The Beauty of the Hare

Image: Photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• A Remarkable Creature
• Golden-Coloured Eyes
• A Still Moment
• Among the Wheat
• Communion

The Art of Claudio Bravo

Writes Christopher Harrity:

Chilean-born (1936) Claudio Bravo, a pioneer of the realist revival in the 1970s, had his first success as a society painter in Franco’s Spain. He was able to do flattering, detailed portraits at a rapid pace. His paintings of paper-wrapped packages, perfectly rendered in a photo-realist style, were very popular as well.

His paintings of young man and athletes, however, stood out as his most heartfelt works.

Bravo was successful enough to buy a 19th-century villa in Tangier, Morocco, where he spent most of his life. In Tangier he painted primarily male models — workers in the house, their friends, the telephone repairman. “Islamic women will not pose for me,” he once explained. “That is one of the reasons why I recently bought apartments in Madrid and New York — to expand the range of types that I paint.”

The artist died at his home in Taroudant, Morocco, June 4, 2011. For more information go to ClaudioBravo.com

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See also: The Art of Salem Beiruti | Ismael Álvarez | Stefano Junior | Saul Lyons | Alexis Vera | Mauna Nada | Ego Rodriguez | Liam Campbell | Richard Vyse | David Jester | Aaron Moth | Travis Chantar | Douglas Simonson | Guglielmo Plüschow | Vilela Valentin | Dante Cirquero | Nebojsa Zdravkovic | Brenden Sanborn | Wilhelm von Gloeden | Richard Haines | John MacConnell | Leo Rydell Jost | Jim Ferringer | Juliusz Lewandowski | Felix d'Eon | Herbert List | Joe Ziolkowski

Leaping Hare

“Leaping Hare” by Penny Hardy is made of aluminium wire, epoxy resin, and stainless steel. Its stainless steel stilts allow it to sway and move with the breeze.

See also the previous posts:
• Leaping Hare (2014)
• Leaping Hare (2016)
• The Leaper
• Leap

Morning Light

Subject: Rafael Branciforti.
Photographer: Unknown.