It’s inevitable, as summer has ended this has to be the Fall Flickr.

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

I found a new venue this week, Sato Sakura at 501 West 20th Street, just past Tenth Avenue.  As the name indicates it’s a Gallery specializing in Japanese art similar to Ronin Gallery with whom they have a partnership. This exhibit, Animals: An Enduring Tradition, is filled with the woodblock prints I enjoy. Ronin has reopened at its new location on 40th Street and I expect to visit them in the near future.  When I first put together this post there were only a few images on Sato’s website which you can visit here. https://www.satosakuragallery.com/current-exhibition Consequently I had to search the web to find images I wanted to show. Subsequently though I discovered that Ronin Gallery has all the images on their website which you can see here. https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/animals-an-enduring-tradition#prodList  It was a splendid exhibit as you’ll see when you click on the links below.

Koson Ohara - Reclining Tiger – In repose but staring intently.
https://www.art.com/products/p24618504608-sa-i7932839/koson-ohara-reclining-tiger.htm

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, - Giant Snow Cat – Ladies at play.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzuzTV3XcAAw0pb.jpg

Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Triptych: The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu – Monsters playing to a rather oblivious audience.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Triptych--The-Earth-Spider-Generates-Mon/B09F6748402621B6

Utagawa Kunisada - Watonai [Watonai Riding a Tiger
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/utagawa-kunisada-1786-1865-5316649-details.aspx

Keisai Eisen - Tiger and Full Moon – I love images of the moon.
https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/images/sc222519.jpg

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - A Moonlight Scouting Patrol – Very colorful, I love the depiction of the warriors armor and another moon.
https://data.ukiyo-e.org/famsf/images/5050161212810013.jpg

Tsukioka Yoshitosi - Bunbuku Chagama of Morinji Temple or The Lucky tea kettle of Morin – The link has an explanation of the story behind the image.
https://calisphere.org/item/a060472385b434032e3d530b1ab6357d/

Utagawa Hiroshige – Mandarin Ducks – Hiroshige and Hokusai are my favorite artists of this genre. Several examples below of Hiroshige. There was only one Hokusai and I was pleased when I discovered the Ronin links to it as prior to that I couldn’t find the image anywhere.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Hiroshige_%281838%29_Two_mandarin_ducks.jpg

Utagawa Hiroshige - Shimadai and Ainame Fish
https://data.ukiyo-e.org/met/images/DP123585.jpg

Utagawa Hiroshige - New Year's Eve foxfires at the changing tree, Oji,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiroshige,_New_Year%27s_Eve_foxfires_at_the_changing_tree,_Oji,_1857.jpg

Utagawa Hiroshige - Asakusa ricefields and torinomachi festival  - I absolutely love that cat.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiroshige,_Asakusa_ricefields_and_torinomachi_festival,_1857.jpg

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/artist-woodblock-japanese-prints-online/utagawa-hiroshige-1797-1858-108/58159

Hokusai - Camel
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/animals-an-enduring-tradition/camel

In other art news.

If you want to see another 40-50 beautiful Japanese woodblock prints click on the Sotheby’s link below. It’s an online auction so I won’t be able to go there to view them. The link takes you to the first item, then you can use the arrow to the right to move through them until you come to objects which is the end of the prints section. On some of the pages are multiple prints which you can see by clicking on the thumbnail icons on the left which enlarges them. The bulk are by my two favorites, Hokusai and Hiroshige. I really wish these had been on display at the gallery.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/fine-japanese-art/katsushika-hokusai-1760-1849-edo-period-19th

This isn’t art news and it’s completely off topic but I confess it tickled me.

Simone Biles throws out the first pitch at the World Series but first she does a back flip with a twist. Not only can't I do that, I don't think I could reach home plate with the ball. https://youtu.be/a-9V_IB55K0

And now let’s see what’s on at the Flickrs.

Andy G.

Mummy's Sissy Doll

https://www.flickr.com/photos/155197071@N05/48769038317/

Light Blue Floral Dress

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134008694@N07/48773206326/

Help (Beatles)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55377997@N05/48769317333/

P1070604

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmorgan1978/48761104923/

Showing legs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cecilia_sand/15513238682/

2D6_19703a

https://www.flickr.com/photos/janetsexy77/48762344977/

2019-04-10-02-11-38-225

https://www.flickr.com/photos/156950022@N04/33701503338/

pink satin

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/9343938666/

Minnie Maid Petra

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maidpetra/32348640087/

CherryTart

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13782433@N03/5603107063/

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

I visited Christie’s this week for their European and Old Masters auction previews. No blockbusters although there were several paintings with estimates in the multi-millions. Also, lots of followers of, school of, after, circle of, manner of and studio of. But there are always nice things to see and I’ll show some below.

These are links showing results for all the auctions.

Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
https://www.christies.com/old-master-paintings-and-28302.aspx?lid=1&dt=311020191117&saletitle=

Old Masters: Property from a Private Collection
https://www.christies.com/old-masters-property-from-28684.aspx?lid=1&dt=311020191117&saletitle=

European Art Part I
https://www.christies.com/european-art-part-i-28306.aspx?lid=1&dt=311020191117&saletitle=

European Art Part II
https://www.christies.com/european-art-part-ii-28305.aspx?lid=1&dt=311020191117&saletitle=

Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, and Studio - The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane – Titian was the biggest name in the auction and this was estimated at $1.5-2M, low because it’s with his studio and not just by the master himself. Still it exceeded the estimate selling for $2.415M
https://tinyurl.com/y6gkugvu

Jan Steen - The glass of wine – So many of Steen’s paintings are rather bawdy while this is more sedate. From the long lot essay at the link, “Situated within an ornately decorated interior, this painting initially presents a scene of genteel, harmonious life, a contrast to the more boisterous and bawdier atmosphere of some of Steen’s other works.”
https://tinyurl.com/y4a6vu4x

Salomon van Ruysdael - A wooded landscape with cattle, carriages on a track and an inn, a church beyond – I really love these landscapes as well as those painted by his nephew Jacob.
https://tinyurl.com/y655r6hj

