The Inquisitive Aesthete

  • The origins of Suridealism

    A summary of the origins of Suridealism. A movement you’ve likely not heard of. Suridealism is a term used to describe fine art and literary art movements from the early 20th century. Emile Malespine (1892 – 1952) coined the term in 1925 in the magazine publication, Manometre. In his Manifesto Du Suridealisme, Malespine in part…

  • The dematerialization of the Waikiki Theatre & Hawai’i’s first frescoes

    Partial Dematerialization In late July 1979, those fighting to preserve the Art Deco landmark known as the Waikiki Theatre lost their final battle to save its soul. The developers wasted no time in starting the first phase of the theater’s destruction. This terrible act merited just one sentence in the August 2, 1979, issue of…

  • Jules Tavernier’s first Hawaii volcano paintings?

    Buring Lake of Kilauea Jules Tavernier painted Burning Lake of Kilauea in November 1884. He was commissioned by Mr. Edward Macfarlane of The Wasp magazine and Pacific Commercial Advertiser to compose two oil paintings of the Kilauea volcano.i Tavernier had yet to travel to Hawai’i (Sandwich Islands) and see the volcanoes firsthand. The two volcano…

  • ART OF THE BLASINGAME’S

    I’m at the point in my research and confident enough to say I am the unofficial knowledge expert on the artists known as Marguerite Louis Blasingame and Frank Marvin Blasingame. These two were nearly forgotten, and although my research has stirred up renewed interest, there is still a large amount of misinformation surrounding these two.…

  • Art Documentaries and Movies You Can Stream On Amazon.com Today – Part 1

    Enhance your knowledge of artists and art history with these art documentaries and movies you can stream today. I have compiled a list of art documentaries and films I  enjoyed, and that you can stream on Amazon.com. Some of these do not show up in a typical keyword search on Amazon.com, so I thought it…

  • Richard Mann – A Little Known Artist From Harlem

    This Richard Mann not that Richard Mann I recently discovered an artist who signed his work “R Mann”. Richard Mann 1940(?) to 1990(?) a “Playwright, Poet and Visual artist” according to a biography written about him on AskArt.com. I don’t want to confuse this “R Mann” with “Richard, Rich and/or R Mann” hailing from Southern…

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