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The Blue Guitar is a suite of twenty etchings with aquatint by David Hockney, drawn in 1976–77 and published in 1977 in London and New York by Petersburg Press. The frontispiece to the portfolio mentions Hockney's dual inspirations: "The Blue Guitar Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by
Woman Playing a Guitar is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Simon Vouet, executed c. 1618. The painting is in tenebrist style and depicts a finely dresses woman distractedly playing a guitar. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The guitar comes to represent the guitarist's world and only hope for survival. This blind and poor subject depends on his guitar and the small income he can earn from his music for survival. Some art historians believe this painting expresses the solitary life of an artist and the natural struggles that come with the career.
Still Life with a Guitar is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish cubist Juan Gris, from 1913. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Gallery 905. [1] The work was created in the small French town of Céret in the Pyrenees.
The Peavey EVH Wolfgang guitar series is a collaboration between guitarist Eddie Van Halen and Hartley Peavey's company, Peavey Electronics (cap.12 from book "Peavey Guitars: The Authorized American History" [1]). The EVH stands for "Eddie Van Halen" while Wolfgang is the name of Eddie Van Halen's son.
The Red Special is the electric guitar designed and built by Queen's guitarist Brian May and his father, Harold, when Brian was a teenager in the early 1960s. [1] [2] The Red Special is sometimes referred to as the Fireplace or the Old Lady by May and by others. [3]
The Jim Irsay Collection is a collection of musical instruments, American history artifacts, and popular culture items collected by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.The collection is heavily focused on guitars associated with rock music, but also contains items such as historic manuscripts, film artifacts, and sports memorabilia.
Another guitar player who was known for playing the EDS-1275 was Charlie Whitney, the principal guitarist for the British underground band Family. Clips of Whitney performing with his EDS-1275 are readily available on YouTube from Family appearances on Beat-Club and The Old Grey Whistle Test .