Jan Breughel II - A wicker basket of roses, peonies, tulips and other flowers with a silver gilt tazza and flowers and a butterfly and other insects on a stone ledge strewn with carnations – All the Brueghel’s painted beautiful pictures. The lot essay says this was a popular image as there are a number of other similar paintings by the artist, noting also that it’s possible Jan I was involved in its creation.  As occasionally happens this painting disappeared from the Christie’s website but I found this image from a prior auction.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-wicker-basket-of-roses--peonies--tulip/E64E70FB72A77413

Hendrick Goltzius - Unequal Lovers – This is a wonderfully ugly and vulgar picture which the lot essay describes as a syphilitic man paying a prostitute.
https://tinyurl.com/yxwaj9c3 

Joseph Garibaldi - Vue de la Cathédrale d'Auxerre – An artist I’ve never encountered before and for whom there’s not much information available on the web. French painter of the 19th/20th Century. A picturesque painting reminiscent to me of the Venetian artists of the 18th Century. Another disappearing auction.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Vue-de-la-Cathedrale-d-Auxerre/7FEA45E095BD6F11

Jean-Léon Gérôme  - Markos Botsaris – This was one of the pricier paintings, estimated at $2.8-$3.8M and sold in the mid-range at $3.375M. I found it a really arresting portrait, it stopped me in my tracks as I came to it. According to the lot essay Botsaris was a an actual historical figure, the only known painting by Gerome of one. From the lot essay, “Botsaris, revered as a hero of the Greek War of Independence, died while leading a surprise counter-offensive against the Turkish army besieging Missolonghi in 1823.”
https://tinyurl.com/yyqzhc47

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - La Zingara – Corot only exhibited four portrait paintings during his lifetime although he painted many. During his lifetime he was renowned for his landscapes. This was another painting that caught my eye immediately as I was walking through the gallery.
https://tinyurl.com/yxa6cm5u

Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Proserpine – I think this must be the largest estimate in the auctions, $3-$5M and it sold for $3.495M. There’s a very long essay on the site which discusses the model, Jane Morris, who became Rosetti’s muse and who also carried on a long-term affair with him while married to William Morris. Also details on the Proserpine myth and the paintings provenance.
https://tinyurl.com/y52ef2fx

John Atkinson Grimshaw - Moonlight and Shadow – I’ll close with Grimshaw, someone I first discovered at the auctions. He has a very distinctive style and quite often painted moonlight and as I’ve said a number of times, I’m a sucker for the moon in a painting.
https://tinyurl.com/yyt9q947

In other art news.

I recently wrote about my visit to the Morgan Library and for those of you who have never visited I thought you would enjoy this virtual tour. I confess to not being thrilled with having the 20th Century addition grafted onto the 19th Century brownstone but I’ve come to terms with it. It’s a beautiful facility and they always have at least one brilliant exhibit on view.

https://www.insider.com/morgan-museum-and-library-tour-photos-art-collection-2019-10

Inside legendary financier JP Morgan's $900 million personal art collection, which has a hidden staircase, fake bookcases, and a secret vault

I’ve always loved Norman Rockwell. The American auctions are coming up in a few weeks and there will be Rockwell’s displayed which I look forward to seeing. If you click on the additional links in the article you’ll find more stories and pictures.  Especially in the final paragraph where there’s a link to a Smithsonian exhibition from 2010 with many images from the show which you can view in a slideshow. I visited the Newark museum once for an enormous exhibition which included all of his Saturday Evening Post covers.

15 things to know about Norman Rockwell

https://www.christies.com/features/15-things-to-know-about-Norman-Rockwell-8714-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-8714

The New England artist is best remembered for his images of an idealised America, yet his work was far more nuanced than is often understood

Now let’s visit the Flickrs.

Andy G.

MMM thinks PINK taffeta and LILAC sequins are a winning combination every time Oh YES !!!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/missmichaelamarbella/48664443531/

Sissy crossdresser

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149512189@N04/40283658353/

IMG_3087-2

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134316048@N06/36138058494/

DSCF5783

https://www.flickr.com/photos/donnalouise/17989176154/

Lucienne

https://www.flickr.com/photos/182126255@N08/48814566042/

This was as close as I managed.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cd_erica_f/49000141278/

Miranda

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephsdressingservice/48808214077/

(895)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124772931@N03/48748929676/

Tried a vintage dress. In polka dress

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbaumann/48771418113/

~Cigarette Girl

https://www.flickr.com/photos/meagancrickett/7539669846/

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

While it won’t arrive until the latter part of next month I consider winter to have arrived on Friday. Up until yesterday I’ve been able to go out in the mornings wearing just my flannel shirt as jacket, occasionally needing the hat and/or scarf. But Friday morning the temperature dropped into the 30’s and the high never broke 40 which convinced me it was time to bring down the winter coat. It was definitely chilly as to add to the temperature it was windy. While I’m hoping we still have a little temperate weather left to experience before the full brunt of winter descends, when I went out for my morning walk today it was 20 degrees. Not the trend I was hoping for but I suppose it could be worse, the Internet is full of threats of an arctic blast next week across the country. Although the forecast for my area is much more temperate.

At long last the Ronin Gallery has reopened and I visited it this week. It appears to me they must have moved to the new location strictly for a lower rent as the gallery is pretty much the same size if not smaller. It makes sense that 40th St. to the West of Fifth Avenue would be less expensive than 57th Street on Madison Avenue. But the gallery space isn’t particularly important, it’s what’s hanging on the walls and they had multiple prints from Hokusai and Hiroshige, my favorites. The name of this exhibit is, Iconic: Images of the Floating World. This is a link to the homepage and all the objects that were on view, https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world. It’s always an enjoyable visit as I can’t remember visiting the gallery when there was more than one other person looking at the art. I’ll probably go back next month for an exhibit devoted exclusively to Hiroshige. Below are some of the things I particularly enjoyed.

