Friday, February 13, 2009

Man fighting a three-headed dragon, 1912


- source
Walter Crane - Mythological Illustrations
Perseus & the Gorgons, 1892


Hercules & the old man of the sea, 1910

- source
Apollo Killing The Python, engraving, 1860
Joseph Mallord William (artist) Lumb Stocks (engraver)

Found at NYPL

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Uwe Bremer
"Pegasus vs. Chmaeram", Oil on wood, 1996

"Ungeheuer auf Jupiter", 1970

"Zwitter auf Aldebaran", 1970

"Concerning Time (Timemachine)"
Colour Etching, Edition of 40, 1983.


More Bremer on display at Kunstkontor Rampoldt. And the Steinroetter Gallery.

Artist found thanks to Will, of the excellent art blog "A Journey Round My Skull" in a previous post comment here.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Kawanabe Kyosai - Three Comic Grotesques, Ink and colour on paper, 1870s-1880s
Demons at a festival shooting range.


Demons at a festival tea-stand.


Demons engaged in a sumo bout.

Artist previously mentioned here.

These ink paintings and the previously mentioned work were found while digging through one of my favorite art collections on the internet, at the British Museum.
Félix Bracquemond - "Out of my sun, bastard!" etching, 1854-1855

Monday, February 09, 2009

Rafa Toro's "Monstruos Diabolicos Redux"






See more of these reinterpretations of the vintage monster card series at Toro's gallery here. The original card series have been posted by the artist here. I mentioned them previously here. Below are a few of my favorites..