the new emotional blackmailer's handbook

... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Rubens' Danza Aldeanos ... one of his best, i think ...

when rubens died, the king of spain sent his ambassador to rubens house to buy the best of the paintings rubens had kept, and this one was s...

giandomenico tiepolo ... handy with a brush !

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-giovanni-domenico-tiepolo-venise-1727-1804-le-christ-5097694/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5097694...

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Pichi & Avo ... where street art and classical sculpture images mesh ... more of a montage than a palimpsest ...

Friday, March 5, 2021

giuseppe castiglione ... jesuit lay brother and brilliant draughtsman ... arrived in china 1715

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44632 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Castiglione_(Jesuit_painter) the ten prized d...

Saturday, February 20, 2021

beatrice ( bridgit ) elvery ... later lady glenavy ... pupil and friend of william orpen

orpen's portrait of "bridgit" ... she was quite a fashionable artist, too ... unashamedly chocolate-boxy but consistently sw...

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Hurrah for mark tansey ... scrutineer, analyst, painter and miracle piss-taker !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tansey http://www.amyscott.com/mark_tansey.htm https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/con...

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