Art
Jean-Antoine Watteau: The Music Lesson
Painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau: The Music Lesson Elegant Oil Painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1719 Prints may be ordered at www.jean-antoine-watteau.org
Fray Juan Bautista Maino: Adoration of the Magi
This is a page from my old childhood book (I didn’t make the pencil mark–my little brother did). Click on photo to enlarge image. Fray Juan Bautista Maino was born in Toledo, Spain in 1569, and died in 1649. He was a Dominican brother, was befriended by the Court Painter Diego Velásquez, and was a [...]
Art World Idiocy Just Keeps Getting More Ridiculous
For those with short attention-spans, the Tate museum has a gimmick: Runners Sprint Past Tate Artwork. Granted, it would behoove one to run as fast as possible past most contemporary art.
Les Rouges de Mars, by M-J de Mesterton, The Rock Painter
Oil Painting copyright M-J de Mesterton, The Rock Painter, 2007 Courtesy of Andrew Gellatly, Curator
Miscreants and Art-World Idiots Seek to Legitimize Vandalism
Graffiti on the property of others amounts to theft, since the respective property-owner has to pay big bucks to remove the blight. Here’s yet another infuriating bunch of candy-coated clowns who are trying to excuse and valorize this wretched, wasteful “art” form: The International Herald Tribune features a show of graffiti at the Tate–another nihilistic [...]
The Rock Painter
Mystic Rock, Stone and Crystal Paintings Since 1975 The Rock Painter Mystic Painter M-J de Mesterton
Charles Stokes, Innovative Artist and Instructor, Dies
Charles Stokes, one of my instructors at Cornish School, has passed away in Manhattan. He had bladder cancer in 1975, and survived. I thought it was from working with cadmium red oil paint. No wonder his work was mostly in acrylics, gouache, and watercolor. Charles Stokes produced and edited the hilarious Cornish Game Hen, our [...]
Oriental Rugs and Carpets
Oriental Rug Terminology >~~Abrash: this term refers to a random change in a particular color seen on a rug’s surface. This happens by chance and becomes more evident with age. It is often due to slightly different batches of wool, dye or because slightly different techniques were employed in the creation of the dye. Abrash [...]
Fray Juan Bautista Maino: Adoration of the Magi
This is a page from my old childhood book (I didn’t make the pencil mark–my little brother did). Click on photo to enlarge image. Fray Juan Bautista Maino was born in Toledo, Spain in 1569, and died in 1649.He was a Dominican brother, was befriended by the Court Painter Diego Velásquez, and was a tutor [...]
