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Flora Delanica: Art and Botany in Mrs. Delany's "paper mosaicks"

Christine Cariati wrote 2 days ago: by Christine Cariati Mary Delany, Pancratium Maritinum, 1778 Collage of colored papers with watercol … more →

Tags: Christine Cariati, Design, Embroidery, Female Artists, fiber arts, Flora & Fauna, Mixed media, Textiles, Duchess of Portland

Venetian Red Bookshelf: 2009 Picks1 comment

Christine Cariati wrote 4 days ago: Most every Venetian Red post cites a book or two related to the topic at hand. Occasionally we revie … more →

Tags: Books, Christine Cariati, Design, Female Artists, fiber arts, Liz Hager, Painting, Textiles, Wallpaper

Dark Day Picks1 comment

Liz Hager wrote 5 days ago: On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are tradition … more →

Tags: Bay Area Art Scene, Drawing, Liz Hager, Painting, Sculpture, Textiles, Catherine Courtenaye, Dark Day Picks, Emerald Cities

Venetian Red Notebook: Othon Friesz's Chromatic Fervor1 comment

Liz Hager wrote 1 week ago: By LIZ HAGER Othon Friesz, Paysage (Le Bec de l’Aigle, La Ciotat), 1907 oil on canvas, 25 3/8 … more →

Tags: Bay Area Art Scene, Liz Hager, Painting, Charles-Marie Lhuillier, Fauvism, Henri Matisse, Léon Bonnat, Othon Friesz, Raoul Dufy

Muriel Rose and the Little Gallery1 comment

Christine Cariati wrote 2 weeks ago: by Christine Cariati Christmas advertisement for The Little Gallery Muriel Rose Archive, courtesy Cr … more →

Tags: Christine Cariati, Design, fiber arts, Quilts, Textiles, bernard leach, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Margaret Turnbull, Muriel Rose

A Different Canvas: Charles Burchfield's Landscapes for Interiors2 comments

Christine Cariati wrote 2 weeks ago: This is the fourth installment in a series of posts in which Venetian Red explores aspects of artist … more →

Tags: Christine Cariati, Design, Flora & Fauna, Painting, Textiles, Wallpaper, Charles Burchfield

Dark Day Picks: Photography

Liz Hager wrote 1 month ago: On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are tradition … more →

Tags: Bay Area Art Scene, Contemporary Art, Liz Hager, Photography, Dark Day Picks

Gunta Stölzl, Master Weaver of the Bauhaus1 comment

Christine Cariati wrote 1 month ago: by Christine Cariati Gunta Stölzl, Slit Tapestry Red/Green, 1927/28 Cotton, silk, linen 150 x 110cm … more →

Tags: Christine Cariati, Female Artists, fiber arts, Rugs, Textiles, anni albers, Bauhaus, Benita Otte, Johannes Itten

Alma Thomas: On the Shoulders of Giants3 comments

Liz Hager wrote 1 month ago: Over the past several weeks our contributors have been on hiatus, in order to participate in SF Open … more →

Tags: Female Artists, Liz Hager, Painting, Politics, alma thomas, Hannah Höch, Henri Matisse, Jean Arp, Jeff Koons

Dark Day Picks: SF Open Studios Weekend 2

Liz Hager wrote 1 month ago: Over the four weekends in October  we’re highlighting San Francisco Open Studios, the largest … more →

Tags: Bay Area Art Scene, Female Artists, Liz Hager, Mixed media, Painting, Photography, Barbara Kleinhans, Christine Cariati, Dark Day Picks

"The Remains of the Day": Ismail Merchant's Collection4 comments

Liz Hager wrote 1 month ago: By LIZ HAGER Kishingar School, A Lady Entertaining Two Nobles, ca. 1800-1820 gouache (?) heightened … more →

Tags: Textiles, Painting, Liz Hager, Suzani, Ismail Merchant, Merchant-Ivory, Kishingar School, palampore

Singular Gems—El Anatsui's Hovor II2 comments

Liz Hager wrote 2 months ago: By LIZ HAGER El Anatsui, Hovor II, 2004 Woven aluminum bottle caps and copper wire. de Young Museum … more →

Tags: Bay Area Art Scene, Liz Hager, Mixed media, Sculpture, Textiles, African artists, Andinkra symbols, El Anatsui, kente cloth

Artists in Conversation: Stephanie Peek's Uncertain Riches1 comment

Christine Cariati wrote 2 months ago: by Christine Cariati This is the first in an occasional series in which Venetian Red interviews a co … more →

Tags: Artists Speak, Bay Area Art Scene, Christine Cariati, Female Artists, Flora & Fauna, Painting, Abbot Thayer, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Rachel Ruysch

A Different Canvas: Series Prologue2 comments

Liz Hager wrote 2 months ago: By LIZ HAGER This is the first in a number of inter-related posts, in which Venetian Red explores as … more →

Tags: Embroidery, Liz Hager, Textiles, artist-designed textiles, enid marx, giotto, Henry Moore, lucienne day, May Morris

Dark Day Picks

Liz Hager wrote 2 months ago: On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are tradition … more →

Tags: Books, Liz Hager, Sculpture, Textiles, bancroft library, Charles Darwin, lords of the samurai, Paul Van Lith, SF Asian Art Museum

Venetian Red Turns 20017 comments

Liz Hager wrote 3 months ago: By LIZ HAGER Henri Matisse, Interior in Venetian Red, 1946 Oil on linen, 36 1/4 x 25 1/2″ (Mus … more →

Tags: Lace, Liz Hager, Painting, Textiles, Henri Matisse, history of lace, Ottomans, venetian red, Victorians

Venetian Red Notebook: The Guardians and Gargoyles of New York12 comments

Christine Cariati wrote 3 months ago: by Christine Cariati New York is a paradise of architectural ornamentation. As a child wandering the … more →

Tags: Architecture, Christine Cariati, Architectural Detail, New York architecture

Venetian Red Notebook: Allen Tupper True, Painter of the American West2 comments

Christine Cariati wrote 3 months ago: by Christine Cariati Allen Tupper True, Self-Portrait, undated Photo courtesy Anne True Colorado art … more →

Tags: Christine Cariati, Folk & Tribal Art, Illustration, Painting, public art, Allen Tupper True, Denver Art Museum, Frank Brangwyn

A History of Lace in Seven Portraits: The Duchess of Alba5 comments

Liz Hager wrote 3 months ago: By LIZ HAGER This is the seventh installment in VR series on lace in portraiture. Other chapters inc … more →

Tags: Fashion, Lace, Liz Hager, Painting, Textiles, Chantilly Lace, Diego Velazquez, Duchess of Alba, Francisco Goya


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