Posted 10 years ago
VioletOrange
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I thought it appropriate to post these today:
Pic #1- Detail of a ceramic by Vally Wieselthier
Vally Wieselthier (Austrian, 1895 – 1945) was born in Vienna. She attended the painting class of Koloman Moser, the architecture class of Josef Hoffmann and she also attended the ceramics workshop headed by Michael Powolny. In 1917 Vally Wieselthier joined the newly opened ceramics workshop of the Wiener Werkstätte and was strongly influenced by its artistic director, Dagobert Peche.
From 1922 to 1927 she had her own workshop in Vienna. Her ceramic sculptures were represented at the 1925 “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” in Paris. In 1927 she returned to the Wiener Werkstätte to head its ceramics workshop. From 1928 on she spent longer and longer periods in New York, moving there permanently in 1932.
Pic #2 - Print, 24 inches x 18 inches, copy of early 19th century work by Ary Scheffer
According to the Synoptic Gospels, Judas identified Jesus to the soldiers sent to arrest him by means of a kiss. This kiss from Judas, also known (especially in art) as the Betrayal of Christ, occurs in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper.
Pic #3 – Oil on Canvas, (47 inches by 37 inches) by Joseph T. Pearson, Jr., entitled “Sorrow”, painted in 1935 and depicting Mary holding the crucified body of Jesus. Previously at the Woodmere Art Museum near Philadelphia.
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr. (American, 1876 – 1951) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was equally adept at landscapes, portraiture and in painting still life. Pearson studied with two icons of American Impressionism, William Merritt Chase and Julian Weir. Pearson traveled to study at the Munich School in Germany and spent time in Italy and Spain. In Madrid, he was exposed to the painting of Diego Velasquez, and the dramatic effect of Velasquez’s portraiture had a lasting effect on his art. Most scholars and the art-collecting public have forgotten Joseph Thurman Pearson, Jr., but during his lifetime, he was a renowned artist, winning prizes at all of the leading art institutions of the day. He was also a teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Pic #4 – Victorian mosaic depicting angels, unknown origin, 30 inches by 40 inches.