I’m afraid that I’ve rather neglected this category for a while. I don’t know why – when I love so many types of art. Please bear in mind that in order to write every day and in depth is a full time job. Its not mine unfortuntely, so everything I do is rather brief and I’m only too well aware of this. Arcimboldo is an artist I loved quite a long time ago and still do. I have still got his Four Seasons in poster size which I bought years ago and framed.
Summer
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 – 1593 Milan Italy). I was fascinated by this artist. His work has a fun quality but it’s also very clever. The Surrealists loved Acimboldo’s subject matter, – the way he played with unusual visuals and it’s easy to see why. Some have thought his work bizarre and very whimsical. But Renascence people of his time were intrigued by tricks and puzzles, so in that sense he was catering for modern tastes.
Autumn
Arcimboldo was not only innovative, ‘trendy’ and clever, he could also turn his hand to designing costumes for Court, a large tapestry design for the cathedral in Como, which is still there today. He also designed stained glass.
Winter
He was a court painter to Ferdinand 11 and later went on to Prague to paint for Maximilian 11 and later his son Rudolf 11. It must have been very difficult to get a likeness using fruit as your palette. But he must have got it right because he did survive to paint religious and traditional subjects too. He is most famous for his portraits using fruit, vegetables, fish, flowers among others objects. though.
Rudolf 11
Autumn
Winter
He was a court painter to Ferdinand 11 and later went on to Prague to paint for Maximilian 11 and later his son Rudolf 11. It must have been very difficult to get a likeness using fruit as your palette. But he must have got it right because he did survive to paint religious and traditional subjects too. He is most famous for his portraits using fruit, vegetables, fish, flowers among others objects. though.
Rudolf 11
Rudolf 11
Lots more of his work here
