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New Leonardo da Vinci painting 'discovered' |
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• Portrait may have 500-year-old Leonardo fingerprint on it
• If correct, £12,000 print could be worth tens of millions
Art experts believe a new portrait by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered thanks to a 500-year-old fingerprint.
The Head of a young Girl, a painting attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci A Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress, the painting which has been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Photograph: Christie's
The small picture of a young woman in profile was previously believed to be a German work from the early 19th century and has changed hands in recent years for around £12,000. |
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Ukraine's Got Talent! |
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Kseniya Simonova, the winner of the Ukrainian TV show-contest "Ukraine's Got Talent" is the amazing artist who paints with sand and light. Pictures appear and dissolve one into another in real time and make people cry. Sand painting is not her own invention, still her mastercraft is amazing. Kseniya is professional graphic designer, she lives and works in Eupatoria, Ukraine.
"Simonova is a real piece of work. Watching her in action calls to mind Rolf Harris ("can you tell what it is yet?") and his passion for popularising art...
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The Birdman, Artist in Disguise - Max Ernst.
Author: Russell Shortt |
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Max Ernst performs task of the artist perfectly - he transports. The viewer is plucked from reality and deposited in a parallel universe which is distorted, beautiful, awful, great and terrible. It always appeared that it was going to be this way, for even the young Max tested axioms - he confused humans and birds, supposedly not being capable of really telling the difference. Nor did he stop with these ‘simple’ confusions, pretty soon he was strolling around his hometown of Brühl proclaiming himself as Jesus Christ... |
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The Ancient Modernist: El Greco
Author: Russell Shortt |
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El Greco’s The Opening of the Fifth Seal is utterly stupendous, it is staggering, it really is. I find it baffling that this piece of art was created in the early years of the seventeenth century, the curious figure of St. John is so contemporary, like a modern mystic. It leaves the viewer so curious as to where El Greco derived this vision of the Book of Revelation account about the persecuted receiving salvation. However, it is a puzzle which can be unravelled, for it is not a case of El Greco being like the modernists, rather it is the modernists being like El Greco. The movement, colours, symbolism and emotion of his work has influenced painters for centuries but yet not in El Greco’s own time. He was too much a maverick, he was completely ignored, indeed most viewed him disdainfully.... |
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Henri Rousseau - A Singular Artist
Author: Russell Shortt |
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Poor old Rousseau, not the eminent Jean Jacques but the much derided Henri. I agree that his art is a tad too much on the cartoon side and I can see why the great Matisse would visibly stiffen upon hearing Henri’s name. However, I can also see how Picasso saw something of a genius, if albeit a completely unsuspecting one, in his work. Legend holds that Rousseau did not pick up a paintbrush until he was forty and then taught himself. His detractors mocked that these were the very reasons that his work was similar to that of a child... |
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Yves Klein - The Absence of Art
Author: Russell Shortt |
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I respect Yves Klein, though often wandering around galleries, shows and installations, I wonder why. He helped create the monster of artistic ambiguity and I find myself forced to look at monochromes, scribbles and doodles and wonder is it me or is much art really too little? The conceptual idea bugs me, really it does, it has being flogged and flogged and flogged; it is tiresome, it is loathsome, it is bothersome. I am not blaming Yves Klein, I realise that the fault lies with his lazy imitators; those who think that something original, may be copied and may remain original... |
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Wall Art - Tips For Proper Placement
By Anne West |
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Nothing can finish a room's decor like the effective use of wall art. But people are often perplexed about what to put where. Some of the most common mistakes I see are: art hung too high, size of art out of proportion with the size of the wall and art disconnected from the furniture beneath it.
Here are some tips to help ensure your wall art enhances, rather than detracts from, the overall look of your room... |
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HOW THE ELDERLY, FAMILY-MAN PUTS UP A PICTURE.
from 'Three Men In A Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome |
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He always reminds me of my poor Uncle Podger. You never saw such a commotion up and down a house, in all your life, as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job. A picture would have come home from the frame-maker's, and be standing in the dining-room, waiting to be put up; and Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it, and Uncle Podger would say:
"Oh, you leave that to ME. Don't you, any of you, worry yourselves about that. I'LL do all that." |
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Redefine Your Space!
by John Darby |
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Paintings change the ambience of a room or hall. It is decorative as well as functional. Today it defines the status of a household or a community. These are not mere sketches done randomly, rather, they are strokes done by creative hands. Paintings have the power to unknowingly attract you. They are one of the most beautiful creations of man done with skill and passion.
Oil Paintings, of course, are just one of the numerous forms of Paintings. They are as old as civilization... |
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French Symbolist Painter, Graphic Artist, & Printmaker - Odilon Redon
By Annette Labedzki |
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'Symbolist' painter, graphic artist, and printmaker, Bertrand Jean Redon or Odilon Redon, was born on April 20, 1840 in Bordeaux, France. He was born in the wealthy family of Bertrand Redon, a French colonist, and Marie Guerin. Odilon spent his early childhood at his uncle's estate in Peyrelebade. In 1880, he married Camille Falte, who later on acted as his spokesperson, dealing with the media and the buyers of his works.
In 1855, Redon began studying drawing at school under Stanislas Gorin and won various prizes... |
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What is Good Art? Interior Design Professionals Weigh in
by Renee Castelluzzo |
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The first rule for buying art is to love it. The second rule is to be able to pay for it without taking out a bank loan. And, rule #3? Feel good about what you paid for it.
So, how do you know that a piece of art is worth the asking price? If you love it, and can afford it, should you buy it?
We asked over one-hundred interior design professionals for some help. We asked them to review pieces of art and tell us what they think about the quality of the work and the asking price. Each designer chose five pieces of art to review from over 4000 original and limited edition artworks created by independent, fine artists whose work is available at www.DiscoveredArtists.com |
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