#beard and pipe

[mrdirtybear]

'The Blacksmith' as painted in 1909 by Swiss painter Ernest Bieler (1863-1948).

[the-evening-shade]

[mrdirtybear]

'Two Men' as painted by Swiss painter Ernest Bieler (1863-1948).

[mrdirtybear]

The postcard is dead now, smartphones have ended the idea of people sending them. But 110 years ago, amid WW1 France put new life into the art of the postcard by celebrating the heroes that the new war was creating. This image was one of a series of images the both celebrated and raised funds for the war effort. Image created by Emile Dupuis

[mrdirtybear]

'Portrait of a Sculptor, Guimard?' as painted by French painter Antoine Jean Faivre (1830-1905).

[mrdirtybear]

Ernest Biéler (1863 - 1948) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. He worked in all the painting materials, oil, tempera, watercolour, gouache, ink, charcoal, pastels, acrylic and pencil. Like many artists he travelled widely and went where the exhibitions and medals were to make their name. But the material they presented to win prizes with always took them back to their homes or the schools of painting they had started from, where the local views and the depiction of the people were what inspired student artists to improve their skills of representation.

[mrdirtybear]

'Self Portrait' as drawn in 1923 by Hungarian painter and graphic artist, Vilmos Aba-Novak (1891-1941).

[mrdirtybear]

'Self Portrait with Pipe' by Welsh painter, draughtsman and sketcher Augustus John (1878-1961).