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I remembered some other pretty different artists and art styles that I like, and they are not Dutch - wow! I present to you: art I like that is named after the seasons.
![[Image: autumn.jpg]](http://eyvindearle.com/images/xl_images/autumn.jpg)
Title: Autumn
Artist: Eyvind Earle
Created: 1979
Description: Serigraph (Screen Print). In the artist's words:
"In early autumn long before the cold
When only here and there some trees turn red
After the summer's finally grown old
Autumn takes over sharp and clear and bold"
The style probably looks familiar to anyone who's ever watched the 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Earle was a background painter and stylist for Disney during the 1950s and worked on other big-name movies like Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp. His influence remains today and can be seen in more recent movies like Pocahontas, and non-Disney works like the game The Banner Saga.
Anyway, I've always been drawn to backgrounds in animation like this, and I finally came across the name of the guy some months back. He has an online gallery of his works. I like the sketchy, skeletal looks of the trees, and how things are constructed from simple shapes.
![[Image: MF_Seasons_Winter_1896.jpg]](http://www.muchafoundation.org/media/w620h560/lithograph/MF_Seasons_Winter_1896.jpg)
Title: Winter
Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Created: 1896
Description: From the Mucha Foundation website:
"Draped from head to toe in a pale green cape, the figure of Winter stands next to a snow-capped bush to shelter from the cold. In her hands she warms a small bird as three other birds look on in envy. The simplicity and flatness of the composition is reminiscent of traditional Japanese woodcuts and reveals Mucha's debt to Japanese art."
I am a sucker for Art Nouveau, and Mucha is pretty much the golden child of that genre. Some of Mucha's posters were designed to be advertisements (think chocolates, cigarettes and absinthe), while others were just art posters. He did several poster series of women, including the anthropomorphic representations of The Arts and The Seasons. Probably lesser known (because not as many people have posters of it in their house) was his series The Slav Epic, which depicts the epic history of his fellow Czechs and other Slavic mythologies.
I like Winter (not to be confused with his 1897 and 1900 works, Winter and Winter, respectively... bruhhhh) in particular for the soft pastels. This one is a lithograph, so also a print.
Conclusion: I like all types of prints, especially those that appear to have their roots in traditional Japanese woodblock themes/methods.
I remembered some other pretty different artists and art styles that I like, and they are not Dutch - wow! I present to you: art I like that is named after the seasons.
Title: Autumn
Artist: Eyvind Earle
Created: 1979
Description: Serigraph (Screen Print). In the artist's words:
"In early autumn long before the cold
When only here and there some trees turn red
After the summer's finally grown old
Autumn takes over sharp and clear and bold"
The style probably looks familiar to anyone who's ever watched the 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Earle was a background painter and stylist for Disney during the 1950s and worked on other big-name movies like Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp. His influence remains today and can be seen in more recent movies like Pocahontas, and non-Disney works like the game The Banner Saga.
Anyway, I've always been drawn to backgrounds in animation like this, and I finally came across the name of the guy some months back. He has an online gallery of his works. I like the sketchy, skeletal looks of the trees, and how things are constructed from simple shapes.
Title: Winter
Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Created: 1896
Description: From the Mucha Foundation website:
"Draped from head to toe in a pale green cape, the figure of Winter stands next to a snow-capped bush to shelter from the cold. In her hands she warms a small bird as three other birds look on in envy. The simplicity and flatness of the composition is reminiscent of traditional Japanese woodcuts and reveals Mucha's debt to Japanese art."
I am a sucker for Art Nouveau, and Mucha is pretty much the golden child of that genre. Some of Mucha's posters were designed to be advertisements (think chocolates, cigarettes and absinthe), while others were just art posters. He did several poster series of women, including the anthropomorphic representations of The Arts and The Seasons. Probably lesser known (because not as many people have posters of it in their house) was his series The Slav Epic, which depicts the epic history of his fellow Czechs and other Slavic mythologies.
I like Winter (not to be confused with his 1897 and 1900 works, Winter and Winter, respectively... bruhhhh) in particular for the soft pastels. This one is a lithograph, so also a print.
Conclusion: I like all types of prints, especially those that appear to have their roots in traditional Japanese woodblock themes/methods.