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Interesting or favourite art

Alice-nice-Alice

This is a curious illustration from a poetry book published in the 1920s, the illustrator is Harry Clarke who I hadn’t heard of before. It is to my mind in the same genre as Audrey Beardsley. Some of his others in the book are in colour and most attractive, it reminds me of that group of artist what Id call faerie art. Im not an expert in art but given that poetry is my thing Ive bought the book second hand, it is called The Year’s at the Spring, it is an anthology of popular poetry from that time. I found it as I was looking for more of Alice Meynell’s poetry and she is one of the contributors.  

Id be interested to see what art appeals to others. On the advice of another member the file is a screenshot of the larger image, so small enough to upload, hence its lack of resolution  

Alice

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  • I'd never heard of Harry Clark before, but I like the picture you posted and I like Aubrey Beardley too, there are some pottery works called the fairy pattern, but naturally I can't find them, but they're very beautiful and vibrant and quite valuable.

    I'm not a fan of pop art or cartoon styles, or much modern art to be honest. There's also a difference in what I'd like to see in a gallery and what I'd want to live with, I love Carravagio, but I'm not sure I could live with his art, Van Gough I could, I quite like the Pre-Raphelites too, they're more livable with, but a bit over done.

    I like watercolours of landscapes, but not to wishy washy, but I'm not a fan of acrylics, somehow to me the pigments look wrong.

    I did try and do art for several years, but gave it up as I just didn't improve and couldn't get what was in my head out into the world, the only media I've ever found artistic satisfaction from was hairdressing, when a combination of cut and colour created a living sculpture. I used to love working with chalk pastels, I could have a rack of chalk pastels as an art instalation as well as one of those circular racks of embrodery threads I think the colours attract me the most.

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  • I'd never heard of Harry Clark before, but I like the picture you posted and I like Aubrey Beardley too, there are some pottery works called the fairy pattern, but naturally I can't find them, but they're very beautiful and vibrant and quite valuable.

    I'm not a fan of pop art or cartoon styles, or much modern art to be honest. There's also a difference in what I'd like to see in a gallery and what I'd want to live with, I love Carravagio, but I'm not sure I could live with his art, Van Gough I could, I quite like the Pre-Raphelites too, they're more livable with, but a bit over done.

    I like watercolours of landscapes, but not to wishy washy, but I'm not a fan of acrylics, somehow to me the pigments look wrong.

    I did try and do art for several years, but gave it up as I just didn't improve and couldn't get what was in my head out into the world, the only media I've ever found artistic satisfaction from was hairdressing, when a combination of cut and colour created a living sculpture. I used to love working with chalk pastels, I could have a rack of chalk pastels as an art instalation as well as one of those circular racks of embrodery threads I think the colours attract me the most.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I agree about that difference in the art I enjoy in galleries and that which I live with. My favourite all time gallery display is (if it is still displayed correctly) the Seagram Murals by Mark Rothko at Tate Modern, I saw it the original Tate at Millbank, then when they came to Liverpool, then again at Bankside during a lockdown gap. For our home it is art generally by local artists in more traditional styles, eg watercolour landscapes, a few acrylic and mixed media pieces and notably a series done by an artist to accompany the launch of one of my books, but if I tell you more it will give my identity away.  Im very interested in the Bloomsbury Group but try as I will I can’t connect with the post impressionist “lite” type pieces, thinking Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry.