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Category Archive: General

Coming Genius: the short art of René Beeh 1

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Four years older than Egon Schiele, Beeh was brilliant and expected to become a major artist. A century ago he died young, victim of seasonal flu.

January 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 134

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 134. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Communion, […]

January 17, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Paintings of drawn carts 2

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Two famous hay wains, Goya’s stone cart, horses and carts assisting a heavy steam crane in Paris, and carrying goods in the centre of New York in 1911.

January 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of drawn carts 1

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From two pairs of unicorns drawing the Duke and Duchess of Urbino to a horse-drawn fire engine racing through the countryside, how animals have drawn people everywhere.

January 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 134

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Communion, Civil, banking, […]

January 15, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Painting Everyday London: 1 Spencer Gore started

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Son of the first Wimbledon tennis champion, he developed a Post-Impressionist style in his paintings from 1907 to the time of his marriage in early 1912.

January 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 13 Telling a new story

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Can a single painting tell the viewer a story which they don’t already know? Examples from Holman Hunt, Degas, Orchardson, Collier and Chierici.

January 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 12 Telling a familiar story

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Until the 19th century, narrative paintings showed stories which the viewer already knew, ideally at the moment of change or transformation.

January 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 4 The struggle with yellow

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Yellow ochre, orpiment, Naples yellow, lead-tin yellow, Indian yellow, chrome yellow, and cadmium yellow – most toxic or at least harmful to someone.

January 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Ruby text in Pages

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A valuable feature for many Pages users, it’s carefully hidden from anyone who doesn’t normally use Japanese, Chinese or Korean.

January 11, 2022 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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