Monday 11 April 2011

We're moving

The Google AdSense Team has sent me an email warning me that this blog has pornography and/or adult content. As an example, they referred me to the 1932 label, where one may find these two paintings:



I was told that unless I remove those images they can not continue to allow me to display ads on that or indeed on any other of my blogs that also contain images of nudity - which is perfectly possible, seeing as I love art.

I would have liked to contact whoever is the decider in the AdSense team, to inform him/her that neither Tamara de Lempicka nor François-Emile Barrauda were pornographers, nor did they produce anything other than quality content (not to say there is no quality porn) - but the same mind that could not tolerate the sight of these works of art understandably will also not tolerate to be contacted. They appear to be spooked by many things with no rational motive.

In this the AdSense team is not alone. For example, the team in charge of supervising the content of blogs has become sadly known for its tendency to feel upset over gay sites (including those that, like mine, are not pornographic) deleting them without justifying so to their authors - which makes perfect sense for, in truth, how does one justify a morally indefensible aversion? How does one justify a prejudice?

Seeing as it's not possible to talk to these people, nor would they understand me if I did, and they'd just get emotionally stressed for nothing if I were to do so; and seeing as I would not wish to cause any more emotional distress to people who already worry themselves so much over things that don't matter, I thought it best to simply transfer all my blogs to Tumblr, something which was very easy to do and not a bother at all.

The new address is Old Paint and there I will continue to do much the same that I've been doing here. So if you've liked it so far, just follow the link.

I'd like to thank Blogger for having served me so well throughout these years and I hope those responsible for these reprehensible decisions stay on the meds. See you soon! :)

Sunday 10 April 2011

Giovanni Battista Langetti, Samson, c.1660


Saturday 9 April 2011

Giorgio Bonelli, Papavero Negro Poppy, 1772-93

Via Still Life, Quick Heart

Friday 8 April 2011

N. C. Wyeth, Still Life with Pipe, ca. 1910


Via Flickr:
N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth [American Golden Age Illustrator, 1882-1945]

Patriarch of three generations of Wyeth-Hurd artists, including son Andrew Wyeth and grandson Jamie Wyeth.

Oil on canvas.

Brandywine River Museum brandywine.doetech.net/results.cfm?ParentID=366739&St...

Thursday 7 April 2011

Pia Valentinis, Strega



strega, originally uploaded by pia valentinis.

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Hiroshige

Hiroshige
Hiroshige, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Ling Jian, Sweet Bitter, 2007



Ling Jian, Sweet Bitter, 2007, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Monday 4 April 2011

Juliette Aristedes, James


Sunday 3 April 2011

Jansson Stegner, Sarabande, 2006


Saturday 2 April 2011

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, Dragon Arum with Butterfly, 16th century

Via Flickr:
Via Still Life, Quick Heart

Friday 1 April 2011

John White Alexander, Study in Black and Green, 1906

Via Flickr:
John White Alexander (1856-1915).

Via My old world

Thursday 31 March 2011

Julian Alden Weir, At the Piano


Julian Alden Weir, At the Piano, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 579 x 699 size.

Wednesday 30 March 2011

Kenneth Frazier, Woman with a rose

Click image for 500 x 677 size.

Via Unreality Art

Monday 28 March 2011

Konstantin Andreevich Somov


Konstantin Andreevich Somov, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 640 x 471 size. Via Lonely Indian.

Konstantin Andreevich Somov (Russian, 1869-1939).

Sunday 27 March 2011

Andy Warhol, Moonwalk (1, pink), 1987


Saturday 26 March 2011

Albert Savereys, River, 1930-37


Friday 25 March 2011

Koson, 1910

Koson, 1910
Koson, 1910, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Thursday 24 March 2011

Thomas Hart Benton, Boomtown, 1928


Wednesday 23 March 2011

Grant Wood, The Appraisal, 1931


Tuesday 22 March 2011

Mary Fedden, Still life with amaryllis and fruit on a chair

Click image for 568 x 800 size. Via Richard Green

Mary Fedden, English, (born 1915).

Monday 21 March 2011

Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, c. 1670-72


Sunday 20 March 2011

Mary Fedden, The Poppy, the Cat & the Compass, 2005

Click image for 609 x 667 size. Via Still Life, Quick Heart

Saturday 19 March 2011

Ogata Gekko


Ogata Gekko, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 666 x 500 size. Via 0rchid-thief

Friday 18 March 2011

Pietro Liberi, Sleeping Endymion, circa 1660

Click image for 1024 x 539 size. Via Immediate Gallimaufry

Thursday 17 March 2011

Giovanni Segantini, Goddess of Love, 1894-97


Giovanni Segantini, Italian, Symbolist (1858-1899).

Wednesday 16 March 2011

Rakuzan, 1934


Rakuzan, 1934, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 832 x 556 size.

Sunday 13 March 2011

Anonymous


Anonymous, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 800 x 1092 size.

Saturday 12 March 2011

John Bauer, Princess Tuvstar, 1913


John Bauer [Swedish painter and illustrator, 1882-1918].

Friday 11 March 2011

Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs Andrews


Thursday 10 March 2011

Umberto Boccioni, Self-Portrait, 1905


Umberto Boccioni, Italian, Impressionist (1882-1916)

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Giacomo Balla, The World's Fair at Night, 1900


Giacomo Balla, Italian, Post-Impressionist (1871-1958).

Tuesday 8 March 2011

Ferdinand Hodler



Ferdinad Hodler, originally uploaded by freeparking.

Monday 7 March 2011

Frits Thaulow, River, c.1883


Sunday 6 March 2011

Massimo Campigli, Seamstresses, 1925


Massimo Campigli, (born Max Ihlenfeld) Italian, Futurist, Cubist (1895-1971).

Saturday 5 March 2011

Andrew Loomis



Andrew Loomis, originally uploaded by freeparking.

Friday 4 March 2011

Paris Bordone, A Pair of Lovers, 1555-60


Thursday 3 March 2011

Albrecht Dürer, Self Portrait at Twenty-Six, 1498


Wednesday 2 March 2011

Alberto Magnelli, Decorative Panel, Woman No. 2, 1910


Alberto Magnelli, Italian (1888-1971).

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Jan Toorop, O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory


Monday 28 February 2011

William Degouve de Nuncques, The black swan


Sunday 27 February 2011

Diego Velazquez, The Toilet of Venus


Saturday 26 February 2011

Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera (Spring)


Friday 25 February 2011

Sandro Botticelli, The Annunciation


Thursday 24 February 2011

Charles Angrand, The Western Railway at its Exit from Paris, 1886


Wednesday 23 February 2011

William Merritt Chase, Red gold fringed on the edge of Japan


William Merritt Chase, American, Romantic, Impressionist (1849-1926).

Monday 21 February 2011

Sean Landers, Plank Boy Hurt, 2009


Sunday 20 February 2011

Norman Rockwell, The Art Critic, 1955


1955 - the art critic - Norman Rockwell (detail)

Saturday 19 February 2011

Alexandr Deineka, The Foro, Rome, 1935


Alexandr Deineka, 1899-1969.