ART, Some Illustrations by; Harry W. Whanslaw

ART, Some Illustrations by;
Harry W. Whanslaw

I don't usually show illustrations, especially children's illustrations, but these particular ones I quite like, they are so much a product of their time.

They are drawn by one of the key personalities behind the formation of The Guild (The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild), Harry W.Whanslaw, usually known as 'Whanny'.

As well as being an inspiration to the puppet world, (which is how he is usually remembered), he was one of the most prolific illustrators of books in the early twentieth century; and these rather nice illustrations come from a little book called THE EVER- EVER LAND, by Richard Wilson, printed in 1932, in London.

One of Whannys  most significant works was the ‘Chatterbox Annual’, also published in 1923.

It contained some of his illustrations under the title ‘The Toy That Never Grows Old’. The popularity of this led to the publication of the book that inspired so many model theatre enthusiasts, ’Everybody’s Theatre’.

This man is a virtual unknown outside of the puppet world, (where he is revered) and that is a bit of a shame. Some of his illustrations are perfect examples of the simple shapes and bold colours typical of the  decorative style of his period.

Poetry Wednesday; The Circus, illustrations

A cover to the circus series.

A variety of paintings from different artists which all share the theme 'CIRCUS'

Art Sunday; Tamara Adams, illustrations

Tamara Adams is a young, contemporary, self-taught artist who believes she inherited her talent from her grandfather. Some of her earliest memories are of visiting her grandfather's studio where he painted and taught art classes. It was he who encouraged her to develop her art.

Picture Perfect, Seasonal, illustrations

Late afternoon sky, muted colours with mist rising from the water

Ferguson collection, Scottish witches illustrations

Part of my Halloween series.
John Ferguson (1837-1916), Regius Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow from 1874-1915, is best remembered for his Bibliotheca chemica, Glasgow, 1906, which is a standard tool for every investigation in the history and bibliography of chemistry. Ferguson was a keen book collector and in 1921 an important section of his private library was bought by the University of Glasgow. This consisted of over 7000 books and some 300 manuscripts. Most of the books in the Ferguson collection are on chemistry and alchemy, but there are important smaller groups of books, such as those on
magic and witchcraft,gypsies, astrology,
Rosicrucians and Cabbalism.

Henry Fuseli, paintings, illustrations

Part of the Halloween series
Henry Fuseli was born at Zürich in Switzerland on February 7, 1741,
died, April 16, 1825 in London

Tam O' Shanter, illustrations

Part of the Halloween series
John Faed
(1820- 1902)
Print Year: 1892
Title: Tam O'Shanter and the Witches
Illustration to the poem of Robert Burns

picture perfect; favourite, reflections, photos

This is a set of photos I took one day a couple of weeks ago. It had been raining very heavily the day before and there were large deep puddles left at the bust station. I took my granddaughter to the beach and once there every thing was reflecting in the wet sans as the sea receded.

Art Sunday; Anna Pavlova, illustrations

Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova (1882-1931) was possibly the most famous ballerina of all time. She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 31, 1882, the only child of a very, very poor Russian family.

Art Sunday, John Lavery, illustrations

SIR JOHN LAVERY
(1856 - 1941) painter
Born Belfast

Poetry Wednesday, William Blake, illustrations

read the Blog here

http://forgetmenot525.multiply.com/journal/item/172/Poetry_Wednesday_William_Blake

Art Sunday, Hill and Adamson, the photographs

These are some of the early photographic images of hill and adamson

Poetry Wednesday, To Autumn

Paintings by Connie Tom , contemporary American artist painting in the style of the Hudson River Painters.

The Paintings shown here are from

http://connietom.com/

And this is Connie Tom’s own Blog

http://connietom.com/blog

Art Sunday; Sir Henry Raeburn

Poetry Wednesday, when earths last picture is painted

This is taken from the following web site;

http://www.scottishartpaintings.co.uk/showArtist.asp?aId=50


The Artists web page can be found here;

http://www.ianelliot.com/

IAN ELLIOT


Ian Elliot was born in Glasgow in1946. He attended Glasgow School of Art in 1964 but even prior to this he had won several medals for modern art Scottish paintings.
When he left the Glasgow School of Art he initially took up a career teaching modern art and eventually became Head of Modern Art at a large Glasgow school. He then decided to focus full time on painting contemporary art and became a working artist.
In 2003 he was a finalist of International Artist magazine for his Landscape painting.

His paintings are often inspired by his visits to the Scottish farmlands, Tuscany and Mallorca. He is quoted as saying

“Traveling extensively throughout the Scottish farmlands, an endless fascination for the Tuscan countryside and regular visits to me pied a terre on the Island of Mallorca have provided me with an endless land and seascape material creating a fusion of shimmering colours, distinctive buildings of the land, and abstract expressionistic vistas.”

Art Sunday, Cross Dressing, Joan of Ark, Rossetti

Joan of Arc, and other Rossetti paintings
kissing the Sword of Deliverance,
1863
Dante Charles Gabriel Rossetti


For a while there I thought I wouldn't be doing Art Sunday and then I changed my mind. Here is the greatest cross dresser of all time
JOAN OF ARC.

A very short Art Sunday this week, for lots of reasons and it is the last one that will be open to the public. I have never restricted viewing to any of my posts before but I think the time has come to be a little more careful about who can and who cannot view what I post. In future, starting next week, every Art Sunday, or any other Art and image based post, posted by me, will only be viewable by my immediate contacts. This probably include poetry Wednesday as well because I usually use lots of images to illustrate the poem.

PLEASE..........if you normally participate in Art Sunday or Poetry Wednesday, or if you just come by to check out these posts, send an invite and become my contact.
thank you

Book of Kells

Hand drawn and painted by Monks around the year 800, thought to originate from Iona Monastery and later transferred to Kells in Ireland.

Paintings of Denise Findlay, contemporary Scottish Artist.

Denise Findlay: Scottish contemporary art, artist and paintings

Born in 1973, Denise Findlay graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. Denise was elected as an artist member of the Glasgow Art Club in 1997.

Denise Findlay has received many awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award which she has won three times. She has also received the Arnold Clark Award, awarded by The Paisley Art Institute and was runner up to the Aspect Prize also awarded by The Paisley Art Institute.

Focusing on the human form, Denise Findlay describes her work as “Expressionist, semi-abstract and very colourful”.

Her contemporary drawings and paintings have been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally at numerous well known art galleries with great success. Denise Findlay’s work can be found in many public and private contemporary art collections including that of HRH the Prince of Wales.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Denise Findlay artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Art Sunday, Signs and hidden meanings

These are the Napoleon paintings to go with the blog

Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792).

detail of interior design

Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792).
Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer, noted for his almost obsessive attention to DETAIL.