Decoration or Fine Art?

Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic, and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of artmarketblog.com.

http://www.artmarketblog.com/2007/08/28/investing-in-art-the-danger-of-fads-and-trends/

Good article -- "What is Decorative Painting?" 

http://www.artezan.com/artezan/whatis/whatis.html

Good article -- "The Nabis and Decorative Painting"

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dcpt/hd_dcpt.htm

Collage and Assemblage Materials

Exhibition explores the ways that collage and assemblage have evolved over the last century.  Exhibition explores the use of diverse materials in artworks.  It involves experiments in mixed media from 1913 to the present.

"By expanding the range of materials available for their work, artists using techniques of collage, assemblage and montage have enriched the language of art and extended its potential to comment upon life. "

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62075   (news article)

http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/home/#collection=home   (museum)

Name of exhibit is "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913–Present."
Exhibit to Sept. 8, 1913

Permanency of Giclee Prints and Other Reproductions

http://www.spenceguerin.com/prntrepr.html#printinks 

Excellent information about original prints and reproductions by the artist Spence Guerin.  He explains the types of orignal prints that artists make.  He explains the limitations of reproductions.  Artists use permanent materials to make original prints.  The inks used in reproductions are not permanent.  Lightfast pigments are used by artists.  Inks used in reproductions will fade and are not considered to be permanent or lightfast. 

Parrots in Art

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1825785@N22/

http://www.museumvoorpapegaaien.nl/

Websites for the Parrot Museum.  If you like parrots, you will enjoy these two websites.  The Flickr site has works involving parrots such as painting, drawing, fabric design, crafts, sculpture, ceramics, and more.

My parrots collages were selected to show on their Flickr site.  Their statement:  "The purpose of this research is to examine big issues in parrot art. The plan of the research will be to set forth how each artist spins tales around the confrontation of the parrot with the human world."

If you want to see these collages enlarged, clicking on pictures will take you to larger images on my Flickr site.

"Parrot Talk, #1".  Sold, but I may do more artwork based on this idea.  I would like to make a print of it, but cannot until I learn how to clean up the image. 



"Garden Forms with Parrot."  A large reproduction of this collage is available.  It is on heavy paper.  The original will not be for sale until my collage art show.

For great information, search Google articles and images for:  "Parrots in art" and "Symbolism of parrots in art."

Who was the French artist Bernard Buffet?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/bernard-buffet-return-of-the-poser-1645748.html

Interesting article about the career of Bernard Buffet (1928-1999).


"Cherries in a Fruit Bowl," 1957, size 21" X 25.5".  Sold at auction in 2012, for $79,200.00.

Who was the impressionist painter called Robert Girrard?

http://www.girrard.com/

http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.catalog.web.tk.CatalogServlet?catalogAction=Category&menuNdx=0.18&searchType=all

http://www.thomaskinkadememphis.com/gallery6.html

http://www.thomaskinkadeonline.com/robert-girard-works/

http://www.kinkadeusa.com/content/p/7/catid/5104/Robert_Girrard

http://www.gallerydirectart.com/dealer-gallery-of-fine-art-prints---posters-thomas-kinkade-the-robert-girrard-collection.html

http://www.experts123.com/q/how-well-did-the-robert-girrard-kinkade-paintings-sell-at-cottage-gallery-in-comparison-to-the-thomas-kinkade-paintings.html

Go to the above links to find the answer.  Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012)  painted under the "brush name" of "Robert Girrard" from 1984 to 1990.  He produced 71 Girrard paintings in the style of the French Impressionists.  Thom's career can be separated into three areas -- academic landscapes, Robert Girrard, and Painter of Light.

Go to Google Images to see the Girrard paintings.

Art Collectors Dorothy and Herb Vogel

This art collection has been called one of the most important post-1960s art collections in the United States.  The collection has over 4,782 artworks.  Go to the following links to learn about how the artworks were selected and purchased through the years.  Google Images has many  photos of the Vogels and their art collection.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48844/how-working-class-couple-amassed-priceless-art-collection

http://herbanddorothy.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_and_Dorothy_Vogel

http://vogel5050.org/

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/herb-and-dorothy/



When buying art, they maintained a few strict rules.  Each piece had to be affordable.  It had to fit in their apartment.  It had to be of a size that could be carried home by subway or taxi.  They vowed never to sell any artwork in their collection.  They collected to enrich their own lives with art they found to be beautiful.