This is how I secretly thought I would become after a few years with oestrogen and progesterone… Obviously I never did (at least not between the hips… Read more “My personal graphic work (2) – Whole portraits, with and without red decoys”
Author: Li
I’m Li; an outsider and a loser, a wayfarer lost into the blizzard, but still up and walking, seeking the right path to the right place. My past is my compass; my dead ones, my guides.
No lights ahead except those that just faded out.
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As for some, more objective facts, I am Catalan, living in Catalunya (in the portion colonized and ruled by Spain). I graduated in sciences: Geology and Physics; but I’ve almost always made my living in the trade of fine arts and antiques, stamps, old books. I am a book and stamp collector myself, and a deep lover of classical music -and so, a collector of recordings as well.
My personal graphic work – An introduction and an old sample
I have been telling, several times, I would post a few of my own drawings some day. Friends of mine have encouraged me to do it, and… Read more “My personal graphic work – An introduction and an old sample”
Franz von Stuck (II) – Views of death and horror from the Gospel
As a follow-up of my scanty selection of works by the German (Bavarian) painter Franz von Stuck (1863 – 1928) ((Find them HERE)), I have chosen a… Read more “Franz von Stuck (II) – Views of death and horror from the Gospel”
Lovely Paintings Revisited #1
Pierre Auguste Cot – Printemps (Springtime) – 1873 . [Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA – on loan from Steven and Alexandra Cohen’s coll.] I… Read more “Lovely Paintings Revisited #1”
Lovis Corinth – Three Works on Cruelty and Suffering – Samson, Cain, Christ
In a recent post with oils by Lovis Corinth: “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)”, I told he deeply changed his painting style after… Read more “Lovis Corinth – Three Works on Cruelty and Suffering – Samson, Cain, Christ”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)
Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth is the artistic name of German painter Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth (1858, Tapiau, Prussia – 1925, Zanvoort, The Netherlands). He studied painting in… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (V)
Matthias Grünewald and the Isenheim Altarpiece Most paintings by the German Late Gothic–Renaissance master Matthias (or Mathis) Grünewald (ca. 1470 – 1528) lay in the bottom of the Baltic… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (V)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (IV)
Salvator Rosa – A forerruner of Romanticism Fifteen months ago I started a series of posts on this gripping and fruitful subject –one of the most depicted… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (IV)”
Digital illustration at its best – Works by Geoff Trebs
I do not pretend to convert this blog of mine into a sort of “Pinterest gallery”, just showing pictures out of context and devoid of well-documented comments,… Read more “Digital illustration at its best – Works by Geoff Trebs”
Edward Hopper (XV) – Changing moods from one restaurant to another (1922-30)
I consider these three oils, representing people in restaurants, as a group or series in Hopper’s work. While the moods of the protagonists are variable and quite… Read more “Edward Hopper (XV) – Changing moods from one restaurant to another (1922-30)”
As Cute as They Get – Soft erotic drawings by Nitrile
Nitrile is the artistic name of a truly talented Russian (so I believe) illustrator, whose name I ignore as well. Despite the title of this post, he… Read more “As Cute as They Get – Soft erotic drawings by Nitrile”
Franz von Stuck (I) – A powerful view on the myth of Genesis
Quite often, some of the best artists in history are not acknowleged as such; or at least, not by the general public. The case of Franz von… Read more “Franz von Stuck (I) – A powerful view on the myth of Genesis”
