DAILY ART FIX: Well-Preserved Tudor Wall Paintings Discovered Beneath Plaster at Medieval Manor

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Restorers discovered floor-to-ceiling paintings behind plaster in a bedroom at the Calverley Old Hall in Yorkshire.

During restoration, workers in Yorkshire, England, discovered 16^th-century floor to ceiling paintings hidden under 19^th-century plaster.

“Never in my own 27 years of working in historic buildings have I ever witnessed a discovery like this,” writes Keay in a blog post. “Hidden paneling, yes, little snatches of decorative painting, once or twice. But an entire painted chamber absolutely lost to memory, a time machine to the age of the Reformation and the Virgin Queen, never.”

Experts are now working to preserve the floor-to-ceiling paintings (essentially Tudor wallpaper), which feature mythical creatures and climbing vines in red, white and black. Painted in the exaggerated grotesque style, the artwork is patterned after designs—inspired by the Golden House of Roman Emperor Nero—that became popular in England during the 16th century.

Read the full article here: SMITHSONIAN – Well-Preserved Tudor Wall Paintings Discovered Beneath Plaster at Medieval Manor

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DAILY ART FIX: FAVORITE PAINTINGS OF ART CRITIC JERRY SALTZ

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These days, there are few professionals who matter less than art critics. Jerry Saltz has made a career of it at least, and dispenses opinions on art that range from the insightful to the inane. Saltz’s writings come across like he’s his own biggest fan, but we all have moments of that. In this article, Saltz discusses some of his favorite paintings to look at in New York.  

Florine Stettheimer “The Cathedrals of Fifth Avenue” (1931) Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paint as cake frosting; color as shimmering cellophane. This hallucination of a wedding procession on a red carpet spilling out of a department store raises shopping to a batty rite of passage.

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Fresco wall painting in a cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 40–30 b.c.; Late Republica, Roman. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Looking at the impeccably proportioned frescos adorning this Pompeian bed chamber puts the lie to the fallacy that perspective was invented in Florence in around 1414. Terraced buildings and intricate courtyards rendered in near perfect perspective produce full-on spatial illusions. The Romans had perspective; they just weren’t that into it.

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Jasper Johns “Flag” (1954-55) Museum of Modern Art

In 1954 the 26-year old Jasper Johns said, “I dreamed I painted the American Flag.” Then he did! The psychic content of this uncanny, sensuous, cerebral work is the simultaneous inclusiveness. . .  of America but also the ways Johns was an outsider to this openness. The painting, made with encaustic (a medium used by the ancient Egyptians to embalm their dead), is a Betsy Ross moment of modern art; something generations have pledged artistic allegiance to.

See the full list here: ARTNET – A GRAND TOUR by Jerry Saltz

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DAILY ART FIX: Video- Bringing Museum Dioramas to Life

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When I was growing up, I was fascinated by the elaborate dinosaur and nature dioramas at the Smithsonian Institute museums in Washington, DC. I returned there several years ago and was horrified that all those compelling, beautiful displays seem to have been removed. However, per this 2012 video, the museum diorama is not a lost art.

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DAILY ART FIX: 7 YEARS OF DAILY DRAWING TURNED INTO 2,500-PAGE BOOK

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Ruben Steeman’s “2,500 Days of Rust”

One of my mottos in art and life is persistence is key. Ruben Steeman persistently drew, then persisted to collect the works into an unlikely book.

Ruben Steeman has been posting one drawing per day for seven years on his website. When he reached the unbelievable amount of 2,500 drawings he decided to put them all in a book. Despite several publishers telling it would be impossible to print and publish it he wasn’t put off but remained focused and driven. He crowd funded his project and in the course of time found a book binder and managed to pull it through.

Read the full article here: ART SHEEP – 7 YEARS OF DAILY DRAWING TURNED INTO 2,500-PAGE BOOK

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DAILY ART FIX – 10 Thanksgiving-Themed Works of Art to Celebrate Turkey Day

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Norman Rockwell “Freedom from Want”

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful our eyes are being opened, all around the world, even if what we are seeing means we have much difficult work to do.

Enjoy these Thanksgiving images gathered by the Observer.

Grandma Moses “Catching the Thanksgiving Turkey”

Joseph Delaney “Macy’s Parade”

See the full article here: OBSERVER – 10 Thanksgiving-Themed Works of Art to Celebrate Turkey Day

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DAILY ART FIX: List of 10 Finest (Surviving) Examples of Byzantine Art

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“Christ Pantocrator” Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

The Roman Empire travelled east and survived as the Byzantine Empire for 1,000 years. This list depicts the glory of some of their enduring Orthodox artworks.

Byzantine art refers to a distinct artistic style that flourished during the period of the Byzantine Empire (c. 330 – 1453). Its influence, however, survived the fall of the Empire and extended beyond the territories controlled by the Byzantines. Particularly influential in Orthodox countries including Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, Byzantine art also left a deep mark on Western Europe, most notably Renaissance Italy.

Read the full article here: ARTLISTS – List of 10 Finest (Surviving) Examples of Byzantine Art

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DAILY ART FIX: William Baziotes, Painter

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William Baziotes

America painter (June 11, 1912 – June 6, 1963)

“It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.” – William Baziotes

William Baziotes “Amorphous Forms”

William Baziotes “Night”

William Baziotes “The Butterflies of Leonardo da Vinci”

William Baziotes “Desert Animal”

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DAILY ART FIX: 7 Films About Art to Cozy Up With This Fall

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Documentaries, horror, and romances, there are all sorts of art based movies to enjoy this autumn-including one featuring a favorite artist of mine.

The documentary Philip Guston: A Life Lived (1980) began filming in 1971 at Guston’s Woodstock, NY studio and continued through his last retrospective in 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The artist died that same year. In 2020 a handful of museums including the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Fine Art, Boston came under fire for postponing a long-planned Guston exhibition due to the controversial nature of his Ku Klux Klan imagery. This film triumphs over censorship and offers the chance to catch up on a recent scandal.

See the full list here: ART & OBJECT – 7 Films About Art to Cozy Up With This Fall

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DAILY ART FIX: New Painting “Ladies Who Lunch”

Completed in November 2021

Richard Bledsoe “Ladies Who Lunch” acrylic on canvas 24″ x 36″

I work from visions I receive. Since my earliest artistic fascinations were linked to dinosaurs, they often appear in my paintings as powerful symbols.

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DAILY ART FIX: The Art of Memes 3

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