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Roger Broders (1883 – 1953)

November 20, 2020 12:03 AM \
We’ve had a strong desire to travel during these pandemic months but unfortunately it’s quite impossible to do so.  We thought that viewing these posters might alleviate the longing.  Roger Borders was a French illustrator and artist best known for his travel posters.  He worked for the Paris Lyon Mediter­ranean Rail­road Com­pany cre­at­ing travel posters for a period of ten years, from 1922 to 1932, producing approximately 84 posters.  He is best known for his posters promoting tourism destinations in France but he also created loca­tions out­side France, such as Algiers, Tunis, Rome and Flo­rence.  His style was sim­i­lar to other travel poster artists but in 1928 he changed his signature and his style cre­at­ing posters that made him so pop­u­lar and set him apart from other artists.

Images:  Courtesy of various sources.

Posted in: Painting, Posters \ Tagged: ,

Guy Yanai

October 30, 2020 12:03 AM \

Guy Yanai is an Israeli painter currently living and working in Tel Aviv, Israel.  He attended Parsons School of Design and the New York Studio School and receiving a BFA from Hampshire College in Massachusetts.  His work often depicts everyday objects and places using vibrant colors, simple shapes and a shallow depth of field.  He has numerous sources of inspiration including old, modern, and contemporary masters to photography, television, paintings, and advertisements.  On an interview with Miles McEnery Gallery he says this about his painting style:  

“Honestly it just arrived slowly by working. The mark in painting is really important for me. So why not make every approach with linen have significant meaning? Not only do I not feel trapped, its liberating and allows me to make anything I want mine. Lately there have been a lot more vertical marks, so we will see where that goes. But really, the way I work is very simple, a brush, oil paint, linen.”

The artist can be followed on his website and on Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Guy Yanai.

Posted in: Fine Art, Painting \ Tagged: ,

Jessie and Katey

September 11, 2020 12:03 AM \

Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn met at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2001 and have since started working together, becoming known as Jessie and Katey. They have been transforming public spaces into colorful and vibrant experiences. Their work have taken them to Hawaii to Washington DC to Russia.  According to their website, Jessie and Katey’s work “explores themes of movement and symmetry, inspired by bold color combinations, patterns in nature, and woven textiles.” 

More of their work can be found on their website and on Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Jessie and Katey. 

Posted in: Murals, Painting, Street Art \ Tagged: , ,
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