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Weirdo Toys is the home for all those random toys that most people have left behind. This site is dedicated to showcasing the quirky, neat, bizarre, sometimes forgotten and downright ugly toys that I’ve stumbled upon.
Whether it’s a fleamarket, dollar store, garage sale or a toystore, they all contribute to the ever-growing population of weirdo toys.
Weirdo Toys Website
http://www.weirdtoys.com
Lucy Davies of the Telegraph writes, “Why preserve an artist’s palette? The daubs of raw pigment or the mixes left in position can be an intriguing index to the working method and the mind of the artist. And most, once the status of art had been elevated above the realms of mere craft, would paint themselves palette in hand.”
Why preserve Van Gogh’s palette?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucydavies/100007607/why-preserve-van-goghs-palette/
So I ran across this little gem the other day on another website and for life of me I cannot understand why I enjoy this so much. Of course, it was the first day of spring and this song just seemed to fit the day well.
I don’t know much about Mr. Montuori but the gentleman is very talented. I can only hope one day to slip some money into his hat in person.
Enjoy!
Wes
Tags: addicting, bird man, claudio montuori, kalimba, the hat i want, youtube
Brian says, “My ambition is to tap into something that is profoundly human, a reality both estranged and familiar.”
Brian Rego’s Website
http://www.brianrego.com/
The Art Tribune: A student of Alexandre Cabanel, Bussière often produced this type of work which combines the Symbolist approach, the art of the English pre-Raphaelites and that of historical painting by artists such as Jean-Paul Laurens. He interprets the latter’s universe (the figure of Siegmund for instance, seems to come directly from a Laurens painting) in aphantasmagorical style, with flickering colours and affected forms which also evoke Jean Delville. The backgrounds in his landscapes (the case for the one acquired here by Cherbourg) recalls Puvis de Chavanne (with whom he worked) or Alphonse Osbert.
The artist’s style evolved later in a manner that can only be qualified as being more and more “kitsch” arriving in the 1920’s at a point which even the most ardent supporters of art history find hard to defend. Nonetheless, his early works should not be forgotten, among them very fine examples such as the beautiful Death of Roland (Mâcon, Musée des Ursulines). Let us point out that Mâcon where his father, Victor Bussière, painter and decorator, settled in 1862 when Gaston was five years old, is preparing two exhibitions devoted to this family of artists the first of which, Les Bussière, peintres et décorateurs (), will open 18 October 2008 and run through 1st February 2009.
The Art Tribune Website
http://www.thearttribune.com/A-large-format-by-Gaston-Bussiere.html
Wikimedia Media Files on Gaston Bussiere
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gaston_Bussiere
