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Images of Lovers in Art: 50 Ways to Paint Your Lover

February 14, 2020 By Wendy Campbell

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.”  —Auguste Rodin

How many ways can you paint a kiss, an embrace, a loving encounter?  One has to only sift through the thousands of images on the internet to see that the depiction of love and affection between lovers through painting, sculpture and photography has been taking place throughout the ages. Below is a small sampling of some famous, and not so famous, interpretations of passion, romance, and the many facets of love.

Pablo Picasso - The Kiss 1969
William Blake - Paolo and Francesca in the Whirlwind of Lovers - c.1824-27
A jubilant Amer sailor clutching a white-uniformed nurse in
SuzukiHaranobu-Lovers-in-the-Snow-under-an-Umbrella-1766-68
The Kiss Gustav Klimt 1907
roy-lichtenstein-Kiss II
Regis Bossu, The Fraternal Kiss,October 7, 1979
Rayograph (The Kiss) by Man Ray, 1922
Théodore Jacques Ralli, The Kiss, 1887. Private collection.
RADHA AND KRISHNA IN THE GROVE. Kangra, c. 1785. Victoria and Albert Museum
Pompeii - Nymph and Satyr - c.70 AD
The Embrace Egon Schiele 1917
PierrePaulPrudhon-Venus-and-Adonis-c1810
Palma Vecchio - Jacob and Rachel - c.1525
Pablo Picasso - The Lovers 1923
Pablo Picasso - The Kiss (The Embrace) 1925
Nishikawa Sukenobu, Sexual Dalliance between man and geisha, 1711-16
Marc Chagall Green Lovers-1915
Marc Chagall - Lovers in Green 1916-17)
Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse from Poem of the Pillow 1788 by Kitagawa Utamaro
Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville (1950) by Robert Doisneau
John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Annie Leibovitz, 1980
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Desired Moment, 1755-1760. Oil on canvas. Private collection
Jean Dubuffet The Little Kiss 1943
Jacque-Louis David 1748-1825
India-Mithuna c1250
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, In Bed the Kiss, 1892
Frida Kahlo The Love Embrace of The Universe The Earth Mexico Myself Diego And senor Xolotl, 1949
Frank Bernard - Romeo & Juliet 1884
Francois Boucher-Venus-and-Mars-Surprised-by-Vulcan-1754
François Pascal Simon Gérard 1770-1837
Francois Boucher-Hercules-and-Omphale-c1730
Francesco Hayez The Kiss 1859
Francesco Hayez 1791-1882
Edvard_Munch - The_Kiss - 1897
David Hockney - We Two Boys Together Clinging
Constantin Brancusi, The Kiss, 1907-08
Bronzino - Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time - c.1545
Bartholomous Spranger - Vulcan-Maia-c1590
Banquet scene with Amenhotep, brother of Ramose, with his wife May. c.1370BC
Banksy - Kissing Coppers 2004
Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1889
Antonio Canova - Cupid & Psyche - 1787-93
ANDY WARHOL, Kiss, 1964 - film still
Afzal al-Husayni, Two Lovers, practicing burn marks, Safavid era, 1648
PABLO PICASSO, Figures By The Sea The Kiss, 1931
Man Ray, Lee Miller Kissing a Woman. Gelatin silver print. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
The Lovers II, 1928 by Rene Magritte
The Kiss, Tamara De Lempicka

Filed Under: ART, Art History, Drawing, Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture Tagged With: lovers in art, valentine's day art

Esther Barend: Follow Your Dreams, 2019

November 4, 2019 By Wendy Campbell

BAREND_FollowYourDreams150x120DAF favourite Esther Barend, has a solo exhibition called “Follow Your Dreams” currently showing at Artclub Gallery in Paris, France.

“Barend has an unstoppable need to paint. The paintings in her abstract series are mostly autobiographical in nature, inspired by her rich and complex inner world, her current emotions and contemporary events. The portraits in her figurative series are open-minded reflections of perfect imperfections.”

Artist Bio
Esther Barend was born in an artistic family in the Netherlands. After finishing her studies,  established herself as a designer of jewellery in Eindhoven (The Netherlands). Several years later she started classes at the Academy of Fine Arts. After 3 years she felt she had to go her own way. She started experimenting day in, day out and developed her own distinctive style through the years. After living in Paris, Amsterdam and Antwerp, she nowadays works and lives in the Valencia-region (Spain) and her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections from the USA, all over Europe, The Middle-East, China, Japan to Australia.  (courtesy of artist’s website)

To see more of Esther Barend’s work, visit estherbarend.eu.

