2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 42

NO MORE NUDES IN PLAYBOY
... WILL THE LOUVRE FOLLOW SUIT ?

After Renoir, Ingres and Alexandros of Antioch
2015/10/15 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 80 cm

Playboy will no longer feature nude women in its print edition.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( 1841 - 1919), French painter
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ( 1780 - 1867 ), French Painter
Alexandros of Antioch (ca 130 BC), Greek sculptor

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 41

SCREAMING CORNFIELD WITH CROWS

After Edvard Munch and Vincent Van Gogh
2015/10/09 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 80 cm

Exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Munch : Van Gogh.
Edvard Munch ( 1863 - 1944 ), Norwegian painter.
Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853 - 1890 ), Dutch painter.

2015 - A WEEK IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 40

THE FIRST WATERCOLOR BASED ON WATER FROM MARS 

After Rembrandt
2015/10/02 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm

NASA confirms Evidence that liquid water flows on today's Mars.
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669), Dutch painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 38

WINTERKORN DRINKS THE POISONED CUP

After J.L. David
2015/09/25 - acrylic on paper - 40 x 60 cm

VW scandal: chief executive Martin Winterkorn refuses to quit.
Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1825), French painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 37

HUNGARIAN LIFE JACKETS MADE OF BRICK !
LATER YOU CAN USE THEM FOR BUILDING A HOUSE TOO !

After Max Ernst
2015/09/18 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 75

Hungarian authorities sell poor quality life jackets to refugees.
Max Ernst (1891 - 1976), German painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 36

THE PERFECT TEETH

After Pieter Gerardus Van Os
2015/09/11 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

US dentist, part of an illegal big game hunting party, kills Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.
Pieter Gerardus van Os (1776 - 1839), Dutch painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 35

PORTRAIT OF THE SNOY FAMILY WITH REFUGEES

After Jozef Paelinck
2015/09/04 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 80 cm

Private households offering help to refugees by taking them into their homes.
Jozef Paelinck (1781 - 1839) Flemish painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 34

LONG BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THE CAMERA AND FACEBOOK
LIVE MURDER ON CANVAS !

after Velázquez
2015/08/28 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 80 cm

Virginia TV journalists shot dead on air.
Diego Velázquez (1599 - 1660), Spanish painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 33

GERMAN DIES AFTER EATING A HOME-GROWN ZUCCHINI

After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
2015/8/21 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 65

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (+1593), Italian painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 32

KERMIT AND MISS PIGGY
IS THERE A THIRD OR A FOURTH PARTY IN THE GAME?

After Edouard Manet
2015/08/07 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 65 cm

Is no Hollywood romance safe? After a summer of break-ups, divorces and cancelled engagements, not even the love between Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog could last.

Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883), French painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 31

After Arnold Böcklin
2015/07/31 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm

Taking a selfie from above reminds of the Hitler salute.
Arnoild Böcklin (1827 - 1901), Swiss painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 30

FOR THE BEST PROTECTION
JOHNSONS SUN TAN OIL
NOW ALSO BULLETFREE
After Johnson's Sun Tan Oil add from the fifties.
2015/07/24 - acrylic on paper - 55 x70 cm

Made after the IS terrorist attack on a tourist resort in Tunis, July 2015.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 29

After Zorba The Greek
2015/07/16 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 70 cm

Greek debt crisis: deal reached after marathon all night summit.
Zorba the Greek (1964) British/Greek film by directer Michael Cacoyannis based on the 1952 novel by Nikos Kazantsakis, with music by Mikis Theodorakis.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 28

MADONNA WITH SEGWAY

After Stefan Lochner
2015/07/07 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

Stefan Lochner (1400 - 1451), German painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 27

THE WARMEST TOUR EVER

After Salvador Dali
2015/07/03 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm

Salvador Dali (1904 -1989), Spanish painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 26

BLUE BLUE BLUE
I'M COMING BACK TO YOU

IN MEMORIAM
THE LAU

After Picasso
2015/06/26 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

The leadsinger of the Dutch band The Scene, Thé Lau, dies of cancer. Blauw (Blue) was one of the bands hits.
Pablo Picasso (1881 -1973), Spanish painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 25

SEGOLENE ROYAL IN NUTELLA

After Ingres
2015/06/19 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

Stop eating Nutella and save the forests, urges French ecology minister Royal.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780 - 1867, French painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 24

JAMES LAST
TRUMPET A GOGO

TRUMPETS FOR EVERYONE

2015/06/12 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

James Last dies, aged 86.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 23

EXAM STRESS
You'd better start... in 850 years time you'll have a computer science exam.

After Eadwine the Scribe by unknown artist.
2015/06/05 - acrylic on paper - 40 x 60 cm


The end  of the schoolyear means exams for most students.
Eadwine the Scribe at work by an unknown artist, ca 1160-'70, Eadwine Psalter, CHrist Church, Canterbury

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 22

FIFA

After James Ensor
2015/05/28 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 63 cm

Fifa officials arrested on corruption charges as World Cup inquiry launched.
James Ensor (1860 -1949), Flemish painter.