robert mc ginnis died this year, aged ninety-sumpfink ... he re-invented the seven-foot woman, and really could paint ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dorelia

the painter augustus john grew up in the street where i live ... he went to london and was succesful & became very well-known ... his companion for more than fifty years was born DOROTHY MCNEILL and she took good care of him ... she in turn was an inspiration to him and he made many drawings and paintings of her ... i've downloaded a few from the internet ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

etc, etc ... i will add some more when time allows ...

 

 

trump in red ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

another wine vessel from the zhou period ... this one from the smithsonian ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://asia-archive.si.edu/learn/for-educators/teaching-china-with-the-smithsonian/explore-by-object/square-lidded-ritual-wine-container-fangyi/

 

 

THIS IS A FANGYOU ... a bronze wine vessel fashioned and cast three thousand years ago in China ... the museum description says the panels show bird motifs ... my question is WHAT KIND OF BIRDS ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1963.103

artist's statements ... i s'pose curators need 'em as a kind of sustaining justification of art's value ... but you and i know that art MUST speak for itself after we've gone ... i'll be doing a very modest exhibition in a remote place this summer and this will be my statement ... framed nicely, of course ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... enuff said ... we all know that too much art doesn't really speak, it merely mutters & whimpers, &/or utters guttural nonsenses ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GLAMOROUS ACTRESS LINDEN TRAVERS PAINTED THIS PICTURE IN 1939 !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Travers

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeducJKJNbM

 

 

 

another handful of trump cards ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wimmin in white ... part XXI ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to be continued ... as & whenever new or old pictures are discovered ...