Artist AnaRosa

AnaRosa is a talented artist whose affection for Louise Brooks comes across in her art. According to the artist's webpage, "AnaRosa has been honoring the life and image of Louise Brooks through her art for many years. Her renditions of the beautiful 'Jazz Baby' of the Art Deco era captures the everlasting essence of the flapper girl as well as the inner light of a woman who captivated the world and remains a mystifying legend." AnaRosa's Brooks' paintings are especially appealing. I own a couple of her pieces, including the one shown here.



The artist has said, "I'd love to be known as the girl who paints Lulu". For more on Ana Rosa, check out her website at www.epiphaniart.com

Louise Brooks' art from 1974

I just came across this rather interesting art depicting Louise Brooks. It dates from 1974. The piece, entitled "Louise Brooks," is by Frank Martin (b. 1921). It is an intaglio print on paper and measures 371 x 273 mm. The work is owned by the Tate Gallery in England, and was presented to that museum by Christie's Contemporary Art through the Institute of Contemporary Prints in 1975. Does anyone know anything more about this artist? (Stylistically, the piece looks like its from the 1920's. For me, it recalls the Cubist aesthetic and the work of Leger.)

David Levine caricature

Back in 1982, the renown artist David Levine drew a caricature of Louise Brooks which ran in the New York Review of Books. That well know caricature is currently for sale through this publisher's website. I bought one of these a number of years ago. They are very nifty!

Mark Tansey painting

On December 12th of last year, the New York Times ran a half-page spread on the highly regarded contemporary painter Mark Tansey and a recent work of his entitled "West Face." (Click here to read the article and see an image of the painting.) According to the article, "West Face appears to be a suavely rendered picture of a band of hikers trudging up a snowy mountainside. But look closely, and you'll find a landscape treacherous with puzzles, paradoxes, hidden images and allusions." Among the hidden images, reportedly, are portraits of various philosophers and Louise Brooks. I see the portraits (including the one that is supposedly of Brooks), but I don't recognize the actress. What do you think?