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A new work by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley, inspired by New York and created yesterday on ‘America’s Birthday’, July 4th : “Park Avenue, NYC”.
The charcoal drawing was inspired by a study in graphite that the artist made in the drawing book he carries on travels, on location in New York, absorbing the view, during his recent visit to the USA.
The artist has an abiding affection and fascination with the USA & his press includes the New York Times & TIME magazine; which published his portrait tribute of Barack Obama in 2008.
Many Americans, who make up the majority of Whatley's collectors, discover his work from the permanent art exhibit of the series of 30 paintings he was commissioned to paint for Her Majesty's Tower of London in 2000; reproduced just outside Tower Hill Station as a vibrant walkway of art to the Tower.
See more of Whatley's tributes to New York City in his NYC Art Album here on Flickr and on his website.
Park Avenue, NYC. July 4, 2023
Charcoal on paper ; 23.4 x 16.5 in/ 59 x 42cm
Though some 6 km outside the city centre, this expressionist church was the architectural highlight of my visit to Copenhagen, wonderfully capturing the geometry of traditional Gothic styles within a modern minimalist elegance.
Designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1853-1930) in 1913, construction began in 1921, after the First World War, with consecration of the tower as a standalone church in 1927, though work on the body of the church, plus a surrounding estate of matching houses ('På Bjerget': 'On the Hill') continued until 1940, under the supervision of Jensen-Klint's son Kaare Klint for the final decade.
As the name suggests, the church was built to commemorate pastor and philosopher N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872); the foundation stone was laid on the 138th anniversary of his birth, and the completed building opened on the 157th.
The external resemblance to Iceland's largest church, Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík (considered to have been inspired by this one), is what initially caught my attention, but as the photo suggests, the interior was even better: a wonderfully simple interpretation of Gothic church architecture, with pillars rising to pointed arches and groin vaults high above the ground, all lit, on a sunny Spring morning, solely by daylight. Direct sunlight entering at the east end was warmly reflected off the six million traditional Danish yellow bricks, in beautiful contrast to the bluer ambient light through the side windows.
The refreshing lack of any surface ornamentation also made it particularly difficult to judge scale: that table at the far end, upon which stands a single candle, is approximately waist-high, and this light, airy space is vast: the church is 76 m long and 35 m wide (comparible to Vor Frue Kirke, the National Cathedral of Denmark, covering 83×33 m in central Copenhagen) and extremely tall: the 10m-wide nave is 22 m tall and this 5½m-wide side aisle is 14 m tall.
As one might expect in Denmark, the chairs are of a named design, 'Pew', by Kaare Klint; the initial layout used 1,863 of them but 750-1,300 is now more typical.
1st photo ive uploaded in a while . having some problems with my internet connection. hope to get it sorted soon
The Sydney Opera House, one of the most famous landmarks. An expressionist style building, completed in 1973. In 2007, the site was made a World Heritage Site, sharing the title with areas like Stonehenge in England, and Giza in Egypt.
A DJ setting up for a night of partying, flashing a variety of coloured lights made for a unique photo.
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
"There are spirits ... everywhere. They are all around us."
('Cesare' and 'Jane' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"
German Expressionist silent film (Germany; 1920)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Starring: Werner Krauß (Caligari), Conrad Veidt (Cesare), Friedrich Feher (Franzis) and Lil Dagover (Jane)
“Saint Augustine”, the first ‘painting of prayer’ of 2022 by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley ; commissioned by St Dominic's Priory, London UK and completed in January 2022.
Augustine of Hippo lived from 354-430 in N. Africa. He was a theologian and philosopher who became Bishop of Hippo.
Through his writings including The Rule, The City of God and Confessions he is seen as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church; influencing the development of Western philosophy and Christianity.
The artist researched historical classic images, which are mainly Anglicised, and as Augustine was a Berber - an ethnic group indigenous to N. Africa - he felt lead to get a feel of the appearance of those from that region.
Most of all the constant prayers, especially to the Holy Spirit - which ignite and direct Whatley's creativity - guided him .