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BAREND_DontLetGo_80x80cm

BAREND_Proud
BAREND_Efflorescence_120x120

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BAREND_Exuberance220x140x4_resultat

BAREND_FollowYourDreams150x120
BAREND_GlowingInMoonshine_120x100

BAREND2_Ravishing_80x140
BAREND1_CanYouFeelIt_80x120

BAREND_Introspection_160x100
BAREND_LadyInRed_80x140

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Exhibitions, Painting, Women in Visual Arts Tagged With: Esther Barend

Great Women Artists – Book Review and Contest!

October 2, 2019 By Wendy Campbell

Officially hitting book store shelves today is GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS published by Phaidon as part of The Art Book series. With 646 pages featuring over 400 artists, over 500 years, from 54 countries, this is the “most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published”.

“Edited down from a long-list of over two thousand artists, the collection was finessed in consultation with Phaidon colleagues and art experts globally. The selection reflects as wide a variety of artists as possible, from different periods and parts of the world, who work with varied materials in diverse mediums.”

Why This Book? At a time when women artists are gaining more recognition,  Rebecca Morrill reminds us in her introduction that “where art is exhibited, traded and written about – male artists are still likely to be more successful by any number of measure…”This includes gallery representation, higher market prices, and featured more in publications. That being said, institutional shifts are happening in museums and galleries which has raised the profile of female artists. The internet and social media have also played a significant part, writes Morrill.

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A Point of Departure: GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS makes no claims to be a comprehensive volume of all women artists. The book is, a “point of departure. to prompt and support further exploration – to read more, see more and share more art made by women throughout history, until the names in this book are as well known as so many of their male counterparts, and until there is no need to ask whether an artwork is made by a male of a female because equality, across all institutions of the art world, has finally been reached.”

Why You’ll Like This Book – We here at DAF really like this book – not only because the topic of recognition of women artists has been a feature on our site since our beginnings in 2009. This book is a treasure trove of artists, many that you’ve seen before, but even more that you probably have not. If you like discovering new art, (historical and contemporary), this book is for you. The artists are presented in alphabetical order rather than by date of birth, so you might find yourself looking at the creation date – and be surprised that a particular work is older than you imagined.  The book includes a helpful glossary of art terms, styles and movement with a list of significant artists related to each term. Finally, this book is BIG! At 9 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches, it is a joy to flip through the beautifully reproduced images and read the succinctly written bios. In an era where much of the art imagery we encounter is though small screens such as our cell phones and tablets, it is refreshing to have the tactile experience of an “in real life” art book.

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Filed Under: ART, Art History, Books, Contemporary Art, Women in Visual Arts

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 183

February 9, 2018 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Nathan Durfee, Kevin Palme, Emma Balder, Roelof Jacob, Thomas Broadbent, Cathie Joy Young, Katarzyna and Marcin Owczarek and short motion capture animation of  London Symphony Orchestra  Musical Director Sir Simon Rattle in action by Digital designer Tobias Gremmler.

Diana-Enveloped-in-Light---nathan-durfee.squarespace.com
Ice-paintings - kevinpalme.com
Pinglets - Emma Balder - emmabalder.com
Raindog---Roelof-Jacob---roelofjacob.com
The Burden - Thomas Broadbent - tbroadbent.com
The-New-Old-World---cathiejoyyoung.com
Thin Ice - Katarzyna & Marcin Owczarek - marcinowczarek.com

Filed Under: ART, Digital, Drawing, Fibre Art, Group Feature, Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Video

Joey Monsoon – Painting – 2018

January 8, 2018 By Wendy Campbell

It’s been a while since we posted about Columbus, Ohio based artist Joey Monsoon (featured) – and we don’t know why – there’s nothing out there like his work.

In the artists words:  “Joey Monsoon’s paintings are an effort to construct revelations of our imperfections. Built on narrow structures of flesh and bone, the portraits depict the turbulence and resilience of the body. The subtle distortions of anatomy point inward to the marks of a life endured and overcome. The figures are isolated from contextual environs just as living tends to isolate the image one has of oneself. These paintings are brutal with beauty.”

See more of Monsoon’s artwork on his website joeymonsoon.com as well as on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Joey Monsoon - Never In Doubt 2017
Joey Monsoon Never Needed Anybody's Trust 2017
Joey Monsoon - A Silhouette of Streets Delivers Him 2017

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Painting Tagged With: Joey Monsoon, Oil Painting, portraits

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 182

January 6, 2018 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Herakut, Christopher David White, Wendy Campbell, John Wilhelm, Francois Nielly, Annalu Boeretto, DZIA, and Julie Veenstra.

