One of the finest art critics/art writers IMO was André Malraux who famously argued that "There are no Sumerian, Egyptian, or Medieval hacks, but (our time is overrun with them)." I can't say how often I find myself agreeing with him whenever I stumble upon some work of medieval art that for whatever reason never made it into the history books... but still is absolutely brilliant. Today I was sorting out the images in the medieval folder on my computer when I came upon the Brunswick Lion or the Braunschweiger Löwe... a medieval sculpture, created in bronze between 1164 and 1176.
BBC QUOTE .." A sculpture commemorating the families who were affected by Scotland's worst fishing disaster has been unveiled in Eyemouth.
A total of 189 men were killed in waters just outside the town's harbour when a severe storm struck in October 1881. All but 70 came from the town.
Many of them drowned within full view of their families on the shore.
The tragedy, which became known locally as Black Friday, left 78 widows and 182 fatherless children in the town.
A five-metre long bronze sculpture called Widows and Bairns has been unveiled.
It was created by sculptor Jill Watson, who was commissioned to design memorials representing the surviving widows and children from four of the communities affected by the disaster - Cove, St Abbs, Eyemouth and Burnmouth. .."
A bronze sculpture commemorating the families who were affected by Scotland's worst fishing disaster is unveiled in Eyemouth.
www.bbc.com
Quote from Jill Watson
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"I have made a monument that commemorates the women and children left behind after the fishing disaster," she said.
"It is the exact number of women and children so the figures are small on a very tall, narrow harbour wall.
"It is all made in bronze. The wall is almost as important a part of the sculpture as the figures on top - it creates the space for them."
The design also aims to reflect the unfolding events of Black Friday.
"The sculpture is a timeline - it starts on Friday afternoon when the storm struck," said Ms Watson.
"You have the women from the Harmony and Radiant boats - those two boats were smashed up literally in front of everybody's eyes.
"They heard the men shouting and they could do nothing to help them because the sea was so rough."
I came upon the history of Eyemouth's "Black Friday" in reading of the art of John Bellany. Bellany was born in Port Seton and had grandfathers who were fishermen in both Port Seton and Eyemouth. He studied at both Edinburgh and later the Royal College of Art in the early 1960s. At this time Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, and Pop Art reigned supreme on the international art scene. After a tour of Europe including East Germany during which he came upon paintings by the German Expressionists and Francis Bacon, Bellany sought to develop an expressionist approach to art that dealt with the realities of Scottland... including the fishing communities that he grew up in. Many of his paintings allude to the sea and the fishermen as well as to the impact (good and bad) of Calvinism in Scotland.
I don't recall if any of Bellany's paintings directly referenced the events of "Black Friday", but I recall him speaking in some detail of the event and how profoundly it impacted the fishing communities of Port Seton and Eyemouth... and ultimately, his own art.
This is my favourite of Rembrandt Bugatti's sculptures.
'DANCING ELEPHANT'
His elder brother was Ettore Bugatti , the car designer. He used the dancing elephant
as a rad cap or hood ornament for his 'Bugatti Royale'
The elephant has been reproduced many times since.
Here's another one that I like.
"Deux antilopes goudou ou deux amis", 1911-1912
Rembrandt Bugatti at the Antwerp Zoo, working with a friend, 1910
Designer Carlo Bugatti (whom we wrote about in this article) really wanted his son Rembrandt (Milan, 1884 – Paris, 1916) to be a railway engineer. But Rembrandt’s strong calling for sculpture became undeniable when he was 14 years old and his father found a group of terracotta cows led by a...
This is my favourite of Rembrandt Bugatti's sculptures.
'DANCING ELEPHANT'
His elder brother was Ettore Bugatti , the car designer. He used the dancing elephant
as a rad cap or hood ornament for his 'Bugatti Royale'
The elephant has been reproduced many times since.
Designer Carlo Bugatti (whom we wrote about in this article) really wanted his son Rembrandt (Milan, 1884 – Paris, 1916) to be a railway engineer. But Rembrandt’s strong calling for sculpture became undeniable when he was 14 years old and his father found a group of terracotta cows led by a...
OK, another guess. When I first saw those tanks I thought it was a brewery. Looking at the tanks again, I now think they may be part of a water purification system. It looks Victorian, so my guess is somewhere in the UK.
OK, another guess. When I first saw those tanks I thought it was a brewery. Looking at the tanks again, I now think they may be part of a water purification system. It looks Victorian, so my guess is somewhere in the UK.
his Monkees/Apes are cool