Saint Augustine, whose mother was Saint Monica, turned from temptations of his own passions to devotion to God and evangelisation - and through his own early human failings, that he overcame through prayer, can be a comfort to us with all our faults and Crosses.
Saint Augustine said: “ Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your Trust in God & not in yourself”.
Hope and Peace, through faith ~
Saint Augustine. 2022
Oil on canvas
32 x 23in/80 x 60cm
Collection of St Dominic's Priory, London, UK
The Sprinkenhof is a piece of Hamburg’s history. Constructed more than 80 years ago as part of the Kontorhaus district, the Sprinkenhof was Hamburg’s largest residential, business and warehouse at that time. Since then, it has been one of the Hanseatic city’s most architecturally prominent buildings.
The Sprinkenhof was named after Johann Sprink. He acquired the plot of land. It originally accommodated an old courtyard; this was demolished to make way for the new building.
The Sprinkenhof, built by the brothers Hans and Oskar Gerson and Fritz Höger, was Europe’s largest Kontorhaus (office building) at the time. It was constructed in three phases: first of all, the central block, which straddles the Springeltwiete, followed by the west wing built between 1929 and 1932 and finally the east wing, which was constructed between 1939 and 1943. Hans Gerson died during the second phase of construction. Fritz Höger, who joined the Nazi Party in 1933, carried out the final phase of construction alone – as a Jew, Oskar Gerson had not been allowed to work as an architect in Germany from 1933 for racist reasons.
The Sprinkenhof was designed in a Brick Expressionist style as a skeleton structure made from reinforced concrete. Lozenge-shaped painted brick and regularly arranged ceramics depicting economic, trade and transport motifs make for a striking pattern on the outer facade.
Technical stuff
This is almost an out of the camera shot. I only used the warp tool to make façade symmetric and straight; as I was standing in the street when I took this photo (#frogperspective). And as always, I finally added some copyright watermarks. They are, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
In the tranquil embrace of dusk, Grundtvigs Kirke stands as an unwavering monument. The fading sunlight gracefully outlines the church's Expressionist architecture, with its soaring towers and geometric patterns, creating a scene of architectural poise and quietude in the Bispebjerg district. The church, completed in 1940, is a renowned landmark and a testament to Danish design innovation.
A suprisingly difficult building to photograph! It looks best from a distance so that you can capture the height of the central core 'petals' and showcase the structure's pleasing proportions. The closer you get the more 'stubby' the Temple looks.
Also, its very white, and when I was there the glare reflected from the marbled surface cancelled out shadows, negated any contrast and hid the sophisticated interconnectedness of the 'petals.' To get the petals to stand out in this image I had to do some tweaks in post.
Expressionist.
(Linoleum Cut).
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Steve.D.Hammond.
This work refers to the art movement that inspires me the most - expressionism. In the picture, I wanted to look pale against the saturated yellow bg that represents the colors of the world that I try to depict in my photos. The world seems to be so comprehensive sometimes that it intimidates me… I would be horrified if I had to be explicit within a 1,5x crop-factor sensor and show you reality, but, to my greatest joy, it suffices (for me to be satisfied, at least) to just depict what I feel, which is a much smaller scale than reality, just its minuscule part.
I like how the secular jacket resembles a nun's wimple. In this jacket, I’m trying to hide from the world as it is so imposing… or I’m just camouflaging to observe it better. There is nothing else on me, except for the jacket: I am open to perception. Everything is calm, my senses are sharp.
Expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley turns Disney into Fine Art ……..a new tribute to Walt Disney's Donald Duck & Mickey Mouse. A throwback to the artist's childhood love of animated cartoons, the painting was inspired by the logo on a 1974 issue of the comic Donald & Mickey (IPC Magazines Ltd) - an edition which contains a letter written by the artist at the age of 9.
The work of Stephen B. Whatley, which has been published in TIME magazine, is in private collections worldwide; in public collections including BBC Heritage, The Royal Collection, London Transport Museum Newman University & Westminster Cathedral; and his 30 paintings commissioned by the Tower of London are permanently reproduced outside Tower Hill Station, London.
