Category Archives: Art

Art Du Jour

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: George Washington Lambert, The Sonnet, c.1907 Related More Lamberts in my Ladies of the AGNSW gallery. Donald of 2Blowhards was a Lambert fan.

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Art Du Jour

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Frank Frazetta’s cover for Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Click on the image to enlarge. Related Three erotic Tarzans. Fabrizio on the 80s movie adaptation of KING SOLOMON’S MINES.

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Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Source. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Who Needs Architects?

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A few weeks ago, inspired by the book Buildings Without Architects, I put together a number posts about vernacular architecture. That book was no doubt inspired by another, Bernard Rudofsky’s Architecture Without Architects. Have any of you read it? I … Continue reading →

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Pulp Du Jour

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A book published by the excellent Hard Case Crime, art by Ron Lesser. Author Lester Dent was also the inventor of the Master Pulp Fiction Plot.

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Juxtaposin’: Merry Companies

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Art Du Jour

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Gustave Doré, “The Deluge,” 1866. Hi-res copy here. H/T Glynn Marshes. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales: Australians

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: More AGNSW pictures, this one focusing on the museum’s works by Australian artists. (I’m using a loose definition: artists who were either born or died or spent a substantial part of their lives in Australia.) I was … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Talbot-Lago T150. Related 12 Streamlined Rides from the Age of Art Deco.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales: Europeans

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Another batch of paintings from my visit to the AGNSW, this one focusing on European and British artists. I’m particularly fond of Strutt’s coolly triumphal David’s First Victory, the barely suppressed sexuality under the surface of Sallé’s … Continue reading →

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