Tom Lea - That 2,000-Yard Stare
That 2,000-Yard Stare
1944, oil on canvas, 36″ x 28″
U.S. Army Center for Military History, Washington, D.C.
May 14, 2008
May 10, 2008
Robert Blue - Valerie
Robert D.Blue (1946 - 1998) was an American painter who grew up in Beverly hills, mostnoted for his images of pin-up girls in the 1980’s (an example of which is above). Collectors of Blue’s art have included Jack Nicholson, Barbra Streisand and Hugh Hefner, as well as numerous corporate collectors… more at wikipedia
April 9, 2008
El Lissitzky, Poster 1929
El Lissitzky - Poster for the Russian Exhibition in Zurich, 1929, and the original photomontage prep work.
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (1890 – 1941), better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus, Constructivist, and De Stijl movements and experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate 20th century graphic design. Read more…
This inspiring image combines several of Lissitzky’s aforementioned skills, but best of all I really like the androgynous male/female illustration looking out of the frame - future gazing - in a way that typifies much of Constructivist Photomontage.
