Lines and Colors art blog

Month: December 2008

  • Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2009!

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    Another post of New Year’s babies from the illustrator who originated the concept of representing the new year as a baby, J.C. Leyendecker; and some of his numerous Saturday Evening Post covers which captured the essence of the year into the theme surrounding the baby. There is (finally!) a new book of Leyendecker’s work, J.C.…

  • Guy Rose (update)

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    When I wrote about Guy Rose back in 2007 there were only a few resources online, since then, however, much to my delight, The Athenaeum has posted has posted over 120 good-sized images of his beautiful paintings. Guy Orlando Rose is considered one of the foremost of the painters known as “California Impressionists”. I put…

  • William Laskin

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    Inlay is a decorative process in which small pieces of material with differing colors are laid into carved channels in the surface of an object to create a pattern or image. Inlays are often applied to decorative boxes or other small objects using wood veneer. It is also a common practice to use other materials,…

  • The 2009 Eustace Tilley Contest

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    As I promised in my post about The Many Faces of Eustace Tilley last January, I’m letting you know about the 2009 Eustace Tilley Contest in time to participate if you’re inclined. Eustace Tilley is the name given to the foppish character drawn by art director Rea Irvin for the first cover of The New…

  • The Nativity by Petrus Christus

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    This depiction of the Nativity by Petrus Christus (large version here) strikes me as one of the more interesting and unusual interpretations of the event. We view the scene through a framing trompe l’oeil arch, likely inspired by the influence of Rogier van der Wyden’s similar compositions, such as his Miraflores Altarpiece (and interesting to…

  • Old Kris by N.C. Wyeth

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    This year’s post about Santa Claus (or suitable Santa Equivalent) is Old Kris by the great American illustrator N.C. Wyeth (more on N.C. Wyeth in a future post). I had the pleasure of seeing this painting in person recently, as it is in the permanent collection of the Brandywine River Museum and currently on display…