Hiroshige - Kingfisher and Hydrangea – Great depiction of the bird suspended in air looking for prey no doubt.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/kingfisher-and-hydrangea
 
Utamaro - Bullfinch and Scops Owl – Very inscrutable owl.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/bullfinch-and-scops-owl

Hokusai - Tsukudajima in Musashi Province
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/tsukudajima-in-musashi-province-9562

Hiroshige - Plum Garden at Kameido – Love the colors.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/plum-garden

Hiroshige - Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa – And I always love the full moon.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/night-view-of-eight-scenic-places-in-kanazawa

Hokusai - Distance View of Mt. Fuji as Seen from Senju Pleasure Quarter –
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/distance-view-of-mt-fuji-from-senju-pleasure-quarter

Hokusai - Roben Waterfall at Oyama in Sagami Province – Or Saturday night at the baths!
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/roben-waterfall-at-oyama-in-sagami-province

Hiroshige – Shono
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/shono

Hiroshige - Sudden Shower at Ohashi Bridge and Atake – Wonderful the way he depicts the rain coming down in sheets by thin lines rather than droplets.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/sudden-shower-at-ohashi-bridge-and-atake

Kuniyoshi - Minamoto no Tametomo Rescued by Tengu – A truly fierce sea monster. I think this and the octopus below are my favorites.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/minamoto-no-tametomo-rescued-by-tengu

Hokusai - The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife – Is she having erotic dreams about the octopus? Tentacles for every inch of her body.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/the-dream-of-the-fisherman-s-wife-female-diver-and-octopuses

Hokusai - A Cat, Two Mice and Two Young Lovers – Cat appears to have a look of disdain on its face and I love the mice.
https://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/iconic-images-of-the-floating-world/cat-views-young-naked-lovers-and-2-mice-making-love

In other art news.

This is video from Sotheby’s, just under six minutes, on the Audubon book they are auctioning. His birds are extraordinary, the New York Historical Society has a collection and had an ongoing exhibit for years.

How Audubon’s Birds of America Changed Natural History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_qDRpNwShI&feature=youtu.be

Below are several articles from Christie’s. A long one on Grant Wood and his American Gothic explaining the background of the painting and who the two people portrayed in the painting are. Then one on Matisse and one discussing Tiepolo’s Punchinello drawings. In previous emails I’ve discussed the Tiepolo’s, father and son, and I’ve seen the Punchinello drawings in the collections of the Met and the Morgan and they’re fun pieces of art

American Gothic — Grant Wood’s Midwestern mystery
https://www.christies.com/features/American-Gothic-A-Midwestern-mystery-10143-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-10143

Vibrancy, harmony, sensuality — The art of Henri Matisse
https://www.christies.com/features/Guide-to-Henri-Matisse-9680-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9680

5 minutes with... Giandomenico Tiepolo’s Punchinello drawings 
https://www.christies.com/features/A-rare-group-of-Tiepolo-Punchinello-drawings-10181-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-10181

Now let’s Flickr.

Andy G.

7 yr old hypnotized Robbie wants makeup

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152257565@N08/48917112842/

my legs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130960247@N03/48336092566/

Some shots in Chinese costumes

https://www.flickr.com/photos/im-cindy/48617701813/

kayeejiang20190910goboulangerie

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jiang-kayee-asian-femdoll/48713765171/

IMG_7157

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28276062@N02/29058025794/

Merry Christmas_♥︎_♥︎_♥︎

https://www.flickr.com/photos/saki_75153/44617251570/

3I0A8486

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mumu_js/48499915931/

DSC_0051

https://www.flickr.com/photos/44815144@N07/7967226290/

Wishing everybody a beautiful weekend!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/158274655@N05/48114930363/

queen in more ways than one

https://www.flickr.com/photos/52912530@N04/48835716832/

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

I visited Christie’s for their Impressionist auction preview on Monday of last week. This auction had a number of big-ticket items from Picasso and Magritte and lots of very attractive paintings. I’ll copy some below.

Here are three links to results from the auction.

Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
https://www.christies.com/impressionist-and-modern-art-28308.aspx?lid=1&dt=121120190417&saletitle=

Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
https://www.christies.com/Impressionist-and-Modern-Art-28310.aspx?lid=1&dt=141120191123

Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper
https://www.christies.com/impressionist-and-modern-art-28309.aspx?lid=1&dt=121120190417&saletitle=

This is an article on the results from the auction. The evening sale, with the pricy pieces, had a 90% sell through and was considered a success although a number went below the low estimate. Three lots were withdrawn which is probably why some of the items I tried to link to didn’t come up.

A Record-Setting Futurist Sculpture by Umberto Boccioni Carried Christie’s Workmanlike $191 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale
https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-imp-mod-evening-1699710

Claude Monet - La maison de l'artiste à Giverny – Unlike previous auctions I’ve attended Monet was not the star, although his estimates were nothing to sneeze at. I thought this was the nicest but the other two were fine as well.
https://tinyurl.com/yx2b335t

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme dans un fauteuil (Françoise) – Picasso was well represented here with multiple paintings and sculptures. This was the star with an estimate between $12-$18M. It sold just above the low estimate $13.3M
https://tinyurl.com/y55zaw69

René Magritte - Le Sabbat – There are four Magritte paintings in the auction and two of them have very high estimates, this one $8-$12M. Once again the moon makes the painting for me. This went at the low end as well, $9.2M
https://tinyurl.com/yyelbd8h

René Magritte  - Le seize septembre – This was the big star of the auction selling for $19.6M when the estimate was between $7-10M. Very hard to view on the web as it’s so dark.
https://tinyurl.com/yx224mxn

Amedeo Modigliani - Beatrice Hastings assise – Another of his instantly recognizable portraits, this had an estimate of $6-$8M.  I’m sure this was a big disappointment for the owners as it went well below the estimate at $4.2M
https://tinyurl.com/y62cljxp

Gustave Caillebotte - Rive de la Seine au Petit-Gennevilliers – Only one painting by this artist but it’s a beautiful landscape depicting his new estate, acquired after selling off the family estate after the death of his mother.
https://tinyurl.com/y2dkqxox

Camille Pissarro - Le Pont-Neuf, après-midi de pluie, 1re série – Three Pissarro’s in this auction, all different and all wonderful. This very crowded urban scene, followed by a quiet landscape and finally a wonderful pastel drawing of a busy poultry market.
https://tinyurl.com/y2v78g8d

Camille Pissarro - Jardin et poulailler chez Octave Mirbeau, Les Damps – This was a big success selling at $10.3M while the estimate was $4-6M.
https://tinyurl.com/yxuyjqre

Camille Pissarro - Marché à la volaille, Pontoise
https://tinyurl.com/y4oux5h5

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Buste de jeune fille au ruban bleu – This is the only Renoir, but I think it’s a lovely, quality portrait of a budding young beauty.
https://tinyurl.com/y3acxgft

