Sunday, November 21, 2010

Robert Caby... drawings



the lovely drawings of Robert Caby 

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Caby had a long and richly varied life and at various points, was engaged in writing art criticism and political articles, composing and arranging concerts, creating surrealistic drawings and dealing with rare books and paintings. His wide circle of friends included important musicians and artists of the time such as Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Pablo Picasso, Francis Poulenc, Charles Koechlin and Henri Sauguet. In the mid 1960's he was responsible for the posthumous publication of Satie's unpublished works from sketchbooks and was important in awakening public interest in the composer. By the time of his own death, he had composed some 900 works.

a music bio and link to piano clips here



Saturday, November 20, 2010

Johannes Sadeler ...Bacchus, Amor & Music...1500's




Sadeler, Johannes bacchus amor music
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from Six Little Poems in Prose
by Charles Baudelaire

translated by Aleister Crowley



Friday, November 19, 2010

Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (1922 – 2010) aka Corneille.. RIP





only just learned of Corneille's passing on the 5th of Sept 2010, farewell...

CORNEILLE (1922-2010) 1975


CORNEILLE (1922-2010) gouache


Elles belles mortelles4


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from the Elles belles mortelles series - gouache 1975

more at my flickr




William D Hammond...prints






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more here



Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Leonor Fini... The Story of O



another scan from the Story of O illustrated by L Fini

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more here



Book Covers ....& etc





from the unique Portuguese publishing house & etc some wonderful covers :

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more here and here




Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Hermann Naumann...the Temptation of St Anthony...





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Illustration for The Temptation of St. Anthony 1965



"O bliss! bliss! I have seen the birth of life; I have seen the
beginning of motion. The blood beats so strongly in my veins that it
seems about to burst them. I feel a longing to fly, to swim, to bark, to
bellow, to howl. I would like to have wings, a tortoise-shell, a rind,
to blow out smoke, to wear a trunk, to twist my body, to spread myself
everywhere, to be in everything, to emanate with odours, to grow like
plants, to flow like water, to vibrate like sound, to shine like light,
to be outlined on every form, to penetrate every atom, to descend to the
very depths of matter--to be matter!"
 
 
The Temptation of St. Anthony or A Revelation of the Soul 
 Gustave Flaubert



Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Julius Klinger... Sodom...1909





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Julius Klinger - illustration for Sodom or The Quintessence of Debauchery by John Wilmot. 1909

previous Klinger




Saturday, November 6, 2010

Unica Zürn... drawing...





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Unica Zürn - En Permission 1962

scan from Unica Zürn Bilder 1953-1970 Verlag Brinkmann und Bose Berlin 1998