#Thomson gallery

[kwojciechowicz]

"Heart of Darkness" at Thomson Gallery

My "Heart of Darkness" is being exhibited at the Thomson Gallery in Zug, Switzerland! :D The exhibition lasts from 1st of OCtober till the 31st of October 2023. Address: Schmidgasse 4, 6300 Zug. https://en.thomsongallery.com/ #kamaarts #kamilawojciechowiczkrauze #thomsongallery #zug #exhibition

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #MooseDay!

Tom Thomson (Canadian, 1877-1917)

Moose at Night, 1916

oil on wood, 20.9 x 26.9 cm

National Gallery of Canada 1545

[downthetubes]

Lillie Art Gallery hosts "Comics Stripped" exhibition in Scotland this summer

Oor Wullie, Judge Dredd and Rupert the Bear are at the 'art' of a new exhibition which focuses on comic strips and creators in Scotland this summer

Oor Wullie, Judge Dredd and Rupert the Bear are at the ‘art’ of a new exhibition which focuses on comic strips and creators in Scotland this summer. The Lillie Art Gallery, in Milngavie, is hosting “Comics Stripped!” until 15th August 2024 – a free display which goes behind the scenes of some of the medium’s most iconic creations and Scotland’s pivotal role. This is the first time this…

[knotst3r1l3]

slipknot.... slipknot..... oh my god slipknot......... stimming isnt enough i need to DIE i need to EXPLODE A BILLION TIMES.I N33D TO DISINTEGRATE... slipknot.........

[spectrumtacular]

It's just now hitting me that I didn't see a single Group of Seven work at the AGO yesterday, how tf did I manage to miss ALL of them

[thunderstruck9]

David Milne (Canadian, 1882-1953), Winter Sky, January 1, 1935. Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 41.3 cm. The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario

[mioritic]

Tom Thomson (Canadian, 1877–1917)

"Petawawa, Algonquin Park" (a.k.a. "Petawawa Gorges"), Autumn 1916

Art Gallery of Ontario

[aelville]

31-32 Thomson Ave

Hello! My first building here in Glasslake (Copperdale). I'm working on save file for this world in The Sims 4. For now you can download all of my buildings in my EA Gallery. ID: Aeville

[andrewseto]

Staged is a curated group show at Studio1.1 London. I will have new paintings on view, alongside work by artists Tamsin Morse, Jacqueline Utley and Caroline Thomson. 57A Redchurch St, London E2 7DJ. Show runs until 4 - 28 July 2024, gallery hours are 12-5pm Thursday - Sunday or by appointment. More details: info@studio1-1.co.uk

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Tom Thomson (canadian 1877-1917)

The Jack Pine 1917

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa/Canada

[scotianostra]

On August 6th 1796,the Scottish artist David Allan died, he was known as The Scottish Hogarth.

Allan was born in what once was the busy port of Alloa on the river Forth where his father, also David, was the Shoremaster in charge of the harbour.

David had a rather unfortunate childhood; he was born prematurely and his mother died shortly after his birth, he survived two accidents in his early years which threatened his life.  He displayed an early talent for drawing which led to his expulsion from the parish school when he drew a caricature of the dominie in the act of caning unruly pupils, dominie is an old Scottish name for a schoolmaster.

In 1753, Robert Foulis, a publisher in Glasgow, founded the Academy of Art and Design which was granted a room in Glasgow University.  The Academy was essentially a charitable institution supported by local wealthy merchants with encouragement from the aristocracy including the Duke of Argyle and Lord Cathcart.  In 1755, two years after its foundation it had only ten pupils who paid 1½ guineas a session.   In that year David Allan entered the Academy at the age of eleven as an apprentice bound to Robert Foulis for a period of seven years. He was supported no doubt by Lord Cathcart whose estate, Schawpark, was adjacent to Alloa.  Lord and Lady Cathcart became aware of Allan’s artistic ability at an early age and gave him encouragement and financial support throughout their lives.

The Academy enjoyed only a brief existence until 1775 when financial difficulties led to its closure but during its short life it fostered a number of young students who rose to eminence including David Allan and his close friend and contemporary James Tassie. Allan completed his apprenticeship and continued to study at the Academy for a further two years becoming a master of the skills of engraving and etching.

To complete his education, it was felt that Allan should attend one of the continental schools.  In 1767 he moved to Rome, where he lived for ten years; this was the most successful period of his life. In Rome, Allan painted ambitious historical pictures, portraits, caricatures and genre scenes. On returning to London in 1777, he spent two years trying to establish himself. Unsuccessful and ill, he returned to Scotland where he specialised in painting family groups. He also produced book illustrations and was appointed the master of the Trustees' Academy at Edinburgh, as well as illustrations for publications by Robert Burns and Allan Ramsay.