"Crowned" Christopher David White christopherdavidwhite.com
John Wilhelm johnwilhelm.chJohn Wilhelm johnwilhelm.ch
"Birds on a Branch" - Wendy-Campbell wendycampbell.art
"The Eye Travels" Francois Nielly francoise-nielly.com
UPNORTH Norway - DZIA KRANK - dzia.beUPNORTH Norway - DZIA KRANK - dzia.be
"Les Fleur du Mal" Annalu Boeretto annalu.it"Les Fleur du Mal" Annalu Boeretto annalu.it
"Into the Woods" - JulieVeenstra juliaveenstra.com"Into the Woods" - JulieVeenstra juliaveenstra.com

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Group Feature, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 181

December 7, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Alex Janvier, Ernest Zacharevic, Julia Manning, Nadav Kander, Andrew “Mackie” McIntosh, Michihiro Matsuoka, Julia Veenstra and the video “Franz of Prague” This huge, kinetic sculpture, titled “K on Sun”, is by Czech artist David Cerny. It can be found in a business center in Prague, distracting people from the frustrations of dealing with government employees.

Franz of Prague from MEL Films on Vimeo.

Michihiro Matsuoka michihiro-matsuoka.com
Julia Manning juliamanning.co.uk
Andrew McIntosh mackie-art-com
Julia Veenstra juliaveenstra.com
Ernest Zacharevic ernestzacharevic.com
Nadav Kander nadavkander.com
Alex Janvier alexjanvier.com

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Group Feature, Installation, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Alex Janvier, Andrew "Mackie" McIntosh, David Cerny, Ernest Zacharevic, Julia Manning, Julia Veenstra, Michihiro Matsuoka, Nadav Kander

Video: Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (SmartHistory)

December 2, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Born on December 2,  1859, French artist Georges Seurat was a post-Impressionist painter and draftsman known for his unique method drawing and for creating the painting techniques chromoluminarism and pointillism. The video below by SmartHistory.org‘s Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris discuss Seurat’s best-known and largest painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, depicting people relaxing in a suburban park on an island in the Seine River called La Grande Jatte.

Credits: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, “Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884,” in Smarthistory, December 4, 2015, accessed December 2, 2016, https://smarthistory.org/georges-seurat-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884/.

Filed Under: ART, Painting, Video Tagged With: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Chromoluminarism, French Art, Georges Seurat, Pontillism, Post Impressionism

Video: Marina Abramović – ‘Brilliant Ideas’ (Bloomberg)

November 30, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

marina-abramovic-portrait-from-walk-through-wallsBorn in Belgrade, Serbia on November 30, 1946, Marina Abramović is one of the most acclaimed, remarkable and influential performance artists in the world today. From her shocking early work in the 1970s to her blockbuster 2010 show “The Artist is Present”, she has redefined what art can be and brought performance into the mainstream. Her latest project  is based in “As One,” is at the Benaki Museum in Athens, showcasing and mentoring young performance artists and revisiting some of the key works of her career.

Watch this short video from Bloomberg‘s “Brilliant Ideas” series for an interesting overview of Abramović’s life and work.

For more information about Marina Abramović, and for links to purchase her new memoir “Walk Through Walls” visit marinaabramovic.com.

Filed Under: ART, Women in Visual Arts Tagged With: Marina Abramović, Performance Art

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 180

November 17, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Aurora Robson, DZIA, Adonna Khare, Emilia Dubicki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Nicole Dextras, Darryl Cox, Jr., Lorraine Roy and a video by Istanbul-based new media agency Ouchhh. Inspired by the iconic work of Buckminster Fuller, AVA_V2 / Particle Physics_Scientific_Installation was created by using projection mapping on a hemisphere structure made of semi transparent fabric, requiring the installation to have six projectors. We developed our own technology which enabled the mapping to be projected in all 360 degrees. This installation and its structure were designed with assembly/disassembly in mind, thus allowing the installation to be re-performed anywhere in same conditions.

AVA_V2 / Particle Physics_Scientific_Installation from Ouchhh on Vimeo.

Aurora Robson aurorarobson.com
Emilia Dubicki emiliadubicki.com
DZIA dzia.be
Adonna Khare adonnak.com
Lorraine Roy lroyart.com
Hiroshi Watanabe hiroshiwatanabe.com
Darryl Cox, Jr. fusionframesnw.com
Nicole Dextras nicoledextras.com

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Fibre Art, Group Feature, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video

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