Monday, April 29, 2013

Palette and Chisel at Antiques Fair 2013




Chicago's pioneer Modernist, Rudolph Weisenborn (1881-1974, was the only former P&C member in this year's Antiques Fair at the Merchandise Mart -- and he probably would have enjoyed the irony of it.








(sorry about the intrusive reflections on this image)



Exhibition: Art Love














(photo by Del hall)





Debra Balchen







Debra Balchen








(photo by Del Hall)








Donna J. West









(Photo by Del Hall)








Tamara Beeler













Tamara Beeler

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Melpomene





Stephen Giannini ,while visiting the Palazzo Massimo in Rome, believes he has has discovered the original of one of the plaster statues in our stairwell.



It's a first century B.C. Greek depiction of Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy. (originally holding a tragic mask in her left hand)