Käthe Kollwitz. Peasant War print 3: Whetting the Scythe, 1905.Even without the title or knowing the whole radical revolutionary series this comes from, I think anyone can see instantly and exactly what she meant here.#Etching #Painting
Ilya Repin. What Freedom!, 1903.Mastery of realism aside, I took this painting very differently and more cynically than he apparently meant it, which was as a legitimate celebration at the end of graduation exams. Anyway considering the coming Revolution, I like my interpretation even better.#Painting
Tamara de Lempicka. La Belle Rafaëla, 1927."The painting that defined Art-Deco." I don't actually believe that but she had excellent marketing. What it is, is a modern reclamation of the odalisque from the male gaze. Supposedly this was her lover. But then... She had excellent marketing.#Painting
And it’s done, my first stylized painting after all those Bob Ross tutorials. I tried really hard to to focus on the quality of my brushstrokes and not to overwork this piece. My success in the regard is debatable. Two Foxes under an Orange Sky9” by 12”Lightfast gouache paint on Arches 100% cotton paper#painting #art #gouache #watercolor #landscape
