This post about art in the bathroom is the first in a series featuring specific rooms in the house. How do we select work for a specific room? What are the different approaches to decorating a room? What do you have in your bathroom? If not answered, these questions are at least discussed below. A …
Please note: This blog post includes images of a sexually explicit nature. Avert your eyes if you are likely to be offended. Into Oblivion In 1972, Arcadia Press published an edition of Femme/Hombres by French poet Paul Verlaine. Michael Ayrton illustrated this publication with a series of 15 etchings depicting Verlaine’s poetic and real-life preoccupations …
One of the things that I love about my job is that there are always new things to learn. Every week there is someone new to research or a detail to clarify. It is also the part of my job that is sometimes overwhelming. Art on Paper focuses on work mostly from the early 1900’s …
Sometimes, something catches your eye, and you don’t quite know why. This fellow is such a thing. We have named him Hank. It was an immediate response to the character on the paper. I really have no idea who he is. He could be Hank, an all American dude hanging out in 1970’s Florida with …
Wood engraving in the 1930’s goes hand in hand with the popularity of small press publications, combining illustration with the written word. The precursor to one of Art on Paper’s favourite later artists, Paul Peter Piech and his Taurus Press, are these small scale printing presses. The works published allowed the collector or enthusiasts of …
Sven Berlin (1911 – 1999) was, it is fair to say, a bit of a character. He became part of the established artist colony of St Ives, only to become disillusioned with it after the group fractured. He felt ostracised by the elitist and controlling group of modernist artists, and left Cornwall only to be …
I recently had cause to frame a couple of artworks in new metal frames. There are a couple of problems with using metal frames, from a paper conservation perspective. Take a look at the short video below for how I fixed the problems. The finished artworks shown below the video, are available in our online …
As the wonderful Charlotte Nickels of PaperBack Conservation Studio goes on a well deserved break, we at Art on Paper are doing a studio take over. Starting on the 7th August, I’ll be popping up in Bridport with The Frink Tales; an exhibition of 19 etchings by Dame Elisabeth Frink illustrating Chaucers Canterbury Tales. We …
As some subscribers will know, here at Art on Paper, we are particularly fond of those lady artists who should be more well known, but are just not. Many women students of art and design in the early part of the 20th Century leaned towards an interest in print and the graphic form. It is …
I confess to being a complete sucker for a good bit of mid-century graphic design. It is so confident in itself – so precise. The colours are crisp, the message is clear and the future looks sharp. The watercolour and ink designs for posters, book covers and advertising, are a type of art form that …
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