FRUSTRATED ARTIST

  Today we are introduced to a women artist born  1532 - Cremona, Italy  Died:  November 16, 1625 - Palermo, Sicily, Italy.  Born into the minor nobility, Sofonisba was the oldest of six daughters and one son. While members of the nobility were expected to have knowledge of the arts, it was not conventional for them to pursue the arts professionally.  In a radical move, Amilcare arranged specialized training in painting for Anguissola and her sister Elena. They joined the household of Bernardino Campi as apprentices in 1545. Campi was a young  Mannerist  artist who had met Giulio Romano while working in Mantua; he had gained quick fame for his elegant compositions upon his return to Cremona. In a radical move, Amilcare arranged specialized training in painting for Anguissola and her sister Elena. They joined the household of Bernardino Campi as apprentices in 1545. Campi was a young  Mannerist  artist who had met Giulio Romano while work...

 Today the nominated Photographer Ansel Adam, I have the 3 book set in my shelves. The Film,  The Negative, The Print. When I was studying Black and White film and Dark room we had a session On how Ansel got it so right so followed his procedure and it almost was 100% right every time. I used the same products every time had the times right its finding your groove once you have done that you hardly have failures. But unfortunately I am now using digital as I am 67 and cannot stand for hours and dont like the chemicals.  Ansel Adams was an American photographer best known for his iconic images of the American West, including Yosemite National Park.  Ansel Easton Adams was born in on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California. His family came to California from New England, having migrated from Ireland in the early 1700s. As a young child, Adams was injured in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, when an aftershock threw him into a garden wall. His broken nose wa...

  Richard Avedon  (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for companies like Harper's Bazaar, Vogue.  S pecializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. He was born in New York City,  to a Jewish family. His father, Jacob Israel Avedon, was a Russian-born immigrant who advanced from menial work to starting his own successful retail dress business on Fifth Avenue. His mother, Anna, from a family that owned a dress-manufacturing business,  encouraged Richard's love of fashion and art. Avedon's interest in photography emerged when, at age 12, he joined the (YMHA) Camera Club.  https://www.biography.com/artist/richard-avedon Richard Avedon

 This time we are going to do something different, theme songs from all the Bond movies I am curious hope you are to. 1960 and 62 they were all the same 1962 was the first Bond movie this first is not a song but it is a orchestral theme of the James bond In 1964 Gold Finger performed by Shirley Bassey.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D1nK7q2i8I In 1965 'Thunderball'    "  "          "   Tom Jones.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYNzL42AsI4 In 1967 'You Only Live Twice'     "   Nancy Sinatra.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs8uYxTJ530  In 1969   Soundtrack John Barry.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaJWqVcv8k&list=PL-D-0v1EFhNL0xneTSzotQdd-veyC3wTz  In 1971 'Diamonds are Forever'  Shirley Bassey.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFSAWiTJsjc In 1973  'Live and let Die'  Paul McCartney and Wings. https://www.yout...

 Today's Artist is Theodore Seuss "Ted" Geisel Born March 2nd 1904 - Died September 24th 1991. Seuss was an American Children's Author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, screen writer and film maker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than sixty under the pen name Dr, Suess. His works includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages. I agree with him being a famous book producer but there are others to be fair on the popularity of his book against others, example Enid Blyton, and Beatrix Potter. In 1927 he began his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, and various other publications.  He published his first book in 1937 called 'And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street'.  After the war Geisel returned to writing children's book classics like 'If I ran the zoo' (1950), 'Horton Hears a Who...

Henri Julien Rousseau  was born in Laval in the Loire Valley, France o n May 21st, 1844 in Laval, France and he d ied,  September 2, 1910 in Paris, France.  Rousseau was almost entirely self-taught, although he admitted to having received some “advice” from Félix Auguste Clément and Jean-Léon Gérôme, a pair of painters from the Academic style. For the most part, though, his artwork came all from his own self-training. He painted nature scenes, as well as developing a particular take on  the portrait landscape , in which he would paint a particular scene, then place a person in the foreground.  His style lacked some of the polished technique of other artists of the time, leading to him being labeled as a “naïve” painter and often disdained by critics.    

Grant Wood was born on his parents’ farm outside of Anamosa, Iowa, on February 13th, 1891. This property would leave a lasting impression on Wood and  influence his later thinking and work. His mother moved Wood and his younger sister Nan after their father died. Grant Wood was an American painter who is known for his work depicting the Midwest.  Wood developed his interest in art while still in grammar school and showed promise. He continued to nurture his talents in high school where he designed sets for plays and illustrated student publications.  After graduation in 1910, Wood attended the Minneapolis School of Design and Handicraft. Over the next few years, Wood further expanded his creative repertoire by learning to work with metal and jewelry as well as build furniture. When he moved to Chicago in 1913, and he used these skills to make a living.  In Chicago, Wood spent his days at his jewelry and metalworking shop and his evenings developing his talents thro...