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Monthly Archives: June 2010
William Bouguereau
Biography written by Brian Yoder.
As a young man, Bouguereau put himself through the Ecole des Beaux-Arts by keeping books for a wine merchant and coloring lithographic labels for a local grocer. In his spare time, late in the evening, he created drawings from memory. This diligence and discipline resulted in an extraordinarily productive artistic life. Bouguereau produced more than seven hundred finished works and achieved a remarkable level of public acclaim and financial success. He never forgot his difficult early days, however; working secretly, he assisted young artists who were struggling as he had to pursue an artistic career in the face of financial difficulties.
Like many painters of the second half of the 19th century, Bouguereau made a careful study of form and technique and steeped himself in classical sculpture and painting. True to his serious and industrious nature, he worked deliberately and industriously: before beginning a painting he would master the history of his subject and complete numerous sketches.
The tenderness with which he portrayed children and domestic scenes, his technical skill and passion for the classics, and his love of rich color are hallmarks of Bouguereau’s exquisite paintings.
Nymphs and Satyr
There can be little doubt that Bouguereau was one of the most talented painters of his time, but it is a shame that he has fallen into obscurity with museum curators and those supposedly sophisticated about art who think that ugliness and lack of content imply depth and talent.
The Bathers
Body Art by Dmitry Dmitriev
If you haven’t already guessed, Dmitry is Russian. And Russia is famous for beautiful men. Whether it’s winning a war against impossible odds, the arts, or human sensuality, the Russians are second fiddle to no one. I got my first taste of Russian talent during the Communists era, when I was fortunate enough to have very good seats at a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet. Of the many Ballets I have seen in my lifetime, the Bolshoi was by far the most breathtaking. To see more of Dmitry’s work, use the link below.
If anything defines Dmitry’s work, it is the diversity and profusion of techniques and disciplines used to express, from photography, to body-painting, to drawing and painting, all done with incredible artistic skill.
Dmitry has published his work in several magazines, and has held two exhibitions in Moscow (Hometown): “Naked World” in May 2008 and “Necropolis” in October 2008 and has also participated with great success (third place) in the body painting contest conducted within the International Beauty Festival Costa in Moscow, March 2008. Simply put: Dmitry Dmitriev is the John Lennon of the art world.
Dmitry also creates custom work, and sells his work primarily through his web page http://dmitry-art.narod.ru/english.html
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Michael Kilgore’s Men
Studio 4496
Key West, Florida
Studio 4496 is a photography studio devoted to the form, physique and figure of man. Some of the images are demur, others erotic … all are intended to intrigue.
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Body Art on Feminine Canvas
Can you remember the incredible 60′s?
At last … a cell phone for guys my age:
That’s right, there was a day we wondered if cell phones would catch on. Many of us thought computers were a new toy for kids. So yes, they’ve been a frightful number of long years. But they’ve created the witches brew of experience that’s found in the paragraphs of my novels.
Sans Pubic Hair
Still the most popular topic on this blog, I can’t help but believe men around the world are putting their razors to work. No doubt about the erotic effect. If you’re thinking about going hairless, perhaps one of these images will give you an idea of what you will look like.
The Photography of Rudolf Koppitz
Rudolf Koppitz (January 4, 1884 – July 8, 1936) was a Czechoslovak photographer, and photo-secessionist whose work is seen as maintaining the photographic style of pictorialism well past its heyday in light of the straight photography and modernist movements in photography at that time and was one of the leading representatives of art photography in Vienna between the world wars. Koppitz is best known for his works of the human figure and his use of the nude in natural settings.
During the First World War Koppitz found himself putting his talents to use as an aerial reconnaissance photographer. The bulk of his the body of work produced during this time consisted of landscapes captured during his areal reconnaissance work, his favorite of which was the study of water from the air and the geometric elements of flying machines that carried him into war.
After the war, Koppitz returned to the Institute to teach photography where in 1923 he took the nude self-portrait, In the Bosom of Nature, in which he framed himself by tree trunks, rocks, snowy mountains, and is posed to convey a dreamlike harmony reminiscent of a symbolist painting and graphic art. (See the photograph above)
Koppitz’s work is marked by a pronounced awareness of form, line, and the surface play of light and shadow. Early in his career, Koppitz was known for staging groups of subjects in the style of the Vienna Secession, the most well known example of this being his Bewegungsstudie, “Motion Study”.
His Bewegungsstudie (above) has become the Koppitz’s signature image, and was also his best-seller. Prints of the image were purchased by, among others, the Toledo Museum of Art; the New York Camera Club notable Joseph Bing, head of that club’s print committee; and the Englishman Stephen Tyng, who published it in a small portfolio of works from his collection.
