Gazette Du Bon Ton

La Gazette du Bon Ton was a leading French fashion magazine that was published from November 1912 to 1925 and founded by Lucien Vogel. There is an amazing digital archive of the pages from this magazine on a Japanese library website and it is guaranteed to fascinate illustrators and painters alike - featuring the artwork of :

Georges Barbier, Erté, Paul Iribe, Pierre Brissaud, and Georges Lepape

Gazette du Bon Ton

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One Cool Blog Leads to Another

Painting by Meredith Frampton - British Painter 1894-1984.

I found some of these images on a wonderful blog that specializes in art deco things from the 1920's and 1930's:

Art Deco

That blog lead me to another blog that has many beautifully illustrated vintage travel posters, cigarette advertisements and magazine covers:

Trouble in Paradise

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Howard and Barbara Armstrong's Art

Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong

"That was under the house where I lived. The cat thinks I'm disturbing his domain. There wasn't a cat in the neighborhood that liked me. I'd pull the hair out of a cat's tail to make a paint brush. I'd tie it to a goose quill with thread." -Howard Armstrong, drawing by Howard Armstrong
"I always made clothes and dolls, and it was nothing new. I was focused on dance and theater and never in my wildest imagination did I take what I was doing as an ‘art form.' And all of a sudden, the dolls that were sitting in my backyard appeared in the Museum of Fine Arts and they had a new term, ‘soft sculpture.'" -Barbara Ward Armstrong, Dolls by Barbara Ward Armstrong
"My goal is to use soft sculpture imagery to visually state our experiences, to expand the knowledge about ourselves and others from different racial backgrounds. My inspiration comes from living."- Barbara Ward Armstrong

There is so much more to this story, just follow the link.

Read all about Howard and Barbara Armstrong's amazing art and music at:

POV

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Awaiting "Tickler" Uke Number Two

My Tickler Uke #1

My Tickler T-shirt design

Gary over at Ukulelia blog wrote up a nice post about Tickler Ukes,

the t-shirt and my art. Thanks, Gary! Written from the perspective of a uke-playing clown (or hanging from the sound hole of a girl's uke):

LINK

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Barefoot Girl

"The Delegate's Daughter" by Aron Wiesenfeld

I like this painting of a young woman by Aron Wiesenfeld. Wish I could view it larger. Looks like she's got a slingshot in her hand. Is she a barefoot huntress? The rabbit is not a stuffed toy? I like the simplicity of the composition, her super long legs, the spindly tree on top of the bluff that she is holding onto. The mysterious grey sky. The title suggests that she should not be out hunting in barefeet. More of his work online at:

Timmons Galleries

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Fan

French Beauties

I am posting these images just because they are so "me". Right now, I am painting a standing nude figure and some other characters on stage - using a tall format - it's a take-off of one of my "little pierrots". I am tempted to try some paintings with casino costumes next.
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