space artist Ian Fairweather (1891 -1974) had built a cottage on Bribie Island.
Iona House Green
Iona House was surrounded by our busy dairy and potato farm.
Iona House Red and Blue
Iona House in all its glorious Kodak Instamatic colour
Iona House Features
In the black and white days of the Iona House at 2060 Main Drain Road, Iona, family and possessions were falling gently into place.
Iona House Features
In the black and white days of the Iona House at 2060 Main Drain Road, Iona, family and possessions were falling gently into place.
Iona House Family
I contacted architect John Davidson last week and he kindly corresponded with me about the “Carlowrie” house at Iona.
Iona House Family
I contacted architect John Davidson last week and he kindly corresponded with me about the “Carlowrie” house at Iona.
Iona House Beginnings
As the grand-daughter of a Koo-We-Rup East Iona pioneer, my mother Hayden Ritson (Kavanagh) inherited all sorts of land around Iona. In the late 1950s, my parents decided to build a brand new house in the modern style. It would
Iona House Beginnings
As the grand-daughter of a Koo-We-Rup East Iona pioneer, my mother Hayden Ritson (Kavanagh) inherited all sorts of land around Iona. In the late 1950s, my parents decided to build a brand new house in the modern style. It would
Kavanagh and Featherstone
My great-grandparents, Owen Kavanagh and Catherine Featherstone, were early pioneers of Iona.
Kavanagh and Featherstone
My great-grandparents, Owen Kavanagh and Catherine Featherstone, were early pioneers of Iona.
Fitzpatrick’s Drouin
Photographer Jim Fitzpatrick was an official war photographer for the Australian Information Service.
Fitzpatrick’s Drouin
Photographer Jim Fitzpatrick was an official war photographer for the Australian Information Service.
Lina Bryans Richmond
Lina Bryans met a lovely architect Alex Jelinek in the 1950s and found a really large house at 39 Erin Street, Richmond.
Lina Bryans Richmond
Lina Bryans met a lovely architect Alex Jelinek in the 1950s and found a really large house at 39 Erin Street, Richmond.
Lina Bryans’ Pink Colony
Artists’ Colonies seem a particularly Melbourne thing in the early part of the 20th century. A dog bite was responsible for Bryans’ Colony. Lina Bryans knocked on the door of Ada May Plante (a painter friend of Jock Frater) for some
Lina Bryans’ Pink Colony
Artists’ Colonies seem a particularly Melbourne thing in the early part of the 20th century. A dog bite was responsible for Bryans’ Colony. Lina Bryans knocked on the door of Ada May Plante (a painter friend of Jock Frater) for some
Young Lina Bryans
Lina Bryans was born in Europe but her parents were Australian. Bryans was a Hallenstein whose family had made their money from a successful tannery and leather business in Melbourne. Her maternal great-grandfather, Sir Benjamin Benjamin, had been Lord Mayor of
Young Lina Bryans
Lina Bryans was born in Europe but her parents were Australian. Bryans was a Hallenstein whose family had made their money from a successful tannery and leather business in Melbourne. Her maternal great-grandfather, Sir Benjamin Benjamin, had been Lord Mayor of
Music of Lina Bryans
In memory of Brian Finemore, Lina Bryans gave one of her major late works, Landscape Quartet, to the National Gallery of Victoria. | Lina Bryans, Landscape Quartet, 1971, oil on canvasboard (4 panels) | What an amazing painting. And finally her last
Music of Lina Bryans
In memory of Brian Finemore, Lina Bryans gave one of her major late works, Landscape Quartet, to the National Gallery of Victoria. | Lina Bryans, Landscape Quartet, 1971, oil on canvasboard (4 panels) | What an amazing painting. And finally her last
Lina Bryans You-Beaut
Around the same time Lina Bryans was changing direction, there was a new generation of young curators on the scene in the Australian art world.
Lina Bryans You-Beaut
Around the same time Lina Bryans was changing direction, there was a new generation of young curators on the scene in the Australian art world.
Independent Lina Bryans
Independent painter Lina Bryans was known for her portraits.
Eveline Syme
Modernist Eveline Syme also attended the George Bell school in Toorak, Melbourne.
Eveline Syme
Modernist Eveline Syme also attended the George Bell school in Toorak, Melbourne.
Mary Cecil Allen
Melbourne born Mary Cecil Allen was a very well known artist and educator from the 1930s who after her death was another one of those ladies sidelined by art historians.
Mary Cecil Allen
Melbourne born Mary Cecil Allen was a very well known artist and educator from the 1930s who after her death was another one of those ladies sidelined by art historians.
Dancing and Painting
George Johnston was very positive about the state of the arts in Australia in 1966.
Dancing and Painting
George Johnston was very positive about the state of the arts in Australia in 1966.
Football and Lifesaving
There is a big section in George Johnston and Robert Goodman’s The Australians on sport. The Sporting Life.
Football and Lifesaving
There is a big section in George Johnston and Robert Goodman’s The Australians on sport. The Sporting Life.
Hyde Park and Opera
Another chapter in The Australians by Robert Goodman and George Johnston is The Cities.
Hyde Park and Opera
Another chapter in The Australians by Robert Goodman and George Johnston is The Cities.
Fitzroy River and Judith Wright
In The Australians, published by Rigby Limited in 1966, Robert Goodman and George Johnston’s first chapter concerns The Land.
Fitzroy River and Judith Wright
In The Australians, published by Rigby Limited in 1966, Robert Goodman and George Johnston’s first chapter concerns The Land.
