The main purpose of this site will be to create an online gallery of Morton Birkin's
artwork, including biographical information about Morton Birkin as it relates to his artwork.
This site will be organized so that images of Morton Birkin's works are easy to browse
as well specifically search based on dates and key themes. The site will also seek to
maintain the protection of images, so that copies of the images can only be obtained by
permission.
Audience
Our client was not too specific on who he thought would be coming to a site, but mentioned
that he would like the site to accessible to those that were searching for art
specifically of the themes of Mr. Birkin's work. For example, if someone was to seach
the web for images of Taos, New Mexico, he would hope his father's website, having many
images inspired by Taos, would come up. Our client also stated that he would like the
site to appeal to general art lovers who just might be browsing through various
artists' sites. Finally, our client mentioned that he might be using the site as a resource
for galleries he would hope might pick up a show on his father's works.
Site content
While the site's main page will be dedicated to providing some background information on
Morton Birkin, the bulk of the site will be dedicated to organizing and displaying
the hundreds of works of art from Mr. Birkin's collection. Images will first be organized
by medium including: oils, drawings, and watercolors. These sections will be further
divided thematically based on the major themes of Morton Birkin's works, including (but
not limited to) nudes, Taos, and New York City. These images will then be further
categorized by year so that audiences will be able to see how Morton Birkin's depictions
of the themes evolved over his life.
Within each theme we will also include anecdotal commentary about why particular
themes were of importance to Morton Birkin. These anecdotes will be based on our
conversation with David Birkin as well as information provided by Morton Birkin's widow.