In Hudson’s “Horse of Another Color”, a flat, geometrical background is combined with representational imagery to create visual contradiction between the illusionistic spaces and the flat background surface. #RobertHudson#PublicArt#Painting#SFACThis tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.
In addition to motion mechanisms, automata, like this French Dandy, require hairdressing, painted features & costumes http://t.co/kvTAbxNHThis tweet was posted on December 15, 2011.
In the 1970s, George S. Gordon negotiated with the world-renowned artist #AlexanderCalder to paint an entire Douglas DC-8-62 for #Braniff, transforming it into a flying work of art named Flying Colors of South America. #AdvertisingBraniffThis tweet was posted on June 12, 2018.
In the early 1970s, #United Airlines commissioned #aviation artist Nixon Galloway to create watercolor paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline from the beginning of the company’s history. #themainline#avgeekThis tweet was posted on December 11, 2017.
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway, to create a series of #watercolor#paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
In the late 1970s, Thiebaud concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of SF’s extraordinary topography. #WayneThiebaud#publicartThis tweet was posted on November 15, 2021.
In the late 1970s, he concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of San Francisco’s extraordinary topography.
#WayneThiebaud#SFACThis tweet was posted on November 15, 2022.
In the mid-1970s, the advertising firm of Dillon, Gordon, Hawkey & Shortt took over #Braniff International's brand image. Gordon negotiated with artist Alexander Calder to paint an entire Douglas DC-8-62. #AdvertisingBraniffThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2018.
In this experimental film capturing fluid dynamics under high-magnification, Italian filmmaker Sandro Bocci produces mind-bending visuals, like a painting in motion, accompanied by a hypnotic score from musician Mishikatomo. #VideoArts#VideoArtsSFOThis tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
In “Eldorado”, an Egyptian temple depicts Africa; Asia is represented by the Bosporus River and the Hagia Sofia; an Italian lake paints a romantic picture of Europe; verdant flora, remote mountains, and a view of Mexico represent North America. #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on November 27, 2019.
Italian designer Lella Vignelli's inspiration from 17th century Dutch paintings is clear in her 2002 necklace (right): http://t.co/uhpsOYFYThis tweet was posted on August 16, 2012.
Items of American Folk Art toleware, such as these two cats, were painted with a black varnish that resembled Japanese lacquer and then decorated with colorful oil paints. #CaticonsThis tweet was posted on September 22, 2018.
John T. McCoy, aeronautical artist and historian, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1909. McCoy began his painting career in the early 1930s, painting portraits of private airplanes to finance his flying lessons. #AvGeek#Watercolors#JohnTMcCoyThis tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
Karen May’s work seeks to recapture an idyllic past. Her paintings often depict her childhood home #ArtAndDisabilityThis tweet was posted on June 01, 2016.
Kokeshi dolls have cylindrical bodies and are painted with floral or geometrical designs. #MingeiFolkArtThis tweet was posted on October 06, 2015.
Like the syncopated beat of a song, the painting’s contrasting hues, textures, and patterns come together to form a harmonious whole. With its strikingly juxtaposed bands of color, the painting upholds the possibility of living side-by-side in a celebration of our differences. This tweet was posted on June 28, 2021.
Many of Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers’ patterns are initially hand painted on acetate or by cutting a stencil. For every pattern created, a separate stencil or silkscreen must be prepared for each different color. #VictorianPaperedWall#Wallpaper#WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on November 16, 2022.
NOW PLAYING: "First Bloom" by Tingting Liu. Filmmaker Tingting Liu employs watercolor painting in her frame-by-frame digital animation of a forbidden relationship between a princess and her servant in ancient China. https://t.co/IKBu2J6PQh #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/DSwVvyTSIXThis tweet was posted on February 11, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: "Traveling Through Brush and Ink" by Annlin Chao. Chao’s stop-motion animated short features a shapeshifting character who journeys through the landscape of four Chinese paintings held in Taiwan’s National Palace Museum. https://t.co/NUYbVFARw2 #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/VocO6lfPIEThis tweet was posted on May 20, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: The Egg Painter by Titus-Armand Napirlica. Using techniques passed down by generations, Elena Craciunescu paints hundreds of eggs in decorative motifs. #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/7pjzlgBGv7This tweet was posted on March 29, 2018.
Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign ignited a fascination with ancient Egypt that continued into the Victorian era, and its Egyptian Revival design craze. This ebonized and polychromed pedestal with painted lotus flowers provides a striking example of the style. #victorianpaperedwallThis tweet was posted on August 17, 2022.
New exhibit alert! Paintings & drawings by students at University High School are on view pre-TSA in T1: http://t.co/IBOmQoT3xyThis tweet was posted on October 07, 2013.
New exhibit alert! “The Victorian Papered Wall” is now on display pre-security in the International Terminal. From its inception, #wallpaper imitated luxurious materials, providing a more affordable alternative to tapestries, fabrics, and mural paintings. #victorianpaperedwallThis tweet was posted on October 08, 2021.
New photo exhibit! Justine Reyes was inspired by 17th C. paintings for her series, 'Vanitas': http://t.co/LAJ4x0AzOo On view pre-TSA in T2.This tweet was posted on October 06, 2014.
No longer common, decoration for clay figurines from the Mexican state of Guerrero transitioned to bark paper paintings: http://ow.ly/6OiW1This tweet was posted on October 05, 2011.
One of these Boeing 747-400 was renamed and painted in a special livery in 1994 called Wunala (kangaroo) Dreaming to celebrate the art and culture of the indigenous Yanyuwa people from Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. #FlyingSouthernCrossThis tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
Our 1998 exhibit on African barbershop signs examined the folk art traditions of these painted signs.… http://t.co/tSoB7EdP45This tweet was posted on August 22, 2013.
Over the next ten years, #NixonGalloway created forty-three paintings of individual aircraft for #United. All of the #paintings were used as premium giveaways for passenger loyalty programs. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
Paint is forced through the stencil using a plastic-bladed squeegee. The printer must skip every other repeat to prevent the silkscreen frame from falling in wet ink. Each screen lays down one color at a time. #VictorianPaperedWall#Wallpaper#WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on November 16, 2022.
Painted fans were common around the turn of the 20th century, when French painter Adolphe Thomasse decorated fans with a menagerie of animal images, including cats. #CaticonsThis tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.
Painter Pietro Cappelli’s vision is laid out in this painting. Here, buildings run well past the edges of the frame. #AllRoadsRomeThis tweet was posted on May 30, 2017.