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Venetian Red

http://venetianred.net/

artists blog on art, textiles, design and popular culture.

• Added on: Sep 6th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: VenetianRed
• Listed in: Arts Art History
• Tags: art painting Photography sculpture textiles site work

Recent Posts

• Flora Delanica: Art and Botany in Mrs. Delany’s “paper mosaicks”

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 02:00 in design, embroidery, fiber arts, mixed media, textiles, sir joshua reynolds, female artists, flora & fauna, christine cariati, fine & decorative arts, mary delany, duchess of portland

  by Christine Cariati Mary Delany, Pancratium Maritinum, 1778 Collage of colored papers with watercolor British Museum For much of her long life, Mary Delany (1700-1788) was in many ways a typical 18th century society woman of accomplishments. She was...

• Venetian Red Bookshelf: 2009 Picks

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 04:03 in books, painting, design, wallpaper, fiber arts, textiles, albrecht dürer, bauhaus, bloomsbury, female artists, v&a, omega workshops

  Most every Venetian Red post cites a book or two related to the topic at hand. Occasionally we review books at length. Many readers have commented with appreciation, and we decided that more in this department just might be better. Today we introduce...

• Dark Day Picks

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 09:00 in painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, bay area art scene, dark day picks, sf asian art museum, liz hager, fine & decorative arts, catherine courtenaye, emerald cities, justin quinn

  On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are traditionally closed. Dark Day Picks highlights current exhibitions, new installations, books, and art world tidbits. Get a jump on a week filled with art. As...

• Venetian Red Notebook: Othon Friesz’s Chromatic Fervor

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 14:35 in painting, fauvism, othon friesz, henri matisse, raoul dufy, bay area art scene, liz hager, fine & decorative arts, charles-marie lhuillier, leon bonnat

  By LIZ HAGER Othon Friesz, Paysage (Le Bec de l’Aigle, La Ciotat), 1907 oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 32″ (courtesy SF MOMA) It would be easy to overlook Othon Friesz’s Paysage (Le Bec de l’Aigle, La Ciotat) in the upstairs gallery of w...

• Stripped Bare: Amish Quilts at the de Young

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 13:03 in quilts, textiles, de young museum, josef albers, frank stella, kenneth noland, amish quilts, bay area art scene, liz hager, amish abstraction

  Maker Unknown, Pine Trees motif, crib quilt, ca. 1930, Ohio. As we have observed on these pages before (A Different Canvas), the line that separates art and craft can be narrow indeed, the distinction fueled by a contemporary fine art world intent on...

• Dark Day Picks—New York Roundup

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 13:10 in contemporary art, painting, Photography, el greco, silk route, dark day picks, liz hager

  On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are traditionally closed. Today Dark Day Picks departs from its usual coverage of San Francisco to highlight noteworthy events in New York. Onassis Cultural Cent...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Jack W.

Well done, interesting blog.

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