Oil on canvas
16 x 20in/40.6 x 51cm
Seen on a beautifully clear late summer afternoon, and soaring 150 feet toward the Colorado sky, the Air Force Academy Chapel is an all-faith house of worship designed to meet the spiritual needs of cadets. It contains a separate chapel for Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist religious faiths, plus two all-faiths worship rooms. There are two main levels, with the Protestant nave on the upper level. The Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist chapels are located beneath it. Beneath this level is located a large all-faiths room and two meeting rooms. Each chapel has its own entrance, and services may be held simultaneously without interfering with one another.
The Expressionist Modern aluminium, glass and steel structure features 17 spires. There is no significance to this number. Original designs were judged to be too expensive, so changes were made, among them a reduction in the number of spires. However, the changes did not alter the basic design or the interior square footage of the chapel.
The shell of the chapel and surrounding grounds cost $3.5 million to build in 1959-63. Furnishings, pipe organs, liturgical fittings and adornments of the chapel were presented as gifts from individuals and various organisations. A designated Easter offering was also taken at Air Force bases around the world in 1959 to help complete the interior.
The principal designer-architect of the chapel was Walter A Netsch Jr of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Construction was by Robert E McKee, Inc, of Santa Fe, NM.
The tetrahedrons form the walls and the 99-foot-high pinnacled ceiling of the Protestant Chapel. Stained glass windows form ribbons of colour between the tetrahedrons. The church can seat 1,200. The Catholic chapel seats 500 and the synagogue 300.
Scanned from a negative, this is a reworked version of an earlier image on this stream.
Expressionist painter Stephen B. Whatley on location in London painting the newly designed headquarters of the BBC, in the winter of 2013. There is a permanent public art exhibit of the artist's series of 30 paintings, commissioned by the Tower of London in 2000, just outside Tower Hill Station in London.
To see the complete painting, please click:
www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/11012041863/in/phot...
Oil on canvas
36 x 48in/91 x 122cm
A tribute in pastel created with compassion and prayers by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley, for all those murdered in Orlando, Florida in the early hours of June 12; and their loved ones - to represent the eternal and all encompassing love, mercy, compassion, hope & peace that Christ & His Holy Mother have and offer for all communities in the world.
The artist often feels a 'Divine push' - even urgency - to make such works of prayer; and aside from this tragedy perpetrated by hate, ignorance & insanity, an inspiration in making this work was a postcard of a photograph of a statue of Mary, Queen of The Universe Shrine in Orlando, Florida, touchingly sent to him by his beloved young God-daughter Marianna.
This work of art was also created on the Feast day of St Anthony - Saint of A Thousand Miracles - which the world sorely needs.
Peace: Love will overcome hate - Light out of Darkness.
Pastel on paper
23.4 x 16.5in/59 x42cm
An experiment in Expressionism created for TMI Challenge In the Style of … The Expressionists
The texture layer WrappingPaperBokeh4 is my own and is available from my Textures and Layers - Complete Collection set
The heart of Margate again :-)
A night-time shot of the renovated Expressionist-influenced façade of the Dreamland amusement park with car headlight trails in the foreground.
30 second exposure.
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Alexej von Jawlensky (1864 – 1941), was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association.
Polymer clay painting 15x21 cm
Expressionist church architecture that was the inspiration for Hallgrímskirkja in Iceland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundtvig%27s_Church
Copenhagen, Denmark
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"The Master is near ..."
('Count Orlok' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
Diorama/coffin by RK
"Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens"
German Expressionist horror silent film (1922)
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck (Count Orlok), Gustav von Wangenheim (Thomas Hutter), Greta Schröder (Ellen Hutter), Alexander Granach (Knock) and John Gottowt (Professor Bulwer)
The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel.
"It spread like a scourge through the ship ..."
('Count Orlok' by NECA)
Diorama by RK
"Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens"
German Expressionist horror silent film (1922)
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck (Count Orlok), Gustav von Wangenheim (Thomas Hutter), Greta Schröder (Ellen Hutter), Alexander Granach (Knock) and John Gottowt (Professor Bulwer)
The film "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror" was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel.