Roles of the Artist

Fernand Léger, French, 1881-1955,  "The City" 1919
Oil on canvas
The Museum of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture

This painting helps me see a city in a new way, not just buildings and structures.

Christian Dior
1955 Spring
Pencial, Watercolor
Fitdil Library Special Collections


This drawing presents the style for women in the Fifties.  Clothing is another way an artist can record time.

unknown


 A dog sitting in the driver's seat of a convertible car, probably a Model T. A school building is visible in the distance behind the car


 photographs (circa 1920-1921)


This photograph has turned a functional object into an enjoyable experience. The dog makes the picture by turning a mode of transportation into family fun. Joy riding in the twenties.

Mary Macomber
Bearer of the Soul
1915
Oil on Canvas

The artist gives form to spiritual forces and personal feelings.  I believe in what I can't see of feel.

AESTHETIC BEAUTY

 

Albers Josef
G-Clef (Diskant) Date 1932 (ca.)
Material Glass








                     
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what one thinks is beautiful does not necessarily mean that another has the same opinion.

KITSCH

 America dances figures

George Tscherny, (graphic designer), (illustrator)

Dunetz and Lovett, (publisher)

gesture drawing
line drawings

1958 ARTstor Collection Graphic Design Collection

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

This is not the norm for me, but it makes me smile!