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Our two #BertrandRussell focused exhibitions from McMaster Library and artist Bruce Barber are both closing on December 21. See them before they're gone! #McMaster #archives #contemporaryart
It's #ArtwordWednesday! Watercolour: can refer to the type of paint and finished painting itself.
IMAGE: York Wilson (1907-1984) Aztec Country (Mexico) 1981, watercolour on paper. Gift of the York Wilson Foundation for the Visual Arts © York Wilson Foundation for the Visual Arts
#VaultViewoftheWeek is by Takao Tanabe, one of Canada's leading painters and printmakers. C/Mark, 2006, acrylic on paper. Gift of the artist to #McMaster
The items shown here are from #BertrandRussell’s home in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, his primary residence from 1955 until his death in 1970. Here they are arranged as they may have been in his study. Treasures from @MacResColls on view @MacMuseum until Dec 22.
This week's #WCW is artist Marion Long whose painting of the Honourable Albert Matthews hangs in Divinity College. Read about her life and work on the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative's website: https://t.co/VXMNTBGd5b
#WomensHistoryMonth #MakeAnImpact #CanadianArtist
#VaultViewoftheWeek: "Ohne Titel (Früchtestilleben)" a 2007-2008 encaustic painting by #Canadianartist Tony Scherman. Gift of the artist to McMaster Museum of Art
It's #artwordwednesday and this week's word is intaglio: a print where the design is created by scraping away areas+inserting ink within the grooves created.
IMAGE: William Hogarth (1697-1764) False Perspective, 1753, etching on paper, On loan from Dundurn National Historic Site
Balanced herring and oversized mug – a bad mix!
Detail from William Hogarth’s 1751 engraving “Beer Street”. Gift of Dr. Paul Fritz to McMaster Museum of Art. #IntlBeerDay #InternationalBeerDay
It's #artwordwednesday and this week's word is simultaneous narrative: when more than one part of the story is happening at once in one artwork.
IMAGE: Pieter Coecke van Aelst, “A Triptych: The Holy Family with an Angel Offering Fruit”, 1530-32, Levy Bequest Purchase.
Detail of dogs in 1565 engraving by Giorgio Ghisi, Allegory of the Hunt (after Luca Penni). Gift of Herman H. Levy to McMaster Museum of Art
#dogdaysofsummer #sideeye #dog #mcmastercollection #art #engraving #vaultview