Allan collaborated with Burns through George Thomson: with the 1793 commission for Thomson’s song collection, the artist produced more than 100 drawings in oval format. Burns saw in Allan’s work a spirit similar to his own. The poet wrote to Thomson in November 1794:

I look on myself to be a kind of brother-brush with him. – “Pride in Poets is nae sin”, & I will say it, that I look on Mr Allen & Mr Burns to be the only genuine & real Painters of Scotish Costume in the world!

Burns owned a copy of Allan Ramsay’s The Gentle Shepherd as published by Foulis in Glasgow in 1788. . In 1794 he described David Allan as a “man of very great genius”, and marvelled that he was not better known than he was.

Allan married Shirley Welsh, herself a keen art student, and a great admirer of her husband’s work, they had five children only one of whom, Barbara, reached adult life.

Burns died on 21st July, and was closely followed by Allan, on 6th August 1796.

Allan is buried in the Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh, not far from the grave of David Hume.

The first three pics are from my visit to The Scottish National Portrait Gallery las week, the others are from the ilustrations he drew for Burns, my favourite being the "Battle of Killiecrankie" one, another link to a recent post. The final pic is also my own from a visit to Old Calton Burial Ground.

[kwojciechowicz]

Good news 🗞️ My painting “Heart of Darkness” will be showcased as part of the ARTBOXY exhibition at Thomson Gallery in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Date: 1-31.10.23 #kamilawojciechowiczkrauze #kamaarts #thomsongallery #zug #switzerland #artboxy

[1five1two]

Netherlandish. Expulsion of the Money Changers. Prayer bead, 1520 - 1530, boxwood with metal fittings. The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

[random-brushstrokes]

John Singer Sargent - Clementina Anstruther-Thomson (1889)

Clementina "Kit" Caroline Anstruther-Thomson (1857–1921) was a Scottish author and art theorist. She was known for writing and lecturing on experimental aesthetics during the Victorian era. Her collaboration with Vernon Lee in the 1890s inspired Lee's growing interests in the psychological aspect of aesthetics later in her career. Vernon Lee lived most of the time in Italy, where she was much given to visiting churches, museums and galleries; doing this in the 1890s with her lover, the painter Clementina Anstruther-Thomson, she decided to undertake a study of what happens to the human body when the mind is occupied with the vista of an aesthetic object: a building, a decorative jar, a painting. Anstruther-Thomson kept a diary in which she recorded her reactions, how looking at art made her feel. She noted her respiration and heart rate, balance, muscular tension, the manner and speed with which her right and left lungs filled with air. For example, looking at the Gothic-Renaissance façade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence one day, she observed that her balance changed and her breathing deepened. The composer Ethel Smyth, who had also had a relationship with Lee, made snide comments about what Lee and Anstruther-Thompson were doing, ‘experimenting’ in art galleries.

Vernon Lee was already familiar with Anstruther-Thomson prior to meeting her. Contemporary writers have described Anstruther-Thomson as having the physique that resembles the ideals from ancient Greek sculpture, and Lee frequently described her obsession with Anstruther-Thomson's body in her writings. When Lee observed art with Anstruther-Thomson, her aesthetic experience was based on "lesbian desire" of Anstruther-Thomson's body that embodied Greek ideals. (source)

[all-action-all-picture]

The Hornet No. 297, dated 17 May 1969. The Hornet Gallery of Sport cover featuring Graham Hill, Formula One World Champion in 1962 and 1968. Like his son Damon Hill, who also became a F1 World Champion, his racing helmet bore the colours of the London Rowing Club. DC Thomson.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is interesting- it’s a very old 1795 southern style home in Thomson, Georgia, 4bds. 2ba., for $460K. However the home was sold for $330K in 5/22, and they stripped it down, remodeled in record time, and put it back on the market. So, we will be looking at the before & after photos. 

The exterior was already nice, but they painted the door blue and put out some matching chairs just to break up all the white.

Before: Blue foyer w/wainscoting.

After: Off-white shiplap. The beautiful ornate molding is gone, too. 

Stairs- painted to match the foyer, carpet runner removed, and newel posts painted white.

They did the opposite to the sitting room. It was a creamy color, and they made it blue. The wood moldings and windows have been painted white.

The kitchen redo- stripped the wallpaper, painted the walls white; painted the cabinets dark blueish gray; new appliances; open shelving; new tile floor; and I like how they moved the fridge and made a larger fireplace (should’ve given it a hearth, though).

Wallpaper stripped, pale green paint, and a yellow fireplace surround turned it into a bd.

Tile replaced by shiplap. Looks like they flattened the wall and put in a small pedestal sink. Bath is the same, but white, new mirror, new floor tile. Baby diarrhea color on the wall.

New floors, blue paint, new fireplace insert.

Pretty latticed porch remained.

They laid a cement parking pad.

This is how the grounds look now.

They removed all this from the gardens. There are many beautiful rooms they don’t show renovated, so if you want to see them, click on the link below:

http://tours.stevebphoto.com/public/vtour/display/1604788?a=1#!/nav/gallery

Listing:

https://www.movoto.com/thomson-ga/211-milledge-st-thomson-ga-30824/pid_zelt8e5mbh/