Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Vincent van Gogh - Trees part 1

Self-Portrait 1889 
oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm

Having recently looked at Vincent van Gogh's flower paintings (see index) I thought I'd take at look at his tree-related works as well. 

This is part one of a 2-part post:


1882 Edge of a Wood 
oil on canvas

1882 Study of a Tree 
pencil and chalk on paper

1882 Girl in the Woods 
oil on canvas

1884 Avenue of Poplars at Sunset  
oil on canvas

1885 Autumn Landscape 
oil on canvas

1885 Autumn Landscape with Four Trees 
oil on canvas 64 x 89 cm

1885 Lane with Poplars near Nuenen 
oil on canvas 97.5 x 78 cm

1886 In the Bois de Boulogne 
oil on canvas 46.4 x 36.8 cm

1887 Chestnut Tree in Bloom 
oil on canvas

1887 Path in the Woods 
oil on canvas 46 x 38.5 cm


Trees and Undergrowth is the subject of paintings that Vincent Van Gogh made in Paris, Saint-Rémy and Auvers, between 1887 and 1890. Before becoming an artist Van Gogh wrote romantically about ivy, whether climbing up the walls of a cottage or catching rays of sunshine through trees on the forest floor. His letters evoked and made reference to a favoured Charles Dickens poem, "Ivy Green".


1887 Trees and Undergrowth 
oil on canvas 46.5 x 55.5 cm

1887 Trees and Undergrowth 
oil on canvas 46 x 36 cm

1887 Undergrowth 
oil on canvas 32 x 46 cm

1887 Undergrowth 
oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm

1887 Trees in a Field on a Sunny Day 
oil on canvas

1888 A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles 
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm

1888 Apricot Tree in Bloom 
oil on canvas

1888 Avenue of Plane Trees near Arles Station 
oil on canvas

1888 Garden with Weeping Willow 
oil on canvas 60.5 x 73.5 cm

1888 Les Alychamps 
oil on canvas 92 x 73.5 cm

1888 Les Alychamps 
oil on canvas 93 x 72 cm

1888 Orchard in Bloom 
oil on canvas

1888 Orchard with Blossoming Plum Trees 
oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm

1888 Orchard in Blossom 
oil on canvas

1888 Orchard with Peach Trees in Blossom 
oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm

1888 Orchard in Blossom 
oil on canvas

1888 Peach Trees in Blossom 
oil on canvas 73 x 59.5 cm

1888 Peach Trees in Blossom 
oil on canvas 80.5 x 59.5 cm

1888 Pear Tree in Blossom 
oil on canvas 73 x 46 cm

1888 Public Park with Weeping Willow, The Poet's Garden 
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm

1888 Pollard Willow with Setting Sun 
oil on canvasboard 31.5 x 34.5 cm

1888 The Public Park at Arles 
oil on canvas 72 x 93 cm

1888 The Pink Orchard 
oil on canvas 64.5 x 80.5 cm

1888 Trunk of an Old Yew Tree 
oil on canvas

1889 Avenue with Flowering Chestnut Trees 
oil on canvas 72.5 x 92 cm

1889 Cypresses with Two Women 
oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm

1889 Landscape with Trees and Figures 
oil on canvas 49.9 x 65.4 cm

1889 Cypresses 
oil on canvas 93.3 x 74 cm

1889 Large Plane Trees 
oil on canvas 71 x 93 cm

1889 Large Plane Trees 
oil on canvas 73.5 x 92 cm

1889 Mulberry Tree 
oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm

1889 Lilacs 
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm

Van Gogh identified three olive tree paintings made in June, the second month of his stay at the asylum:


1889 Olive Grove ( 1 June ) 
oil on canvas 73 x 93 cm

1889 Olive Grove ( 2 June ) Bright Blue Sky 
oil on canvas 45.5 x 59.5 cm

1889 Olive Grove ( 3 June ) 
oil on canvas 72 x 92 cm

Sunday, 6 January 2013

David Stone Martin part 4

In the world of jazz there is one artist collected the world over who has never played an instrument not even a note of music but has left his mark on the jazz culture. Illustrator David Stone Martin (1913 – 1992) was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar era, with his signature hand-sketched graphics with two or three primary colours, perfectly capturing the energy and spontaneity of the jazz idiom.

For biographical notes on Martin see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1-3 also.

This is part 3 of a 4-part post on the works of David Stone Martin: 

(I'm afraid I do not have dates for a number of the album covers in this particular post)


1961 ( March 30 ) Down Beat magazine cover

1961 ( August 3 ) Down Beat magazine cover

1961 ( August 31 ) Down Beat magazine cover

1961 ( September 14 ) Down Beat magazine cover

1961 ( October 26 ) Down Beat magazine cover

1963 Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1976 Al Haig "Piano Time"

1979 Sam Jones 12 Piece Band "Something New" 
Interplay Records 12" LP

1984 Charlie Parker Vol. 8 
Verve Records

1990 ( recorded 1978 ) Don Friedman "Hot Knepper And Pepper" 
Progressive Records

Another Evening with Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall 
Norgran Records catalogue no. EP N-78

Portrait of Ed Morrow, CBS

Art Tatum 
Asch Records

Grand Award Dixieland Jazz "Jass Band" 
Spartan Records LP

Grand Award Porgy and Bess

Gösta Nyström - Sinfonia Del Mare 
Swedish

Hank Jones' Be-Bop Piano

Illustration

Illustration

Illustration

Illustration

Illustration

Illustration

Jass Band

Lester Young Collates 
Mercury Records catalogue no. MGC108 10" LP

Norman Granz' Jazz Concert Vol. 1 
Norgran Records

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic Vol. 10 
Mercury Records

Mr. Piano Man  the Music of Joe Sullivan 
Down Home Records catalogue no. MG D-2

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic No. 11 
Clef Records

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic Vol. 3 
Verve Records

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic Vol. 6 
Clef Records 10" LP

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic Vol. 4 
Mercury Records 10" LP

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic Vol. 9 
Mercury Records 10" LP

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic Vol. 9 
Verve Records

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic 
Stinson Records

Oscar Peterson 
Mercury Records

Tenor Saxes 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1034