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) - Etable près de Dieppe II – There were three of his paintings in the auction, two oils and a watercolor. Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper was also on display and there were tons of his Tahitian drawings and etchings. He painted this when he returned to Paris after effectively abandoning his wife and children. Another great artist who was not an especially admirable man. I very much enjoy the colors and composition of this rural scene.
https://tinyurl.com/yyv3gu9r

Auguste Rodin - Buste de Suzon, réduction no 4 – Two splendid sculptures in the auction, both reduced versions of famous statues. Le Baiser or The Kiss is Rodin’s most famous work. Long essay on the website explains its origin from Dante’s tale of two doomed lovers in the Inferno. This did not sell.
https://tinyurl.com/y6ry5ahj

Auguste Rodin - Le Baiser, 1ère reduction – This went for $2.3M, above the $1.2-1.8M estimate. Another was offered at the Sotheby’s auction.
https://tinyurl.com/y2zb9o6f

Edward Hopper - Manhattan Bridge Entrance – I was very pleased that in a small gallery on an upper floor Christie’s hung several items from the upcoming American auction, one of which was this wonderful watercolor by Edward Hopper. One of the few he painted of New York between 1925 and 1928.
https://tinyurl.com/y5dyzfcl

Then on Monday of this week I walked up to Sotheby’s for their Impressionist auction preview. I forgot about the Veterans Day parade but was able to cross Fifth Avenue on 42nd Street before the parade started. I enjoyed the mild weather, eschewing the winter coat for my flannel shirt, all the more so since it was the last clement day we had before the cold weather returned. It was an enormous viewing, room after room of art, over 400 objects on display and I also wandered on the other floors where their Contemporary art preview was taking place, something I went through quickly. There were also samples of upcoming auctions, Old Masters in London and the American paintings next week. Below are some of the things I enjoyed, there really were too many to show. Between the two auctions I really saw a lot of wonderful things.

Here are the full results from Sotheby’s and two articles on the results as well.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-n10147.html

Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/impressionist-modern-art-day-n10148.html

https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-impressionist-modern-fall-2019-1701504

http://artdaily.com/news/118383/Monet-s--28-million--Charing-Cross-Bridge--leads-Sotheby-s--209-million-Impressionist---Modern-Art-Evening-Sale

Claude Monet - CHARING CROSS BRIDGE – Unlike Christie’s auction, Monet was the star here with this painting’s estimate at $20-$30M. Wonderful composition with the fog obscuring the sky but allowing some sun to be reflected off the water while the trains puff along the bridge. It lived up to its promise with a sale price of. $27.6M.
https://tinyurl.com/va8k6rg

Pablo Picasso – NUS – Picasso was well represented with a number of big-ticket items, this one having the highest presale estimate at $12-18M. It was a disappointment selling well below the low end at $9.9M
https://tinyurl.com/uqamvgf

Pablo Picasso - PORTRAIT DE LOLA, SOEUR DE L’ARTISTE – I like this portrait of his sister done when he was 19 or 20 years old.
https://tinyurl.com/tuf6pb2

GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE - RICHARD GALLO ET SON CHIEN DICK, AU PETIT-GENNEVILLIERS – This is a star painting with an estimate of $18-25M and deservedly so, one of the best paintings in the auction in my view.  It sold just above the low end at $19.7M
https://tinyurl.com/u9ykaqm 

René Magritte - LA LÉGENDE DES SIÈCLES – There were several Magritte’s in the auction with high estimates, all of which are enjoyable. This one tickled me.
https://tinyurl.com/s2o6eft

Remedios Varo - L'ÉCOLE BUISSONNIÈRE (HACIENDO NOVILLOS) – This is an artist I’ve never heard of but as soon as I saw this painting it put me in mind of Charles Addams. Rather like the art for the opening of the old Masterpiece Theater on PBS. Varo was a 20th Century Spanish surrealist who worked in Spain, France and Mexico. Interesting lady, this is a link to her page on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedios_Varo
https://tinyurl.com/vm6bk6m

Akseli Gallen-Kallela - PALOKÄRKI (GREAT BLACK WOODPECKER OR WILDERNESS) – This is someone else I’ve never come across, a Finn who painted in the 19th/20th Century. An example of symbolist landscape painting. It’s the bird’s red crest which makes the picture. This was withdrawn from the auction so I had to find an alternative website for the image.
https://tinyurl.com/ssfrol7

Paul Signac - LA CORNE D'OR (CONSTANTINOPLE) – This is another star with an estimate of $14-18M. It sold right in the middle at $16.2M
https://tinyurl.com/wbtfry3 The multicolored canvas for me brightly depicts a magical city. This is from the lot essay, Signac’s comments on the painting from his diary.  "There is the shrouded light of the North against the color of the Orient. One thinks of London, of Rotterdam—and of Venice a bit. Above all, it is Turnerian" (P. Signac quoted in P. Signac (exhibition catalogue)

Camille Pissarro - LA MÈRE JOLLY RACCOMMODANT – There were several Pissarro’s and I thought these two were quite nice.
https://tinyurl.com/rkvvej8

Camille Pissarro - GARDEUSE D'OIES AU BORD DE L'EPTE
https://tinyurl.com/vkdpzdu

Paul Cézanne - D'APRÈS DELACROIX: LA BARQUE DE DANTE – I included this as it is so atypical of Cezanne’s work, very different from his still lifes and scenes of rural life.
https://tinyurl.com/vemx6cy

Vincent van Gogh - PEOPLE STROLLING IN A PARK IN PARIS – I’ll close with these two paintings by Vincent, earlier works that don’t show the bold strokes and colors of his later, highly valued paintings.
https://tinyurl.com/sz9ogym

Vincent van Gogh -PAYSAN BRÛLANT DE MAUVAISES HERBES
https://tinyurl.com/toqu9kc

As I’ve mentioned before, now that I’m retired I’m able to visit both auctions. When I was working I had to choose between the two. As you can see there really was a lot to see and much quality art.

Now it’s time for the Flickrs.

Andy G.

