(Above) The Swedish Girl in the Blue Hat
16cm x 18cm
May 2011
Regular followers of my blog will know that my work often references images that I have seen, frequently on the Internet: paintings, photographs, sculptures... This painting is fairly typical of how I work. I've developed it from a drawing (below) that I produced using the stylus and Handwriting App of the Sony Reader, inspired by a painting by the Swedish artist Pelle Aberg (see further below).
(Above) The Swedish Girl in the Blue Hat
May 2011
A drawing produced using the stylus and Handwriting App of the Sony Reader and then printed on acid-free paper and hand signed in ink, inspired by a painting by the Swedish artist Pelle Aberg (1909 ? -1964) (below) that I happened to see whilst browsing the Internet.
(Above) Pelle Aberg (1909 - 1964)
Taking inspiration from art history is by no means new, for example the Chinese-American artist Walasse Ting (1929-2010) clearly references Manet in this beautiful version (below) of Olympia.
(Above) Walasse Ting (1929-2010)
(Above) Olympia by Edouard Manet
Manet's painting itself seems to make a nod towards Titian:
(Above) Venus d'Urbino by Titian