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All my art is in some way about other art, even if the other art is cartoons

Bob Kessel

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I was delighted this morning when Bob Kessel friended me on Facebook.

I have been aware of his illustrations in The New York Times,

The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek,  and many other national publications.

I did not know his fine art work which is in numerous private and museum collections.

His artwork revisits the works of old and modern masters.

Kessel’s work is amusing, intelligent, beautiful, graphic, bold,  and more.

His collection of quotes called Artists on Art represents his illustrative style.

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Bob Kessel’s Fine Art

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Girl with Pearl Earing by Bob Kessel

After Vermeer

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Herring by Bob Kessel

After Van Gogh

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Limited edition prints and original art by Bob Kessel • Email:  b.kessel@snet.net • Phone: (860)334-9438

All images in this post © Copyright Robert Kessel

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Richard Avedon by David Levine

NY Review of Books 1978

David Levine, caricaturist, illustrator, painter, died on December 29th at 83. There are many obituaries of Levine, who in my opinion was the best caricaturist of his era. This link is to the NYTimes obit by Bruce Weber. The caricature of Richard Avedon is among the 2500 illustrations created for The NY Review of Books from 1963 – 2007. They are all included in a remarkable collection called the David Levine Gallery. Check it out.

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