Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Michelangelo - Part 1


Portrait of Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra

Painter, on panel and in fresco, sculptor and architect, writer of sonnets, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the first artist recognised by contemporaries as a genius. Hero of the High Renaissance. He was the only artist of whom it was claimed in his lifetime that he surpassed Antiquity.

He was born in Caprese in the 1470s and trained first as a painter with Ghirlandaio, and then as a sculptor under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici. In 1496, already known as sculptor, he went to Rome, where he carved the 'Pietà' for St Peter's.

Back in Florence in 1501 he began work on many sculptural and painterly projects most of which were left unfinished in 1505, when he was summoned to Rome to begin work on a sculpted tomb for Pope Julius II, a project that dogged him until 1545. From 1508 to 1512 he painted the vault of the Sistine Chapel with scenes from the Old Testament, from the Creation to the Story of Noah. Immediately celebrated, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, with its innumerable figures in complex, twisting poses and its exuberant use of colour, is the chief source of the Mannerist style.

The National Gallery, London

This is part 1 of a 4-part series on the works of Michelangelo:


1487 The Torment of Saint Anthony
tempera on panel 47 x 34.9 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX

c1490 Madonna of the Stairs
marble 56.7 x 40.1 cm
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
 

1490-92 Battle of the Centaurs
marble 80.5 x 88 cm
Casa Buonarroti, Florence

c1494 The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels
(The Manchester Madonna)
tempera on wood 104.5 x 77 cm
The National Gallery, London

c1495-1500 A philosopher holding a round object (a skull?)
black and red chalk, touched with pen and brown ink over stylus 33.1 x 21.4 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London

1496-1503 Three Draped Figures with Clasped Hands
pen and two shades of brown ink over traces of black chalk
© Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

1497 Bacchus with Pan
marble 203 cm high
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

c1500 Satyr tied to a tree
pen and brown ink on beige paper 37.8 x 20.9 cm
Louvre, Paris

c1500-1501 The Entombment
(or Christ being carried to his Tomb)
oil on wood panel 161.7 x 149.9 cm
The National Gallery, London

1500-05 Study of a Mourning Woman
pen and brown ink, heightened with white lead opaque watercolour 26 x 16.5 cm
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1501-03 Head and shoulders of a Satyr
pen and brown and grey-brown ink 13 x 13 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London

1501-05 Two studies of a standing man with one leg raised, and a battle-scene
pen and brown ink, some black chalk 18.5 x 18.1 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London

c1502-03 Studies for the figure of David
pen and brown ink 26.4 x 18.5 cm Louvre, Paris

1503-04 Two naked men carrying a third
black stone, passed with a stylus 33.4 x 17.4 cm
Louvre, Paris

1503-04 A nude young man
pen and two shades of brown ink 37.4 x 22.8 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London

1504-05 Battle of Cascina
The Battle of Cascina is a painting in fresco commissioned from Michelangelo for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He created only the preparatory drawing before being called to Rome by Pope Julius II, where he worked on the Pope’s tomb before completing this project, he returned to Florence for some months to complete the cartoon.


Battle of Cascina
Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England

A study of a seated nude man for the 'Battle of Cascina'
red chalk  41.9 x 28.6 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London

Study for the 'Battle of Cascina'

Study for the 'Battle of Cascina'

Study for the 'Battle of Cascina'

Study for the 'Battle of Cascina'

Study for the 'Battle of Cascina'

c1508 Study for the Decoration of the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
pen and brown ink, and charcoal on cream laid paper
 37.3 x 25.2 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

c1508 Sudyfor the Decoration of the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
pen and brown ink and black chalk on cream laid paper
37.3 x 25.1 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

1508-12 Study for the drapery of the Erythraean Sibyl
grey-brown and black chalk over stylus (the sibyl)
grey-brown chalk (the scheme)
black chalk over stylus (the hand) 38.4 x 25.8 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London

1510-11 Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel
red chalk over black chalk or charcoal on beige laid paper
34.3 x 24.3 cm
The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

1510-11 Figure Studies for the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
red chalk heightened with traces of white on beige laid paper 23.4 x 33.5 cm
The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

c1513 Rebellious Slave
marble 229 cm high
Musée du Louvre, Paris
 

started 1513 Dying Slave
marble
© Musée du Louvre, Paris

1515-18 Details of classical architecture
red chalk on paper 27.9 x 20.8 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum, London