White Princess

https://www.flickr.com/photos/51647347@N05/49023687972/

Male to Female Transformation - Halloween Makeup Tutorial

https://www.flickr.com/photos/183466471@N05/49034177973/

Stunning moscow based crossdreser "Olya" with a magnificent wedding dress - 2019

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184134854@N08/48769140561/

686

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilyblinz/48893105641/

Madison Mansfield, a famous drag queen from newyork get married with Rob in 2011 in long island, newyork

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184134854@N08/48864976051/

Breathtaking crossdresser bride "Nancy" on her glorious wedding day in 2017

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184134854@N08/48728426921/

4 girls

https://www.flickr.com/photos/msjanw/48864173393/

The legendary Christine Jorgensen

https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/48885851468/

Big girls can have fun

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zarahc/46978298965/

Me outside catching a cold in the wind. T

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninajay/48875432222/

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

On Saturday of last week I visited Sotheby’s for their American art preview. I went back to Christie’s on Monday for theirs. Unlike the Impressionist and Contemporary auctions these previews are only up for three or four days which is why I went on a Saturday, something I seldom do since I retired. I’ll discuss Sotheby’s first. It was a very low-key auction, there were only 70 works up for sale. The biggest estimate was for an artist I’ve never heard of, Emily Carr, who I will discuss below.  There were many things I liked, and I’ll link to them. There were several by Maxfield Parrish, including the lovely Mill Pond which was in the last American auction and didn’t sell much to my surprise. This time the estimate was between $600-$800K and it sold for $2.42M. I guess it’s just like the auction site, if two people both want something the price can increase wildly. 

This is a link with the results of the auction showing all objects.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2?locale=en

EDWARD HOPPER - FRENCH SOLDIERS – This watercolor was done early in Hopper’s career when he was a commercial illustrator and I imagine it was for a magazine story of some type. I like it a lot.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/edward-hopper-french-soldiers

WINSLOW HOMER - SAILING CALM WATER – There were three Homer watercolors, all of which I liked. I think this was the best.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/winslow-homer-sailing-calm-water

EMILY CARR – SKEDANS – Carr was a 19th/20th Century Canadian artist who initially painted indigenous peoples. She was clearly the star of the auction. This painting had an estimate of $3-5M. It’s an interesting image but I don’t think I would have included it if wasn’t featured so prominently in the gallery. The painting was withdrawn and sold privately for a price within the estimate range.

JAMIE WYETH - ANDY WARHOL SITTING WITH ARCHIE (NO. 9) – This is a brief article on the painting and the artist’s relationship with Warhol who painted him in return.

Jamie Wyeth's Portrait of Andy Warhol Captures the Artist at His Most Vulnerable
https://tinyurl.com/qp36yfa

Art of the Americas: Images of Nature by Georgia O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley & More – Another brief article with a video on Emily Carr, as well as a discussion of Frederic Edwin Church, Andrew Wyeth and Georgia O’Keeffe.
https://tinyurl.com/t7fxzmr

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE – ANTHURIUM – Wonderfully brilliant colors.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/georgia-okeeffe-anthurium?locale=en

ANDREW WYETH - DESERTED LIGHT – Jamie’s father. There’s just something about his paintings that resonates with me. It took me a while to warm up to him but I really began enjoying his work when I saw an exhibition of his at the National Gallery.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/andrew-wyeth-deserted-light?locale=en

Masters of the Hudson River School – The final brief article discussing Church, Albert Bierstadt and John Frederick Kensett.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/masters-of-the-hudson-river-school

FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH - SOUTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE – I love Church; the Met has a number of his large brilliant landscapes. This is a smaller one but equally impressive.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/frederic-edwin-church-south-american-landscape?locale=en

ALBERT BIERSTADT - ESTES PARK, COLORADO – Another American painter of very large landscapes of which many of the museums in our area have samples. The Met, Brooklyn and Newark to name three.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/albert-bierstadt-estes-park-colorado

FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE - JAPANESE PARASOL -This was a favorite, a real kaleidoscope of color. I was surprised it didn’t sell.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/frederick-carl-frieseke-japanese-parasol

MAXFIELD PARRISH – CLEOPATRA – I assume this was done for a fiction piece in an old Pulp magazine. A rather movie star like image of Cleo. It almost doubled its high estimate selling for $2.3M.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/maxfield-parrish-cleopatra

NORMAN ROCKWELL - BOY HIDING UNDER COUCH SNEEZING (THE SNEEZING SPY) – There were other enjoyable things as well but I’ll end here with Rockwell. This was the only painting by him but there were two drawings that were nice as well. This is an early Saturday Evening Post cover.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art-2/norman-rockwell-boy-hiding-under-couch-sneezing

I’ll discuss the Christie’s American Art auction preview now. They also had a very large display of Latin American art from their regular and online auctions. A lot of contemporary artists as well as the usual artists who generally appear in these auctions such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Fernand Botero and Rufino Tamayo. I’ll link below to very nice Kahlo.

Between the regular and online American art auctions, as well as some paintings from private sales, there were several hundred paintings on display. Some were from the lower tiers of artists with very low estimates of just a few thousand dollars and anyone who has a few thousand dollars to spend on art could find things that would really look quite lovely on their walls. I was pleased to have another look at the Hopper painting which I copied to a previous post and has disappeared from the website. You’ll see below this happened a number of times.

These are links to the results with all objects in the auctions.

American Art
https://www.christies.com/american-art-28312.aspx?lid=1&dt=211120191042&saletitle=

American Art Online
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-art-online/lots/1589?SortBy=LotNumber&Page=1&PageSize=80&ShowAll=true

Latin American Art
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/latin-american-art-online/lots/1590?lang=en-us

This is an article on the results of both auctions.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/randomness-rules-new-yorks-american-art-sales

There was a lot I much admired, like Sotheby’s too many to list everything so I’ll keep it down to a reasonable amount.

