Painters throughout history have used family members as models, although usually in the service of a composition where they were painted to represent historical, literary or allegorical subjects. In the late 19th Century that changed as many painters, particularly the Impressionists and artists who were Read More …
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a particular fondness for painters who combine the light and color, painterly approach and immediacy of the Impressionists with the solid foundation and draughtsmanship of realism. Examples would include John Singer Sargent, Gustav Calliebotte, Joaquin Read More …
There are always some people who, when I say I do digital art, assume that I somehow press a few keys and the computer “makes art” for me. Even after patiently explaining that I draw and paint on the computer with a stylus in much Read More …
Harold Knight was an English painter active in the late 19th end early 20th centuries, and the husband of noted painter Laura Knight (née Laura Johnson), who he met when both were art students. Harold Knight was known as a portraitist and genre painter. I Read More …
The Yellow Jacket, William McGregor Paxton, oil on canvas, roughly 27 x 22 inches (56 x 69 cm). Link is to Bonham’s, which auctioned the painting in 2016 and has a zoomable version on the auction detail page. I don’t know the current location; I Read More …
Originally from Ohio, Joseph Rodefer DeCamp studied there and in Germany with fellow Ohioan Frank Duveneck. After his travels and studies in Europe, DeCamp settled in Boston, where he became a founding member of the Ten American Painters — a group of artists, largely considered Read More …