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Young Genius
7 years old boy, Kieron Williamson paints like an old master. Looking at his paintings even dont know what to say… It’s just stupefy, wonderfully; astonishingly, surprisingly. Can you find the words to describe your emotions and feelings looking at the pictures that made by hand of 7 years old child?
Kieron is going to paint a portrait of his 98-year-old nan when she turns 100. What does he think about people spending so much money on his paintings? “Really good.” Would he like to be a professional painter? “Yep.” So he doesn’t want to be a footballer when he is older? “I want to be a footballer and a painter.”
Kieron enjoys playing football and, like his dad, supports Leeds United (“I haven’t ever pushed him into it,” says Keith quickly). What other things does Kieron like doing? “You played on the Xbox but then you got bored of it didn’t you?” says Keith.
“You said I could have it out when Christmas comes,” says Kieron.
“You can have it out in the holidays,” promises Michelle. “He’s a bit all-or-nothing with whatever he does, like the artwork. You have to pull the reins in a bit because otherwise he’d be up all night.”
What would his parents say if Kieron turned around and told them he was not going to paint any more? “Leave him to it. As long as he’s happy. At the end of the day, he’s at his happiest painting,” says Keith. “It’s entirely his choice,” says Michelle. “We don’t know what’s around the corner. Kieron might decide to put his boxes away and football might take over and that would be entirely his choice. We’re feeling slightly under pressure at the moment because there is such a waiting list of people wanting Kieron’s work, but I’m inclined to tell them to wait, really.”
1 comment December 30, 2009
Aelita Super Star. Art News
The boss of a top art gallery Mark Jamieson got the shock of his life when he found out his new “star” Aelita Andre was a two-year-old. “I was shocked and a little embarrassed” he said.
Tiny genius?
Aelita’s mother Nikka Kalashnikova and her husband, Michael Andre, did not set out to mislead the gallery. They simply wanted Aelita’s work to be judged on its merits. “Of course, every mother is proud of their child. I didn’t tell him (Jamieson) because I had all these feelings going through my head — fear, embarrassment.”
Kalashnikova says Aelita began painting shortly before she could walk. Both parents are artists and Aelita was used to seeing them work on canvases on the floor.
Kalashnikova at first dismissed Aelita’s painting as “just mucking around” but by August last year she’d seen enough potential that she provided her with a canvas painted red (by her mother) and let her get to work. The image that resulted is among those on display in the exhibition, which has been opened on January 16 in Melburn.
Add comment February 20, 2009
Carl Larsson.
Swedish artist, Carl Larsson (1853 – 1919) is known as portraitist, book illustrator and printmaker. His most famous works are the house he designed in the small village Sundborn and watercolor scenes of everyday life there. His paintings are filled with warm, cosines and kindness, especially these 2 ones which are relating with Christmas Days. So this is the cause why I choose to put them here today.
Christmas Morning.
Fairy Tales.
Carl Larsson came from a poor family and studied (1866–76) at the Konstakademi in Stockholm, supporting himself throughout this period. From 1871 to 1878 he contributed illustrations to the comic journal Kaspar and the Ny illustrerad tidning . From 1875, for several decades, he was a prolific book illustrator, his most renowned work in this field being his drawings for Fältskärns berättelser (‘The Barber-surgeon’s tales’; pubd 1883–4) by Zacharius Topelius, and the Rococo-inspired watercolours for the Samlade skaldeförsök (‘Collected attempts at poetry’; pubd 1884) by the 18th-century Swedish author Anna Maria Lenngren. However, that Larsson produced most of his own prints.
1 comment December 24, 2007
Leonardo Da Vinci online.
Do you know that now if you want to look at Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper or to show it to your kids you dont need to get Milan. Because henceforth everyone has got great chance to see the work of a genius online. The new high resolution image allows viewers to see the finer details of the wall-painting. At 16 billion pixels, the image is 1,600 times stronger than those produced by a typical 10 million pixel digital camera. “You can see how Leonardo made the cups transparent, something you can’t ordinarily see,” said curator Alberto Artioli. “You can also note the state of degradation the painting is in.” Besides allowing experts and art-lovers to study the masterpiece from home, Artioli said the project provides an historical document of how the painting appears in 2007, which will be valuable to future generations of art historians.
