Thursday, December 22, 2011

Boleslaw Biegas

Boleslaw Biegas - The Third Vampire Metamorphosis, 1916 - 1917The Third Vampire Metamorphosis, 1916 - 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of Allied, 1915 - 1916The Vampire In The Form Of Allied, 1915 - 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of The Dragon, 1917The Vampire In The Form Of The Dragon, 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of Tura, 1916 - 1917The Vampire In The Form Of Tura, 1916 - 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of The Serpent, 1916 - 1917The Vampire In The Form Of The Serpent, 1916 - 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of The Elephant, 1915 - 1916The Vampire In The Form Of The Elephant, 1915 - 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - The Fight With The Vampire, 1915 - 1916The Fight With The Vampire, 1915 - 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - The Second Metamorphosis Vampire, 1917 - 1918The Second Metamorphosis Vampire, 1917 - 1918

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of Polyp, 1916The Vampire In The Form Of Polyp, 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - The First Metamorphosis Vampire, 1917The First Metamorphosis Vampire, 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - Vampire Suyene, 1917Vampire Suyene, 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - Kiss of the Vampire, 1916Kiss of the Vampire, 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - Humanity's Victory Over The Vampires, 1918Humanity's Victory Over The Vampires, 1918

Boleslaw Biegas - Ironic Fight Vampires, 1915 - 1916Ironic Fight Vampires, 1915 - 1916

Boleslaw BiegasTitle Unknown

Boleslaw Biegas - Vampire In The Form Of Grasshopper, 1914Vampire In The Form Of A Grasshopper, 1914

Boleslaw Biegas - Vampire War Dance, 1918Vampire War Dance, 1918

Boleslaw Biegas - Family Tree of Adam and Eve, 1918 - 1920Family Tree of Adam and Eve, 1918 - 1920

Boleslaw Biegas - Kobyla Winged, 1918 - 1920Kobyla Winged, 1918 - 1920

Boleslaw Biegas - Vampire Appearing In The Form of an Explosion, 1056Vampire Appearing In The Form of an Explosion, 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - Vampire Resting On The Cannon Barrel, 1916Vampire Resting On The Cannon Barrel, 1916

Boleslaw Biegas - The Vampire In The Form Of The Demon, 1917The Vampire In The Form Of The Demon, 1917

Boleslaw Biegas - The Glorious Vampire, 1916The Glorious Vampire, 1916



All artworks originate from private collections.

Polish surrealist Boleslaw Biegas created many artworks in paint and in sculpture. It was, of course, his series of fantastically bizarre vampire themed paintings that appealed to me the most. Where the traditional depictions of vampires portray humanoid bat like creatures, Biegas carried through a wild bestiary of intepretations.. insect vampires, winged camel vampires, elephant vampires, and so on.

Many thanks to Krzysztof from the Boleslaw Biegas website for providing these larger versions of the artworks! See more Biegas artwork at the site.

Peter Croy

Peter Croy - Charon, 1975Charon, 1975

Peter Croy - Metamorphosis, 1976Metamorphosis, 1976

Artworks found at The Cabinet of the Solar Plexus.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Jo de Meester - The Wonderful Journey Of A Christmas Tree

Jo de Meester - Kallemoeie of the moors, 1943

Jo de Meester - Long arm of the law defeated

Jo de Meester - Hanging On

Jo de Meester - Christmas tree holiday

Illustrations from The Belgian Christmas book "The Wonderful Journey Of A Christmas Tree" dated 1943 by author Joseph C. Boon.

Artworks found thanks to Arthur van Kruining.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Trenton Doyle Hancock - I,I,I,I, Etc ... ,2002

Trenton Doyle Hancock - And The Branches Became As Stormclouds

Trenton Doyle Hancock - Cult Jam

"Hancock's cast of characters is a rogue's gallery: some are headless lumps and others look more like animals than human beings, with a walrus, four-eyed rooster, and other mutants. These creatures are part of an ongoing saga that Hancock has been telling for the past decade. He calls them "Mounds"-plant-animal hybrids that behave like all of us, sometimes admirably and sometimes badly. Hancock's homegrown mythology includes a creation story, an epic battle between good and evil, an attempt at reconciliation between color-loving carnivores and scrawny, subterranean vegans, and much more." - Quote source regarding another artwork by Trenton.

More of Trenton's art can be seen at the James Cohan Gallery.

Trenton Doyle Hancock was previously mentioned on Monster Brains in 2006.