Was Albrecht Durer a Catholic or Lutheran?

I know the painting “The Four Apostles” is his support for Lutheranism and his woodcut of “Last Supper” is a Catholic scene. I’m not religious, so if somebody could please straighten this out for me. It would help a lot!

Is the Flammarion woodcut medieval?

I’m trying to find out more information about this wonderful image called Flammarion.

Durer’s Christ Descending into Limbo

What are the dimensions of Albrecht Durer’s  woodcut “Christ Descending into Limbo”?

Paul Landacre on Wood Engraving

Paul Landacre is my wood engraving hero. Even more so now that I’ve come across this article he wrote on the subject in the early 1940′s for a book called The Relief Print Woodcut Wood Engraving & Linoleum Cut. For anyone interested in this subject you will be inspired by the following paragraphs! Wood Engraving [...]

Laid to Rest

I came across this wood engraving the other day, although it looks more like a woodcut. The artist is Felix Vallotton, a Swiss painter and printmaker from the last century. Given the wonderful results of the American election yesterday, this image is certainly an apt commentary on the outgoing administration. The title Le Mauvais Pas [...]

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse, a very talented singer/songwriter and perhaps a bit of a train wreck. I’m fascinated by talented people who succumb to their own weaknesses. Although there is something to be said for the “Go big or go home” theory when it comes to feeding your art. I grabbed a sheet of old weather beaten [...]