ContreLeMur | Contre Le Mur Art

Mar 27, 20234 min read

Castello Estense, an etching of a castle in Italy with a mystery artist!

The story of the image of the etched castle print! Now help us find the Texan artist! Sometimes the story of art is about the artists,...

Mar 4, 20235 min read

From a forest with bulldozers to Mainstream Acceptance: A Brief History of Soviet Art

As we reach the unfortunate milestone of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we continue to see and hear of how...

Feb 24, 20234 min read

The Highwayman: From the side of the road to the Florida Artists Hall of Fame

In the 1950s, the white artist A.E. “Bean” Backus would take on a young African American artist Alfred Hair and train him to paint...

Sep 4, 20224 min read

With art, what is said can be misleading....

Hey Art Tribe- Hope your long weekend has been wonderful. There is a very accurate adage in the world of art that goes "looking at the...

Feb 10, 20222 min read

Please don't do this

If you don't like how something looks, that is perfectly OK. It's not perfectly OK to make editorial changes......don't be that...

Jan 25, 20223 min read

Art versus whitewashed signs!

Are the whitewashed wood signs with black script lettering commanding you to “Eat”, considered art? Signs and sayings used as wall art...

Jan 21, 20222 min read

New Home Alert!

Contre Le Mur is excited to share that this wonderful watercolor image by the artist Patricia Barr Clarke has gone to its new home in...

Jan 10, 20221 min read

New Home Alert

A pair of Dale Fleming, Pen & Ink prints returned to Indiana this week. Which is wonderful, while Mr. Fleming was a graduate from the...

Jan 8, 20221 min read

New Home alert!

Contre Le Mur is excited to share that one of its art family has found a new home. Silver Lake, Ohio, a photograph by Brenda James, is...