Newspaper as the artist’s muse (Part One)

By Robb Montgomery

One of the things I have enjoyed about subscribing to a Flickr RSS feed on media are the occasional ’serendipitous’ encounters with fantastic new images that lead you to discovery. Take Flickr uploader “Lemoox” for example. Lemoox is the screen name for Bertrand Eberhard.

Eberhard’s “les maux se font entendre” is but one example of this French artist’s prolific output. He often draws paints and sketches on the pages of local editions. In this set he posted on Flickr, Bertrand inks on the pages french and chinese newspapers. Most of them are done on the pages of “LibĂ©ration”

If you have a few minutes (and are not offended by pen and ink studies of the nude female form) then you will be amazed how quickly he can transform ordinary news pages into works of art. He has a stunning range of skill and you can’t help but fall in love with the women he portrays.



tendances, originally uploaded by Lemoox.

From Russia comes a stealthy stylist



DOU_2007_newspaper, originally uploaded by Oleg Dou.

Oleg is a Moscow-born artist who has a background in computer science and web design. He says he only recently discovered photography and is interested in exploring how design and photography can merge.
This image was pulled from his stream that shows an incredible command for photographic vision and inspiring design concepts. Creepy, but cool.

Oleg gallery

Share on Facebook Share on Facebook

Print or e-mail this item.
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Print this article!

1 Response to “Newspaper as the artist’s muse (Part One)”


  1. 1 bertrand

    Hello Robb
    thanks for comenting on my art in such kind words. ( found your blog while looking at somme ocurence of my name on google :))

    take care
    Bertrand

Leave a Reply