Clay F. Johnsonさんのイラストまとめ

Why, it has often occurred to me to ask myself, do I so frequently choose death, transience, and the grave as subjects for my paintings? One must submit oneself many times to death in order some day to attain life everlasting.

—Caspar David Friedrich, born #OTD 1774
#Art #Gothic

Joseph Wright was born #OTD 1734. He portrays his “Alchymist” in a romantic way putting him in a sort of Gothic chamber with moonlight creeping in from the arched windows above.

The Old Man and Death
Caernarvon Castle by Moonlight
The Alchymist
Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno

Alfred Kubin died #OTD 1959. His work has had a bizarre influence on my writing over the years — his Mythical Animal in particular inspired a somewhat “hallucinatory” piece recently.

Death as a Horseman
The Terror
Mythical Animal
Dream Animal

#Art #Symbolism #Expressionism

Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight…
Some are born to endless night.

—William Blake, died #OTD 1827
#Art #WilliamBlake #Romanticism #Poetry

Painting is by Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957). Here are some more:

Apologies to all my friends for my absence of late. I left a job, packed up and stored boxes of books, sold my beloved piano, & moved across the pond to write and teach English for a bit. On top of all that, a furry little demon creature has put me on what feels like my deathbed.

German painter Ferdinand Knab was born #OTD 1834. The first painting, titled The Castle Gate (Das Schloss Portal), inspired some rather strange writing last year.

#Art #ArtHistory

Australian illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite was born #OTD 1888. Her illustrations of witches are favorites that I turn to often. The first illustration below is from Elves & Fairies (1916).

#Art #ArtHistory #Witches #Witch #Bats

Helen Stratton died #OTD 1961. These illustrations are from The Lily of Life: A Fairy Tale, by Marie of Romania.

Beasts of Prey
The Stag
The Frozen Lake
The Tombs

#Art #ArtHistory #FairyTales #Fantasy

Dutch artist Cornelis Saftleven may have died #OTD 1681.

Witch's Tavern
Gates of Hell
Temptation of St. Anthony (detail)
College of Animals

#Art #ArtHistory #Witches