Art for our sake: seven

This stunning work by Ukranian artist Maria Prymachenko (1908-1997) is one of many that are endangered as a consequence of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine and continued attacks on that beleaguered country. the Ivankiv museum that housed many of Prymachenko's works was destroyed by fire following a (claimed) Russian attack As ArchiReader explains, this was not just an attack against the museum but an attack on Ukrainian culture and the Ukrainian people.

Please take a look at Art as a Factor in War to see more about Maria Prymachenko and her vivid and captivating paintings.

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Far from a troubled Central Europe, Natalie Wilkinson takes us on a pleasant visit to some of New York City's art museums. Featured in Natalie's review are the Miles McEnery Gallery, ACA Galleries, Cavin-Morris Gallery, and the Whitney Museum. If you want to know where to go and what to see in NYC this fall, check out Gallery Hop-New York City.

Natalie highlights sculptural work by Jacob Hashimoto at Miles McEnery, larger-than-life portraits of friends and family stitched of yarn on rug, at ACA galleries, Australian artist Shane Drinkwater at Cavin-Morris, and Japanese-American sculptor Ruth Asawa at the Whitney. If only Trip Advisor were this enlightening!

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Cendrine Marrouat's watercolor technique series, A beginner's Journey continues in this edition. I am not a watercolorist, or any other kind of artist, but it sure was worth seeing this article for all the beautifully rendered examples of Cendrine's painting featured in it.

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One of the lesser-known artists I have wanted to feature for a long time is Marion Patrick. in this article I take a close look at Dog's Head and some of

her other work from the collection held by Bethlem Museum of the Mind. Marion Patrick was a patient at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in suburban Kent, England. Looking at her paintings is not a comfortable experience. The often bleak, stark, flat and grey images painted by Patrick reflect a state of mind in which depression was clearly a factor. Even Picasso at his bluest did not reach the depths of melancholy plumbed by this artist in her remarkable but disturbing work.

Bethlem Royal Hospital is located in a large and leafy estate and provides a high standard of psychiatric care to patients.

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Finally, though not a work about art, I was drawn to this piece by the featured image drawn by an unknown artist Bastien Dubuc, a friend of the

author. What a gem this is and a real delight that Nick Cennamo-Smith was able to share his friend's biro sketch. A most original approach to capturing the Tower Bridge across the River Thames between Tower Hill and the Bermondsey district to the South. When this bridge, perhaps the best known icon of London tourism, was first built between 1886 and 1894, it was not as well-loved as it is now. Many critics said that it should be pulled down.

Perhaps in this drawing they have finally had their way.

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Thanks for reading

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Thanks for reading

Ray

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• Art for our sake: Six

Looking up at Art:

• Looking up at art one: Constable
• Looking up at art two: Bacon
• Looking up at art three: Lichtenstein
• Looking up at art four: Marion Patrick

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