Historic Hollywood Art by Jim Van Schaack

Famous Landmarks of the 20th Century

Recollections of Beverly Hills

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Digital Artist Jim Van Schaack has drawings of landmarks including Beverly Hills including the Beverly Hills Hotel and Gucci Beverly Hills.

The Beverly Hills Hotel

The Beverly Hills Hotel is located on Sunset Boulevard, just a few miles west of Hollywood. It was originally built in 1912 to attract people to Beverly Hills. Along with the main building were 21 secluded bungalows that set in 12 acres of landscaped gardens. This romantic hideaway became famous because movie stars including Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Humphrey Bogart and friends hung out at the hotels popular Polo Lounge and Polo Grill, the places to see and be seen. The Beverly Hills Hotel for many years was the center of Hollywood business and social life. However, later the hotel fell on hard times until the recent $100 million dollar renovation. The legendary Beverly Hills Hotel with its cabanas, pool, Polo Lounge and Polo Grill are once more at the center of Hollywood deal-making, reviving the style of Hollywood’s hayday.

Gucci Beverly Hills

Gucci Beverly Hills, One of the worlds most famous manufacturers and retailers of high quality high fashion merchandise, located on a street in Beverly Hills like few others in the world, Rodeo Drive.

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About Digital Art

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About Digital ArtWhat is Digital Art

Wikipedia states that digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process. Since the 1970’s, various names have been used to describe the process including computer art and multimedia art, and digital art is itself placed under the larger umbrella term new media art.

After some initial resistance,the impact of digital technology has transformed activities such as painting, drawing, sculpture and music/sound art, while new forms, such as net art, digital installation art, and virtual reality, have become recognized artistic practices. More generally the term digital artist is used to describe an artist who makes use of digital technologies in the production of art. In an expanded sense, “digital art” is a term applied to contemporary art that uses the methods of mass production or digital media.

Jim Van Schaack is a digital artist who creates his digital art using CorelDRAW.

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Texas

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Hyatt Regency Hotel DallasHyatt Regency Hotel, Dallas, Texas

The Hyatt Regency Dallas is a 345 ft, 30-story, 1,120-room hotel at the Reunion district in Dallas, Texas. It was featured in the opening credits of the television series Dallas for the show’s entire run, from 1978 until 1991. The building is connected to Union Station and Reunion Tower, the city’s landmark observation tower. The Y-shaped building has an atrium on the south side. A low rise ballroom with 32,000 square feet was added in 1998. The Hyatt Regency Dallas recently completed a $50-million renovation that features a newly re-designed and re-configured guestrooms, bathrooms and corridors. This hotel is an iconic building in the Dallas Skyline.

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Pennsylvania

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Falling Water Mill Run Pennsylvania

Fallingwater

Fallingwater was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufman, a Pittsburg, PA department store owner and his family, as their vacation home in Mill Run, PA. The home was built between 1934 and 1937. This photogenic house built over a running stream is a synthesis of the organic architecture as taught by Wright.

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Recollections of New York

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The Guggenheim Museum

Digital Artist Jim Van Schaack has drawn Recollections of New York including The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, this museum houses Mr. Guggenheim’s collection of non-objective art. Completed after Wrights death, it opened in 1959 to rave reviews for both the architects genius and for the adventurous spirit of the founder.

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