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Peter Mitchell: “Man of the Pavement” I do admire photographers who capture a moment that stops you in your tracks. Tate Liverpool has shared these images by Peter Mitchell, a documentary photographer who has spent his career photographing cities in the North of England. I am studying Victorian…

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Night Arrives Gertrude Abercrombie ~ Night Arrives, 1948 Good! Done with today.

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Léon Spilliaert all at sea Huge fan of Spilliaert but this is one I haven't come across before. Sold at auction in 2008. STRAND EN BLAUWE MARINE - PLAGE ET MARINE BLEUE, 1937 Painted in watercolour and Indian ink, this is a gloriously moody image. I think it's going to be a Spilliaert sort of day!

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Pauline Boty on our screens! Exciting news that the documentary, Boty:I am the Sixties, is coming to BBC4 on Monday 3rd March at 10pm. Looking at the website, I was intrigued by the fact she also designed stained glass, and this one stood out for me as a 'wow!: SIREN, 1959–60, stained glass I…

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Take the Ultimate Pop Art Quiz | DailyArt Magazine Score to beat is a paltry 9/14! Let me know how you get on while I get back to the books 🤓

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Looking for the unusual It's been over 10 years of studying art history for this blog and I am appreciative of the fact there is still so much to learn which keeps me going. Yesterday I took my friend to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool for their first visit - always a joy to share something I…

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Oh, those industrial tendencies! Stayed in Liverpool for a few days and it had to be the Titanic Hotel down on Stanley Dock. Why?, I hear you ask. Well, it's not because it's the most luxurious I've stayed at but because it has lots of industrial bits and pieces that make my mechanical little…

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On a train and listening to La Dusseldorf - that's all! 🚆

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The Holly Johnson Story: A Bold Celebration of Music, Identity, and Activism Had a packed day in Liverpool, but made time for a small exhibition on Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson at the Museum of Liverpool. Being a member meant I was in for free, but I would have paid to see this as…

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Welsh Hills by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946) Oil on Canvas (Swindon Museum and Art Gallery)

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Happy Anniversary to my sketchbook! Facebook has thrown up a one year anniversary post of my first attempt at sketching, having started with watercolours and acrylics. Actually quite proud that I've persevered with this medium as it has become my favourite form and I have filled a lot of…

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Lost Claudel sculpture found in Paris flat fetches $3 million at auction The Mature Age by Camille Claudel (1864-1943), © Guillaume Souvant, AFP Wonderful story of discovering a lost masterpiece, if that part is true, but it does present another opportunity to throw the old trope of the 'abandoned…

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Spent today valuing a collection of work by Edward Bawden, John Aldridge, Eric Ravilious and the great Claud Lovat Fraser. This is from Lovat's 'Nursery Rhymes with Pictures,' (1919). My short essay on Lovat is here: richardmorris.org/blog-1-1/cla...

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Putting a bit of colour in! Have been at the watercolours and alcohol markers again!!

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Dark and eerie – Night by Philip Surrey As the night ends, this 1938 painting by Canadian artist, Philip Surrey caught my eye. Held by the Musée de Beaux-Arts Montréal in Quebec, it has that eerie quality you only see at night, giving it a gothic feel, hence my interest. The website's details…

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Oh, hello again New York! Not physically, but I do like this view from Brooklyn Heights by Adolf Dehn from 1945: Think I may have to start planning this year's trips to get in some other views!

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Edna St. Vincent Millay and Gustav Klimt I saw a random quote today by Edna St. Vincent Millay from her play, The Lamp and the Bell, and thought it quite lovely. When reading it, all I could picture was Gustav Klimt's The Kiss, and I think this goes so well with Millay's words: I tell you I…

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Massacre of the Innocents:Hilda Jillard This image appeared in my memories today and it is so powerful, I thought I would share it again, along with the original post. It is the second line that hits deep: "How terrible are the effects of war". Massacre of the InnocentsHilda Jillard…

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Saturday Smiles This one is a corker 😂

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I am going to share this for everyone who had a crappy day today...or even if you didn't!!

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Demise of #5 I love connections between art and artists or, as someone else put it, art eating art. Ashcan Daily shared this painting from their collection by American contemporary artist, William D Gorman: Demise of #5, William D Gorman, c1970 Painted in response to the amazing Charles Demuth…

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Dismissed, excluded and now adored: the revenge of the women surrealists | Art and design | The Guardian Excellent piece by Eliza Goodpasture in today's Guardian on the surrealists who really matters: the women! Ithell Colquhoun, Scylla (méditerranée), 1938 Photograph: Joe Humphrys/© Spire…

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Daniel Soar · On Jean Tinguely A lovely essay on The London Review of Books about the very clever Jean Tinguely. Even includes this little video as it isn't right to look at a kinetic artist in still photos!

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Let’s hear it for the girls 17: Vera Lowe Alleyway, Haworth (Oil on Board) by Vera Lowe (1917-1998) Kay Brow Lodge, RamsbottomVera Lowe (1917–1998)Bolton Museum and Art Gallery Moorbottom FarmVera Lowe (1917–1998)Salford Museum & Art Gallery Pendle HillVera Lowe (1917–1998)Bury Art Museum Here we…

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Turner: In Light and Shade review – bathe in the redemptive power of landscape art | JMW Turner | The Guardian Think this is worth a visit - something a little different from the usual Turner exhibitions. Coast of Yorkshire, near Whitby, from Turner’s Liber Studiorum. Photograph: JMW Turner/The…

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A Plethora of Owls* My little collection has certainly cheered me up today, but this collection from the Smithsonian has really brought a smile! Superb Owls Hsiung Ping-Ming, Chinese, b. Nanjing, 1922–2002Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of…

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More and Cromwell:”Qui tacet consentire” At The Frick Collection in New York are two portraits by the master of Tudor royal commissions, Hans Holbein. One is of Sir Thomas More and the other of Sir Thomas Cromwell. Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527 Sir Thomas Cromwell by Hans…

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To add red, or not to add red? Moment of truth... Think I like the red!! Phew!

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T. Lux Feininger:Bauhaus Baby Everything is connected and Art is no exception. Mordecai posted this image on Bluesky which scared the bejeebers out of me - not a good idea before bedtime, so I thought I'd do a quick bit of research to put my fears to bed first! It is a photograph from 1928 of…

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And another Carrington exhibition! This time in New England: Leonora Carrington’s Enchanting Surrealism at The Rose Art Museum | Art & Object Not seen this work before either. Like this a lot! Leonora Carrington, The Last Resort, 1954. Oil on canvas. 52 x 32 in. (132.08 x 81.28 cm). © Leonora…

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Comfortably sat in the theatre awaiting Martin Shaw in A Man for all seasons!

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It’s a cold and crisp one today So that calls for a Leon Spilliaert, don't you think? Simply gorgeous!!

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Spirit of Place: The Collection of Melissa Ulfane Can't sleep so have taken a stroll through an auction catalogue to see what I would like to buy. Today's choice to spend an imaginary fortune is from Dreweatts upcoming sale, Spirit of Place:The Collection of Melissa Ulfane. That was fun! A cool…

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Review: Leonora Carrington’s Surrealism at Wendi Norris | KQED What a headline on this review: Who Needs AI Dreamscapes When We Have Leonora Carrington? Wonderful review from KQED and Brian Karl makes some really good points about the haunting imagery that Carrington portrays. With AI art making…

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