Frida Kahlo - Portrait of a Lady in White – There’s a very long lot essay for this painting which discusses Kahlo’s life and relationship with Diego Rivera. It also specifically addresses the painting and mentions new research which changed the identity of the sitter. Both women were friends of Kahlo. This was one of her early paintings right after marrying Rivera and it went just above it’s estimate high at $5.8M.
https://tinyurl.com/uh62xt2
 
Andrew Wyeth - Oliver's Cap – There were only a few paintings up for sale with estimates in the low millions. $5 million was the highest estimate for any painting and that was for this one. The lot essay quotes the artist as believing this work was, “one of [his] very richest and most personal pictures.” It went for $2.4M, well below the low estimate of $3M.
https://tinyurl.com/qvwobdd

Andrew Wyeth – Sea Legs – This was from a private auction and I liked this restful image.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/andrew-wyeth/sea-legs-Yyad6knyeyk8pjdzKdCikA2

Winslow Homer - Sounding Reveille – There were a number of Homer drawings and watercolors as well as this oil painting from the Civil War when he was a correspondent.
https://tinyurl.com/vzu9tyw

Winslow Homer - Standing Shepherdess with her Flock – This is one of the drawings, a simple depiction of a shepherdess which put me in mind of a French artist whose career overlapped, Jean-François Millet. Millet painted peasant farmers and field laborers.
https://tinyurl.com/sebdrcd

Albert Bierstadt - After Glow: The Glory of the Heavens – Like Sotheby’s there were several Bierstadt and I thought this was magnificent, another painting that shines off the wall. Another painting that disappeared from the Christie’s website. I had linked to an inexpensive painting as an example of what I refer to above and that disappeared as well. Very odd.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/albert-bierstadt/after-glow-the-glory-of-the-heavens-2390gScqFyiPu-ggQokebA2

Martin Johnson Heade - Haystack at Sunset – This is a nice companion to the Bierstadt with the brilliant sun looming over the landscape.
https://tinyurl.com/sravm2u

Thomas Moran - View of Venice – It’s always a pleasure to see one of Moran’s Venice paintings.
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-art-online/thomas-moran-1837-1926-202/77392

Thomas Moran - A Street in Laguna, New Mexico – This was another of the private sales and the link goes to, I assume, the last time it was up for auction in 2007. Moran was more well known for his paintings of the American West. This is one of a series of illustrations he made of a pueblo in Albuquerque.
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/thomas-moran-1827-1926-a-street-in-5001305-details.aspx

Sanford Robinson Gifford - Castle of Chillon – There were four paintings by Gifford on display and I could have chosen any of them.  I thought this view of a castle in Switzerland with, I assume, a boat full of tourists on its way to see it was quite nice. I also like the woman at the sea wall gazing out at them. When I clicked on my original link the painting didn’t come up and I see that three of the four paintings I refer to have been removed from the website. The article discusses what a weak market there is for the Hudson River painters currently.
https://www.barnebys.com/auctions/lot/sanford-robinson-gifford-1823-1880-0a8oxzjoit

Charles Demuth - Tulips No. 2 – Every time I link to Demuth I always hearken back to the brilliant watercolor exhibit at the Met which I attended early on in my rediscovery of art. For all I know this painting might have even been in the exhibit. Delicate and lovely.
https://tinyurl.com/s9g4rcm

Norman Rockwell - Landscapes: Sledding – As with Sotheby’s I’ll finish with a favorite; there were four of his paintings and I’ve copied two below. The first is a fun image while the second is rather sentimental.
https://tinyurl.com/tvkbuch

Norman Rockwell - Red Head – I guess sentiment doesn’t sell so well as this went for below the low estimate.
https://tinyurl.com/r8kou54

And now, on to the Flickrs.

Andy G.

#388: 2019-07-10 pic-11

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99244229@N04/48880931013/

Lucienne

https://www.flickr.com/photos/182126255@N08/48814566042/

bild 010_

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36322396@N08/48851112648/

KC-1965

https://www.flickr.com/photos/146827757@N06/30854233050/

01 Blue float dress 1

https://www.flickr.com/photos/savannasteel/48964451458/

still clean apron

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chantal_fouet/40356134044/

Love this dress so feminine

https://www.flickr.com/photos/182846664@N02/48771320741/

I felt like a Russian ballerina!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranniefun/48906840223/

IMG2454

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jossexylyn/48954732056/

Caught by an unexpected visitor...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/150101413@N05/47516234651/

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

It’s a chilly morning and the weather service tells me snow is in the forecast tomorrow, something I’m not looking forward to. Hopefully it won’t be a major storm. I was out for my morning walk last week and I fell. It was partially my fault for not seeing the dangerous situation but I was furious as the dangerous situation had been created. It was a very cold morning, below freezing, and the fire department must have opened the fire hydrant flooding the sidewalk. The cold turned it into a skating rink and as I didn’t notice, my feet went right out from under me. I wasn’t hurt just a little dazed. Then I went to stand up and didn’t realize I was under the sign welcoming people to my town; I hit my head on the crosspiece of the signpost which really knocked me for a loop. I was able to get up and get away without any injury but as I said I was angry. It’s a sidewalk that people use on the way to the bus for their commute and I have to imagine lots of people fell. I’ve fallen before on the ice and it’s a real fear for older people. I don’t want to break something which is a risk that increases every year. Anyway it’s just one more reason I hate winter.

I visited the Morgan Library this week and was very pleased with the two main exhibitions, John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal and Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman. This is a link to the Morgan website current exhibitions page where you can learn more. https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/current

In addition, there were drawings on the stairs and mezzanine by James Gillray, an 18th/19th Century political caricaturist. And some original art from New Yorker covers. The only thing that didn’t really move me was the Verdi exhibit as it consisted of original sheet music and handwritten letters in Italian. There were some photographs which were nice though. But the two main exhibits really were extraordinary, the Sargent is the charcoal version of the enormous Sargent portrait exhibition of his friends and famous artists the Met displayed in 2015. The Guercino was special as well. I’ll show some examples below.

New Yorker cover George Booth: February 4, 1974 – I’d thought I’d start with this as I love the New Yorker and Booth’s dogs.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7c/b8/79/7cb8792934ca5a578ab96c0e939b900e.jpg

The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver (King George III (1738–1820) and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852)) - James Gillray – I would love to see what Gillray could do with the current political situation. He was acerbic to say the least.
https://tinyurl.com/yygmgqjy

There were a number of religious drawings by Guercino similar to this one, but it’s his non-religious portrayals and landscapes which I especially enjoyed. If you click on the links you can read the notes for each drawing.

