My virtual museum, cont’d…

Shanghai Li, member of the Red Lanterns triad. By Hugo Pratt (c). In “Corto Maltese in Siberia”.

“Tercera llamada” (“Third call”). Ernesto Cabral. 1926. A talemnted Mexican artist, Cabral sketched those daring young ladies who threw away their mothers’ long dresses and long hair by the window. Quite “osé” in 1926.

De Gaulle. By the same Cabral, c. 1964. (at the Trotsky museum, Mexico city) At a later stage in his life, Cabral was a cartoonist in Novedades, a Mexican newspaper. The likeness is impeccable. I can almost hear de Gaulle’s voice.

The Simpsons. On the way up to Montmartre.

“The little Parisian”. Willy Ronis. 1952. A time when you could still send your little kid alone in the street to buy bread. Ronis was a wonderful photographer of Parisian life in the 50’s.

“The two young girls”. Aristide Maillol. 1891. Maillol is better known for his sculpture, but I’ve come to love his painting too. (Musée Maillol, Paris)

“Air”. 1932. By the same Maillol. Tuileries garden. One can see the Arc de triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre in the background.

Van Gogh at the Atelier des Lumières, Paris. The audience shadows become a part of the painting.

Japanese woodblock. By Hiroshige I believe. Or is it Utagawa? Given the Asian custom of putting the surname first I’m not sure we have it right in the west. If I’m not confused this is one of the 53 stations of the Tokaido. Musée Guimet, Paris. I’ve said it again and again. Guimet is probably one of the best muesums of Asian art in the West.

As a note, when Japan opened up in 1853, their hand just a bit forced by Commodore Perry, traditional Japanese woodblock prints started reaching Europe with a strong impact on European painters from the Impressionists to Gauguin to van Gogh. Japanese art changed perspective in the West.

Rasputin, (not the Russian monk), by Hugo Pratt in The ballad of the salty sea, 1967.

Dr Sigmund I presume? By Erik Rivera, a contemporary Mexican artist who paints well-known figures as children. Of sorts. (Hence the lollypop)

Buddha Maravijaya. Laos, 1792. Musée Guimet. (There is a room in Siem Reap, Cambodia, near the ruins of Angkor, that is called the room of the thousand Buddhas. No photos allowed… one can only use one’s eyes. Amazing)

Do you like my hat? (Untitled) by Francisco Icaza, 1969. MUAC, Mexico city.

“Step sister’s hen”, or “Marigold, Marigold, tell me your answers do”. Leonora Carrington, 1952. By then Carrington was already settled in Mexico consolidating her reputation as one of the major surrealist artists in the world. (FEMSA collection, Mexico). I did some research, it would seem most of her work is in a museum in San Luis Potosi. Not in Mexico city. Darn.

“Fable de Venise”, by Hugo Pratt. 1977. Seen at a unique expo of Pratt’s work, a wealth of originals, in Lyon, a few years back.

Thank you for visiting Equinoxio’s on-line museum. Don’t forget to tip the guide…