Month: June 2011
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Claudio Bravo
Chilean painter Claudio Bravo only studied art formally in the studio of Miguel Venegas Cienfuentes at an early age. Bravo had his first exhibition at the age of 17. In the 1960’s he moved to Madrid where he developed a reputation as an in demand society portrait painter. In the 1970’s he moved to Tangier,…
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Sayaka Ouhito
Japanese artist Sayaka Ouhito is an illustrator, and perhaps a concept artist. I’m unsure about the latter as I can’t read Japanese and, save for this relatively uninformative interview, there seems to be very little information available about her in English. Other than that, I know little about her, just my own impressions of the…
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Joaquin Mir
Spanish painter Joaquin Mir (also called Joaquin Mir Trinxet or Joaquim Mir i Trinxet) was born in Barcelona and studied there at Escuela Oficial de Bellas Artes (the School of Fine Arts), He was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was known primarily for his landscapes. He worked in a lush,…
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Figure Drawing for All it’s Worth, Andrew Loomis
When I was in my late teens, earnestly trying to learn the art and craft of comic book illustration, I stumbled across a find in the dusty shelves of a used bookstore that popped my eyes open and sent me home feeling like I had struck gold. It was a copy of Figure Drawing for…