Thursday, February 21, 2008

Come, Josephine, in my flying machine.............








HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON
CONCLUDED
With this entry the Sewer Raccoon News brings to a tentative conclusion
the review of some of the works of the famous Dutchman, H.W. Van Loon.
It was this editor's good fortune to have been exposed to Van Loon's genius years ago.
His written compositions+ pen and ink drawings: SUPERB!
Here, we display his North Sea view from a bi-plane, shown three ways as would be possible by an aviator. By itself without reference to the subject matter Van Loon comes up with a strikingly modern work of art as to perspective and color juxtaposition. With consideration given to his theme, a plane flying over a body of water, the result is stunning.










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