The February inspiration on ARTastic comes to you from famous
Australian artist ...
Charles
Meere (1890-1961)
with his painting Australian Beach Pattern
(1940)
Criteria - Free choice, make
of this as you will
A little about Charles
Meere
Meere was one of a group of Sydney artists who took a modern take on classical artistic traditions as a way of portraying national life in the period between the First and Second World Wars.
Born in London, Meere trained
as a mural artist at the Royal College of Art, where he was influenced by the
ideas of William Morris on craftmanship and the role of the designer. Moving to
Australia, he worked as a commercial artist and as a cartographer and
illustrator for newspapers.
His most famous work is
Australian Beach Pattern which depicts a tableau of beach goers whose
athletic perfection takes on monumental, heroic proportions. Meere created a
crowded and complex composition through the pattern of figures, which appears as
a still-life of suspended strength. This iconic painting encapsulates the myth
of the healthy young nation symbolised by the tanned, god-like bodies of the
sunbathers.
I love what the Creative Team
have come up with this month. Here is a small sample - you'' need to pop onto the blog to see more and to submit your own entry - we'd love to have you play along.
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