Although there appeared to be problems with the Web site late Saturday, it was accessible earlier in day.
The work, in Milan’s Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, was restored in a painstaking effort that wrapped up in 1999 — a project aimed at reversing half a millennium of damage to the famed artwork. Leonard painted the “Last Supper” dry, so the painting did not cleave to the surface in the fresco style, meaning it is more delicate and subject to wear.
“Over the years it has been subjected to bombardments; it was used as a stall by Napoleon,” Artioli said. The restoration removed 500 years of dirt while also removing previous restoration works that masked Leonardo’s own work.
Even those who get to Milan have a hard time gaining admission to see the “Last Supper.” Visits have been made more difficult by measures to protect it. Twenty-five visitors are admitted every 15 minutes to see the painting for a total of about 320,000 visitors a year. Visitors must pass through a filtration system to help reduce the work’s exposure to dust and pollutants.
“The demand is three or four times higher, but we can’t accommodate it because of efforts to preserve the painting,” Artioli said.
So see it on the Net now: http://www.haltadefinizione.com
Add comment October 28, 2007
Mabel Lucie Attwell.
One of the most important part of kid’s books or may by the most important is illustration. That’s without question.
Very often we remember exactly illustration much more than the text in. Some artists create imagines that we remember through life over. One from the most favorite artists who created such memory imagines is still Mabel Lucie Attwell. We remember this beautiful pictures, we prefer books with her illustrations and we love carton and animation based on pictures as well. Her books still bring us and our kids into a wonderful land.
So, Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964).
She became a household name during the 1930’s and 40’s with her illustrations of pudgy and appealing toddlers. The public’s insatiable appetite for her illustrations generated an extensive market for Mabel Lucie Attwell ephemera.
Childhood & Education
Mabel Lucie Attwell was born 4 June 1879 at Mile End in London, the ninth child out of ten children born to a butcher.
She studied at both the Regent School of Art and Heatherley’s School of Art, but because she disliked formal training and grew bored with copying, she never completed either course. She preferred to illustrate her own fantasies.
Professional Career
By the time Attwell was sixteen years old, she had enough drawings of fairies and children to bring them to a leading London artists’ agency. The lukewarm reception that she received was upsetting to the young artist but short-lived. She was notified several days later that not only had all the drawings sold, but that they wanted more!
In 1908, Attwell married the illustrator Harold Cecil Earnshaw, and had two children, Peter and Peggy. Their daughter Peggy was the inspiration for the typical Mabel Lucie Attwell toddler and achieved immortality through the illustrations in Attwell’s books. Peggy (Wickham) later became a talented artist and illustrator in her own right.
Between 1905 and 1913, Attwell illustrated ten books for W. & R. Chambers, providing 4 to 8 color plates for each. By 1911, she was designing postcards and greeting cards for Valentine & Sons of Dundee.
She illustrated two gift books for Hodder & Stoughton. The first was Peeping Pansy in 1918 by Marie, Queen of Roumania. The Queen even invited Attwell to stay at the Royal Palace in Bucharest. The second book was Peter Pan and Wendy by J. M. Barrie who admired her work and personally requested her to illustrate this edition.
During Attwell’s career, she designed advertisements, posters, calendars, figurines and wall plaques. During the First World War, thousands of her colored postcards were sent to cheer up the troops in the trenches. One of her most famous drawings, ‘Diddums’, was made into a doll, a typically Attwell styled boy doll which was to be found in nurseries around the world. In 1937 and 1938, Princess Margaret commissioned her to do her personal Christmas card. Attwell also contributed to several periodicals and annuals. In 1943, she started a comic strip in the London Opinion called “Wot a Life”. Sets of Mabel Lucie Attwell China were used in the Royal Nursery of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and later Prince Charles.
In 1945 Attwell moved to Fowey, Cornwall to live with her son Peter. She died at home on 5 November 1964.
2 comments September 18, 2007