Ecce Homo
https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/140875

River Landscape with Bathers – Splendid panorama.
https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/140884

Landscape with a Volcano – This Guercino drawing is from his imagination as he had never seen a volcano. Wonderful juxtaposition between the immensity of the volcano and the two small figures in the foreground.
https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/140883

The Bird-Catcher – This is my favorite, a tradesman of some sort although the notes allude to the phrase signifying courtship or seduction.
https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/140894

Caricature with Three Figures and a Chamber Pot – Crude and grotesque, what’s not to like.
https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/140874

This is a link to all the drawings by Guercino in the Morgan collection, many of which were on display.
https://www.themorgan.org/search/drawings/guercino

As I said earlier the Sargent show is immense, more than 50 portraits and I’ll just show a few here. This first link is to a review and has two images, Sibyl Sassoon and Henry James.
http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/8310-the-morgan-provides-a-rare-chance-to-see-john-singer-sargent%E2%80%99s-ov

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – Founder of the Whitney Museum.
https://whitney.org/collection/works/8019

Winston Churchill
http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1101408

William Butler Yeats – From a private collection, usually at the Met which is where this image comes from.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21428

Ethel Barrymore, sister to John and Lionel and Grand Aunt to Drew
https://collections.mcny.org/Collection/Ethel-Barrymore-2F3XC53EDK0.html

Sir William Blake Richmond – He was named after the poet and artist who was a close friend of Richmond’s father who was a portrait painter.
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw235577/Sir-William-Blake-Richmond

This is a link to additional images for both Sargent and Guercino.
https://tinyurl.com/y4rfdt94

And this is another review with images
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/art-review-john-singer-sargent-exhibit-morgan-libary/

In other art news.

Three articles, the first from the New York Times on the sale of Mrs. Wrightsman’s apartment. A palace in a co-op although without all her art it’s just a nice place to live if you have $50 million in cash to pay for it. The next two articles are from Christie’s on the Brueghel family and Rodin. There’s a short video at the Rodin link.

The Fifth Avenue Home of Jayne Wrightsman Goes on the Market - Check out the slide show at the link
https://tinyurl.com/ty6kjud

Collecting Guide: The Brueghel dynasty
https://tinyurl.com/rqsy92p

5 minutes with... Auguste Rodin’s The Age of Bronze
https://tinyurl.com/tsxmvgo

I thought this 3 minute video from a Doctor Who episode was really neat.

Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery | Vincent And The Doctor | Doctor Who

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubTJI_UphPk&feature=youtu.be

And an article on a different kind of art, from comic books. It discusses the role computers play in creating comic books nowadays.

New York Times
Superhero or Supervillain? Technology’s Role Changes Comic Books

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/arts/comic-books-computers-dc-marvel.html

And now, on the Flickrs.

Andy G.

Julie Tart

https://www.flickr.com/photos/122393234@N07/48593940162/

24-12-18 Sissy Sarah (1)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahlouisetaylor/32576294728/

Sissy Dress and Ankle Strap F-M Shoes

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robynmichaels/1751985541/

sissy-kiss-kiss

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65611689@N02/48858945067/

TCM_6054

https://www.flickr.com/photos/169485062@N02/48524724526/

C8F2F5F4-BA6A-4171-BFE6-C3CAC59D6959

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tricia_black/48932657512/

55

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyball1/6802569746/

Did you miss me?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninajay/48903460216/

Pretty sissy Fiona

https://www.flickr.com/photos/139833354@N06/48788540153/

Halloween photo meetup around Soho

https://www.flickr.com/photos/convolvulus/48994270798/

[Spankypants2]

Andy, thank you VERY much for the information on the Sargent and Gillray exhibitions. It looks like I'll have to find a way to make it out to NYC before mid-January. I've always been fond of the English caricaturists, particularly Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson.

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

It's a chilly day but I’m grateful there’s no rain or snow in the forecast. I’m going back to the Met today to see an exhibit I never would have visited under normal circumstances. It’s, In Pursuit of Fashion, the Sandy Schreier Collection, and I’m taking my friend’s granddaughter. She graduated from college earlier in the year and is now working in the City. She expressed an interest in art and I’ve been sending her emails similar to these posts but this will be my first time meeting her and I’m looking forward to it. I’m hoping there is time to show her some of the art that I like. This is a link to the Met’s website if you’re interested in what’s in this exhibit. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/in-pursuit-of-fashion-the-sandy-schreier-collection

I was at the Met earlier this week for The Last Knight, which honors Emperor Maximilian I on the 500th anniversary of his death. I wasn’t sure I wanted to see it as armor isn’t at the top of the list of art I go out of my way to see but it turned out to be an enjoyable exhibit. It was very large and in addition to the armor there was hanging art, which was quite nice, no blockbuster names but some were certainly renowned like Albrecht Durer and Lucas Cranach. This is a link to the Met website with an overview and links to the galleries and all the images. When I went back to check the link to the objects in the show I had to laugh. All 180 objects were identified as, Reciting Poetry in a Garden. I wrote to them pointing it out and I see they’ve corrected it. I’m wondering if anyone aside from me noticed it.

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=29b3e659-2e87-44ec-9ae1-91d5ae039d15&pkgids=595

First here are a few links to reviews. All have multiple images from the exhibit.

At the Met, Heavy Metal on a Continental Scale
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/arts/design/last-knight-armor-metropolitan-museum.html

The Last Knight: The Art, Armor and Ambition of Maximilian 1 – pre-opening discussion
https://www.thecultureconcept.com/the-last-knight-the-art-armor-and-ambition-of-maximilian-1 

Style in Steel: The Met Unveils Its Biggest Armor Show in Decades
https://observer.com/2019/10/last-knight-art-armor-and-ambition-of-maximilian-i-metropolitan-museum-exhibition/ 

Maximilian at the Met: The Holy Roman Emperor Who Made Armor Fashionable—and Terrifying
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maximilian-at-the-met-the-holy-roman-emperor-who-made-armor-fashionable-and-terrifying 

The Last Knight
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-diary/the-last-knight/

There are many examples of the armor on display in the reviews, but I thought this was pretty impressive, it’s the first thing you see as you enter the exhibit.

This bard was presented by Maximilian I to Henry VIII - The defensive armor for a horse is part of the trappings of the era.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EF5rtAhWoAEeYw8.jpg

A sword of Jonathan Siebenhirten – I have a friend who enjoys sharp objects so I’m including this for her.
https://cdnph.upi.com/collection/ph/upi/12208/d3fcab8757d538cdc13ab607111a1311/The-Last-Knight-at-The-Met_6_1.jpg

Here are a few images of Maximilian.

