Stamp Art

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Freddy Ryman [ 1st Part (1966/1968) ]

[Gibraltar] (b?/d ?)

In 1945 ,Freddy Ryman started to study Art as a hobby ,and with time he became a Free-Lance Stamp Designer...He started his prolific career in 1966 and slowly build a solid reputation in the Philatelic World with some of his stamps reaching high prices in the market... He also contributed to the design of Gibraltar's Coins..

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Biography and Photo : Doe World Newspaper

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Gibraltar 1966 "European Sea Angling Championships" (3,3,3) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(177,...,179) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1966 "Centenary of the Re-Enthronement of 'Our Lady of Europa'" (1) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(182)

Gibraltar 1967 "Ships" (14,14,14) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(186,...,199) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1967 "International Tourist Year" (3,3,3) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(200,...,202) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1967 "250th Birth Anniversary of General Eliott" (4,4,4) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(205,...,208) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1968 "60th Anniversary of Gibraltar's Scout Association" (4,4,4) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(209,...,212) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1968 "20th Anniversary of World Health Organization" (2,2,2) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(213,214) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1968 "Human Rights Year" (2,2,2) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(215,216) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Gibraltar 1968 "Christmas" (2,2,2) [Photo (Harrison)] Sc(217,218) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Francesco Chiappelli

[Italy] (b 1890/d 1947)

Francesco Chiappelli was born in Pistoia in a wealthy family of great cultural traditions. Follows classical studies and graduated in 1906 at the High School Nicholas Forteguerri.. (..) Encouraged by his father, he entered the studio of Raffaello Sorbi in Florence , to pursue his studies in painting and drawing..(..) he graduated at the age of 23 at the Florence Fine Arts Academy...he always find the studies much uninteresting , but after attending some classes of Etching directed by Celestino Celestini and Ludovico Tommasi , understands that he had found his vocation. (..) his first works are acclaimed by critics .. in 1918 he joined the Army.. after the war he returned to his Artistic life winning several awards in his many exhibitions... in 1931 and due to financial problems , he became professor of Graphic Arts at the Florence Art Institute..from 1936 to the end of his life he gained World status with many drawings and some series of etchings today unobtainable..

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Italy 1932 "Dante Alighieri Society" (12,12,12) [Photo] Sc(268,...,279) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Italy 1932 "50th Anniversary of Garibaldi's Death" (10,8,8) [Photo] Sc(280,...,289) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Italy 1932 "50th Anniversary of Garibaldi's Death / Air Mail" (5,4,4) [Photo] Sc(C35,...,C39) [ images credit of Stampworld ]

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Georges Gimel

[France] (b 1898/d 1962)

"Georges Gimel lived at Domène and at Grenoble, where he studied at the Ecole des Arts Industriels, until the age of 16 at which time he moved to Paris (..) In 1916 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris, at the Studio of Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. After the war in 1919 he returned at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, at the Studio of Jean-Antoine Injalbert and at the same time he will become a pupil of the Académie Julian and also worked together with his warf riend the sculptor Henri Bouchard.(..) An artistic dynamo, he linked the schools of beaux arts and commercial/artistic design: He created fabric designs for clothing designers Paul Poiret and Jean Patou.(..) In Paris, numerous exhibitions at the Art Gallery’s, (..) gained him worldwide recognition. (..) In 1930, Gimel began to create immense frescoes (..) and one of this works will be owned by the Vatican and another by the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris. (..) In 1937 Gimel took part in the Exposition Universelle de Paris and there he created the interior design for the Pavillon du Dauphiné...(..) for 1945 on he devoted himself to his art and to the making of his enamels where his genius allowed him to combine technical and practical aspects to create an indestructible form of enamel painting. In 1949, he exhibited 91 enamel works at the Art Gallery Bernheim Jeune in Paris. Later, thanks to the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, several of his enamels were sent abroad to Rome (Italy) and Saarbrücken, (Germany) others were part of a traveling exhibition in the United States who started at the Yale University Art Gallery in 1954. "

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St. Pierre and Miquelon 1932 "Various Designs" (24,3,3) [Engr (C. Hourriez)(E. Feltesse)(Jules Piel)][Typo] Sc(136,...,159)

St. Pierre and Miquelon 1932 "Postage due Stamps / NewFoundland Dog" (11) [Engr (Abel Mignon)][Typo] Sc(J21,...,J31)

[ updated in 01/06/2016 18:07 ]

Monday, October 12, 2015

Joana Bielschowsky [ 1st Part / Brazil Stamps ]

[Brazil] (b 1950)

Joana Bielschowsky was born in the city of Rio De Janeiro.. She studied drawing and Painting in the Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro.. also attended classes of painting in the Rio de Janeiro Fine Arts Institute.. she has also a specialization in Industrial Design and visual Programming at the Superior School of Industrial Design and has exhibited several times Nationally and Internationally.. Joana is the designer of several Brazilian and Mexican stamps and she is best know in Mexico by her married name Joana Bielschoswsky Aguirre..

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Biography and Stamp Images [ Filatelia77 ]

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Brazil 1976 "27th International Military Athletics" (1) [Litho] Sc(1472)