DRAW ART FAIR

24/03/2020

Happy birthday William Morris, born on this day in 1834.

21/03/2020

Out now: Guy Peppiatt Fine Art's new fully-llustrated catalogue ‘British Portrait and Figure Drawings’.

My new fully illustrated catalogue ‘British Portrait and Figure Drawings’ is now out and includes over 80 works by the likes of Hogarth, Thornhill, Hamilton, Gardner, Russell, H***e of Bath, Rowlandson, Nixon, Dighton, Bartolozzi, Romney, Wright of Derby, Dance, Downman, Wheatley, Sandby, Edridge, Harlow, Chinnery, de Wilde, Maclise, Blake, Richmond, Linnell, Varley, Mulready, Cristall, Constable, Bonington, Cox, Landseer, Wilkie, Hunt and Lewis. The catalogue will be on the website shortly- in the meantime, DM with an email address if you would like a pdf of it. We will be open by appointment during the exhibition so please contact me before visiting

21/03/2020

What to read first?

The online academic resource has long had ebooks and journals available without the need for a login.

19/03/2020

We've started a new chapter…

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Marie-Adèlaïde Castellas Moitte (1747-1807), “Seated Man Reading above Studies of Four Hands,” pen and black and brown ink. Gift of Charles Ryskamp in honor of Gertrude Dennis.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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17/03/2020

While we weigh up our journeys, here's the London Tube system as we will never see it in real life.

What lies beneath.

17/03/2020

Tate's Work of the Week is this 'dreamy charcoal creation by Paule Vézelay'… Paule Vézelay (1892-1934) was an active member of the Parisian avant-garde and a member of the group Abstraction-Création who exhibited in several significant exhibitions of non-figurative art in Europe in the 1930s. British artist, Paul Nash wrote in 1936 that Vézelay “contributed steadily to the modern movement.” England & Co represent the Estate of Paule Vézelay.

Work of the Week is a dreamy charcoal creation by Paule Vézelay, typical of her time spent in Paris. The work holds an otherworldly quality with its pure, spherical forms that float within a grainy grey. https://bit.ly/3cXEZRg

Paule Vézelay, Forms 1936, at Tate Modern.

17/03/2020

Drawing by Al Taylor (1948–1999)…

16/03/2020

The solar eclipse paintings of Howard Russell Butler precisely capture the colours of totality.

The Princeton University Art Museum is exhibiting the solar eclipse paintings of Howard Russell Butler, who precisely captured the colors of totality.

16/03/2020

Kara Walker's newest body of work, featuring former President Obama…

The Barack Obama-themed work is on view now in “Kara Walker: Drawings” at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York.

16/03/2020

Just what we need! You can search, read, and download Met Publications going back five decades for free on our website! 📚

: You can search, read, and download Met Publications going back five decades for free on our website! 📚

Check 'em out ⬇️
met.org/MetPubsFullText

15/03/2020

In 1946 Barbara Hepworth wrote, ‘I rarely make drawings for a particular sculpture… I do, however, spend whole periods of time entirely in drawing when I search for forms and rhythms and curvatures for my own satisfaction.’

In 1946 Barbara Hepworth wrote, ‘I rarely make drawings for a particular sculpture… I do, however, spend whole periods of time entirely in drawing when I search for forms and rhythms and curvatures for my own satisfaction.’

In this lithograph, Genesis, two circles are placed in relation to one another, like planets hanging in space, while the title alludes to the biblical story of the creation of the universe.

At this time space exploration was in the public consciousness, and Hepworth noted the year this was made: ‘We’ve all assimilated a great deal of scientific discovery – the sensation of space, as well as a new conception of the universe’.

***UPDATE***

To protect the health and wellbeing of our visitors, staff, artists and volunteers we have taken the decision to close The Hepworth Wakefield from 4pm on Wednesday 18 March until further notice. The Hepworth Wakefield Garden will remain open for people to enjoy.

hepworthwakefield.org/news/public-statement-about-closure/

Image: Genesis. 1969. Lithograph on paper. Presented by the artist’s daughters, Rachel Kidd and Sarah Bowness, through the Trustees of the Barbara Hepworth Estate and the Art Fund © Bowness. Photography Jerry Hardman-Jones

13/03/2020

One for Friday 13th…

"I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious."

"Cat's Serenade," around 1925–35, by Margaret Schloemann
http://ow.ly/RT8m30qoNYg