A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
The Modern Poster by Will Bradley (1895). A selection from the NYPL Digital Gallery. There’s more by the great Will Bradley (1868–1962) here. Abstract design based on peacock feathers by Maurice Verneuil (1900?). Pavo; Lophophorus (1834–1837). Elsewhere on { feuilleton } • The illustrators archive Previously on { feuilleton } • Rene Beauclair • Elizabetes … Continue reading “Peacocks”
Random browsing this week turned up some nice high-res photos of Harmony in Blue and Gold, as James Abbott McNeill Whistler named the room he decorated for Frederick R. Leyland in 1878. Leyland had bought one of Whistler’s paintings, La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine (1864), and architect Thomas Jeckyll was concerned that the … Continue reading “Whistler’s Peacock Room”
The Peacock Garden (1898) by Walter Crane. • “The trio [Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington & Kati Horna] became known as the ‘three witches’ for their exploration of the supernatural and metaphysical—which ranged…’from tarot readings to shamanic psychedelics to attempts to stop or slow time.’” Teresa Nowakowski on Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, an exhibition of Varo’s … Continue reading “Weekend links 687”
The Snow Queen (1916) by Harry Clarke. • “…blogging remains my favourite format precisely because the writing so rarely feels like labour. Liberated from the need to pitch an idea or wield credentials, blogging—for a professional writer—frees you up to address topics outside your perceived expertise. It feels like a leisure activity because it’s leisurely—a ramble … Continue reading “Weekend links 653”
Heptu Bidding Farewell to the City of Obb (1909). Another of those paintings that provide a link between 19th-century art and 20th-century fantasy illustration. Scotland isn’t a nation commonly associated with Symbolist painting, or with what The Studio magazine called “mystic subjects” when writing about John Duncan’s painting of Heptu on her hippogriff. There were … Continue reading “The art of John Duncan, 1866–1945”