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February 2011 - page 5

DORA MAAR – PICASSO'S MUSE

in Muses in a Surreal World by

A constant influence in Picasso’s life was the painter Dora Maar, with whom he had a parallel relationship (the closest was in 1930’s). She featured as his Muse in most of his Abstract Works and was responsible for documenting his most famous work “Guernica.” After the liberation of France, Pablo Picasso fell in love with a French art student, Francois Gilot.
Twenty-six years younger than Picasso, Maar was close to the surrealists. Her face and hands fascinated not only Picasso but also the photographer Man Ray, who took her picture several times.

When Picasso abandoned Maar for another woman in 1945, she had a nervous breakdown and became a recluse.

Photo of Dora Maar (1936) by Man Ray.

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GEORGES DE FEURE ~ THE VOICE OF EVIL

in Passion Of Art by

“The voice of Evil” 1895 by Georges de Feure

Georges de Feure (real name Georges Joseph van Sluÿters, 6 September 1868 – 26 November 1943) was a French painter, theatrical designer, and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles.
De Feure was born in Paris. His father was an affluent Dutch architect, and his mother was Belgian.

This paining is the representation of puritanism of that time.
According to this vision all evil was sexual.
On this painting you can see a woman feeling attracted to lesbian love:
the voice of evil.

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HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC ~ ON NEWNESS IN ART

in Passion Of Art by

In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new.. they see their value and their justification in this newness. They are deceiving themselves.. novelty is seldom the essential. This has to do with one thing only.. making a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

Photo Maurice Guibert (1893)

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PAPETY ~ THE DREAM OF HAPPINESS

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

The Dream of Happiness

Dominique Louis Papety (1815-1849)

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DESTINY ~ POEM BY ALYSSA AGAS

in My Artist Friends ~ and their creations.../Uncategorized by

Destiny

Unexpectedly two worlds collide

One look and theres a bridge

‘The strongest heartbeat

Suddenly felt in no time


Wouldn’t it be enough

that you’ll never be hurt anymore

Your eyes are revealing you

screaming words of love


Both fervently wishing

may it be in north or south

It will always end with you

and I’ll always end in your arms


I want to hear those words

those words that your eyes

are shouting to mine

And as your fortress

I will be the one to save you


We are always asking

where we’ll be going;

Barefooted and dazzled, to you

I’m brought by destiny’s storm


Why don’t you tell me

All you want to; don’t let the wind

carry those long waited words

I’m always beside you to listen.


Alyssa V. Agas

Painting Ivan Aivazovsky

A Strong Wind

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FREUD ~ DREAMING; INSANITY OR HAPPINESS?

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

Sigmund Freud established a direct connection between dreams and insanity, between the symbolic visions of our sleep and the symbolic actions of the mentally deranged.

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

JOHN SINGER SARGENT ~ CASHMERE SHAWL

in Highlights and Reflections by

“Cashmere Shawl” 1910 by John Singer Sargent
American 1856 – 1925

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PAUL DELVAUX ~ ON SURREALISM

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

Surrealism! What is Surrealism? In my opinion, it is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.

PAUL DELVAUX, lecture, 1966

“The Man in the Street”

Paul Delvaux

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

EDGAR ALLAN POE ~ IMMORTAL DREAMS

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Edgar Allan Poe

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EDGAR ALLAN POE ~ DYING

“I felt that my senses were leaving me. The sentence, the dread sentence of death, was the last of distinct

EDGAR ALLAN POE ~ DREAMLAND

DREAMLAND By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black

HENRY JAMES ~ ON PASSION OR MADNESS OF ART

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

Portrait of Henry James

“We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have, Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task, The rest is the madness of art.?”

Henry James

Henry James (1843-1916) , noted American-born English essayist, critic, and author of the realism movement wrote The Ambassadors (1903), The Turn of the Screw (1898), and The Portrait of a Lady (1881).

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