Monday, 2 December 2024

Herbert Leupin - part 5

 

Swiss poster and advertising designer Herbert Leupin was born in Beinwil am See. Leupin studied in Basel (1932-1935) and Paris (1936-1937) before opening his own graphic design studio in 1939. He quickly emerged as one of the most important poster artists in Switzerland winning many awards in the annual “Best Swiss Posters” competition. Leupin is famous for his fresh, original and humorous illustrative style. His poster creations for Coca-Cola, Swissair, Rolex, Eptinger, and Knie – to name a few of his clients – are famous around the world. Many of his posters have become highly collectible items. Leupin created several hundred posters in his lifetime and has received important awards in Switzerland, Germany and the United States. Since 1970, he worked mainly as a painter. He passed away in 1999.

This is part 5 of a 5-part series on the works of Herbert Leupin:


c1960 Kolynos toothpaste
colour lithograph 130 x 90 cm

1961 Eptinger mineral
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1962 Kinderbillet-Preise für Erwachsene
(Children's ticket prices for adults - railways)
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1963 Plakat Druck Hug + Söhn
(Poster Printer Hug & Son)
colour lithograph 127.2 x 90 cm

1963 Gyges und sein Ring
(Gyges and his Ring)
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1964 Pepita
colour lithograph 50.3 x 90 cm

1965 Bell
colour lithograph 127 x 90 cm

1967 Roth-Händle cigarettes 
colour lithograph 119 x 84 cm

1967 Interboot Friedrichshafen
(International boat exhibition on Lake Constance)
colour lithograph 28 x 59 cm

1967 Die Tat
(The Act)
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

c1968 Slip Eminence
(Briefs Eminence)
colour lithograph 61 x 45 cm

1968 Roth-Händle
cigarettes colour lithograph 119 x 84 cm

1968 Pepita
colour lithograph 128 x 90.4 cm

1968 Lago (Lake) Maggiore, Brissago
 colour lithograph 102 x 64 cm

1969 Salem No.6 cigarettes
colour lithograph 167 x 119 cm

1969 Mit der Bahn an die Sonne
(By train to the sun)
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1970 Roth-Händle Dauerkalender
(Permanent Calendar) plastic
35 x 23 cm

1970 Clown Dimitri, Cirque Knie
(Dimitri the Clown, Knie Circus)
colour lithograph 127 x 91 cm

1972-73 Abstract Musician
colour lithograph 73 x 39.3 cm

c1973 Roth-Händle Cigaretten 
colour lithograph 119 x 84 cm

1981 Krone Charlie Rivel (Clown
colour lithograph 49 x 34.5 cm

Note: Dates were not found for the remainder of these images:

Adelboden Swiss ski resort
colour lithograph

Abstract figure composition
colour lithograph 38 x 28 cm

Braunwald Swiss ski resort
colour lithograph 132 x 96 cm

Basler Ballet
colour lithograph124.5 x 89 cm

Die Tat (Swiss newspaper)
colour lithograph 127.6 x 91.4 cm

Harlequin
colour lithograph on paper 92 x 63.5 cm

L'Oell la plus belle revue du monde
(L'Oell the most beautiful magazine in the world)
colour lithograph 127 x 89.5 cm

Potent Optilets
colour serigraph 24.7 x 19.7 cm

Pierrot
colour lithograph 39 x 27 cm

Switzerland for Winter Sunshine
colour lithograph 100.5 x 64 cm

Perilli Vermouth
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

Steinfels Lave Le Mieux
(Steinfels Washes Best)
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

Squibb Pasta Dentifricia
(tooth paste)
colour lithograph

Theatre Fauteuil, Basel, Switzerland
colour lithograph 64.5 x 51 cm

The Juggler
colour lithograph or silkscreen 46 x 35 cm

Terlenka
colour lithograph 116 x 83 cm

Zwitserland (Switzerland)
colour lithograph 102 x 64 cm

Harlequin
colour lithograph on paper 92 x 63.5 cm

Potent Optilets
colour serigraph 24.7 x 19.7 cm

Pierrot
colour lithograph 39 x 27 cm

Perilli Vermouth
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm


Squibb Pasta Dentifricia (tooth paste)
colour lithograph