Jack Potter, a successful illustrator in his own right (mainly in the 50s & 60s) went on to have his most major impact as an Illustration tutor n guru. He’s well known for his colourful fashion and lifestyle pieces but these simple line drawings really really took m’fancy.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
TAMARA DE LEMPICKA
Tamara De Lempicka has nowt to do with Lemsip, or that tiny nosed hoity toity blonde bird off the telly… she has everything to do with top bleedin notch portraits of mainly fanshy ladies, the occasional nun (which is never a bad thing in my book) and a still life or two. Her fanshy ladies manage to capture the essence of the time- the angles and sheen of the roaring twenties and thirties… but they also manage to remain fresh looking, decades later. She is, in other words- a clever bastard (ess).
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