Bernhard Strigel – Maximilian I in Imperial Regalia German – Strigel was Maximilian’s favorite portraitist.
https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_690/fl_lossy,q_auto/101003-embed2_xa9kbm

Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis - Emperor Maximilian I 
https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/2.jpg?quality=80&w=768&h=1116

Bernhard Strigel - Bianca Maria Sforza – Bianca was the third wife of Maximilian and here are two portraits of her, one by Strigel and one by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
http://the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=239699

Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis– Bianca Maria Sforza – This was painted at the request of Maximilian prior to his marrying Bianca. Afterwards de Predis worked for Bianca for several years.
https://tinyurl.com/y3bfj52e

South German - Charles V in Armor and Holding a Sword
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/748415

Jean Hey - Margaret of Austria – The Emperor’s daughter – A Netherlandish painter like Memling, a similar style with the portrait at center and a landscape behind it.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459072

Masquerade Ball, Miniature from Freydal – the men and women in dresses.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/748482

I mentioned Cranach, he was a court painter and printer who also painted religious subjects. Below are one of his woodcuts and a painting of Saint Jerome which the Met devoted an exhibition to back in 2015. It was a nice little show with paintings, woodcuts and objects in addition to the painting.

Lucas Cranach the Elder - Saint George Standing with Two Angels
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/432286 

Lucas Cranach – Saint Maurice – exhibit from 2015
https://tinyurl.com/y37of32f

I’ll close with two images from Albrecht Durer. He was a painter, printmaker of the German Renaissance and was noted for the many woodcuts he created of which this is one followed by his portrait of Maximilian.

Albrecht Durer - Saint George Slaying the Dragon
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388149

Albrecht Durer - Emperor Maximilian I
https://tinyurl.com/y3trphck

And now let’s visit the Flickrs.

Andy G.

Pink Day.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sabine57/49007393091/

Tatiana Lopez

https://www.flickr.com/photos/185115767@N05/49068240726/

Blue Velvet. More experimental blue shades of shadow.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mishamonroe/48791610527/

Hotel maid 1

https://www.flickr.com/photos/eileen_cd/47975601541/

Happy Oktoberfest!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacquiesback/48923087888/

Vivian Harding

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vhtv/48684087418/

DSC00112CK HAPPY HALLOWE'EN !

https://www.flickr.com/photos/117560929@N03/48947854741/

Halloween special

https://www.flickr.com/photos/146483213@N06/49000540466/

(pantyhose lover crossdresser UU )Daan Park

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pina_lin/48763810713/

French Maid Doll

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55377997@N05/48982356488/

[andyg0404]

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

I visited the Frick this week for their two current exhibits, Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum and Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence. These were both small shows, just the three paintings in the first and a small number of statues, medals and reliefs in the second. Neither was overwhelming but pleasant, nevertheless. I appreciate the opportunity to see the Manet’s as who knows when or if I’ll ever get to California. Likewise, for the statues from Florence. I’ll link to the three Manet’s and some of the di Giovanni’s below.

This is a link to the Frick’s website for the di Giovanni exhibit where you can view all the objects and read some background. https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/1

The same for the Manet’s.  https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/manet_norton_simon

The Ragpicker – This was the best of the three, a life size image of someone who made his living recycling rags from the streets and selling them to the lower classes. The website discusses the effect on Manet’s style from seeing paintings by Velazquez in the Prado, images of unlikely subjects. He really captures the essence of the man in his weariness and poverty with a nice little still life at the bottom.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/manet_norton_simon/2

Madame Manet – Like Cezanne, Manet painted numerous portraits of his wife who originally entered his household as a music teacher before marrying him 14 years later. The website discusses his technique and mentions he had originally painted her with a hat and then changed his mind painting it over although you can still see the outline.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/manet_norton_simon/3

Fish and Shrimp – Manet’s paintings were controversial for the time, very different from what had preceded him but his still lifes were well accepted and admired. I confess I found this a little off putting and it actually looks better in the image than on the wall in the museum.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/manet_norton_simon/1

Frieze for the Portico of Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano – “This frieze — the largest glazed terracotta relief of the Italian Renaissance — adorned the facade of the villa at Poggio a Caiano, designed for Lorenzo de’ Medici by Giuliano da Sangallo in the 1480s.” In Googling it I discovered it was removed from the façade in 1967 and brought inside where in subsequent years it underwent extensive restoration. A copy of it is now on the façade where it originally rested.  The website goes into great detail as to its history and what the frieze may or may not signify. di Giovanni was not the only hand in its creation.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/frieze

Designed by Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440–1491), executed by Adriano Fiorentino (ca. 1450/60–1499)
Bellerophon Taming Pegasus – On the website you can see the front and back of all the statues. – It’s a very powerful representation of Bellerophon’s strength and the wildness of Pegasus, rearing on its back legs.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/6

Orpheus – From mythology, Orpheus playing his lyre although the website says it may also be a depiction of Apollo.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/1

Hercules on Horseback – In the back image you can see Hercules has his hand in the mouth of the lion skin cloak he is wearing, an allusion to his defeat of the Nemean lion.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/2

Crucifixion – “The Crucifixion originally decorated the palazzo of Lorenzo de' Medici, as did the Battle relief,” which is below. Both are remarkably detailed and expressive.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/10

Battle
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/11

Filippo de' Medici (1426–74), Archbishop of Pisa – I’ll close with this medal, there were a number of them which you can view on the website. Some of them, like this one, are very small, 2 ¼”, so you can appreciate the detail and the work that entailed creating it. Much more so than seeing it in the museum as on the website you can enlarge it for better viewing. Check out both the obverse and reverse.  This text from the website explains what you’re looking at and there is a lot going on.

https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/bertoldo/13b

Now let’s visit the Flickrs.

Andy G.

acfb1a3bf9291d5c7267866d1e684604

https://www.flickr.com/photos/146827757@N06/29897624102/

Queen of Autumn

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackietv/48910645187/

Candygirls, Oct 2019

https://www.flickr.com/photos/88128938@N08/48956855932/

IMG_0158

https://www.flickr.com/photos/72514936@N08/29547734026/

My lovely red satin lingerie

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cutiemaria/49037710202/

Alice

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142012757@N07/47978993266/

Alice in Wonderland

https://www.flickr.com/photos/95644297@N07/13043979023/

DeeDee 657

https://www.flickr.com/photos/deedeelassen/48915166971/

Help me to decide
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marie_sunshine/6998868019/

Savanna Steel

https://www.flickr.com/photos/savannasteel/49074284702/