Lines and Colors art blog

Month: January 2012

  • Peder Severin Krøyer

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    Peder Severin Krøyer (sometimes Peter or just P.S. Krøyer) was born in Norway but moved to Denmark with his foster parents at an early age. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, traveled Europe and studied in Paris, where he was introduced to the work of the French Impressionists, an influence that resonates…

  • Steven Hughes

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    Originally from Ohio and now living and working in Michigan, Steven Hughes is a freelance illustrator and an Assistant professor of illustration at Northern Michigan University. His clients include American Greetings, Ohio Magazine, Cleveland Magazine, University of Dayton and others. His website (I love the URL: primaryhugues.com) essentially opens up to his portfolio, which festures…

  • Dale Nichols

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    As countries go, the United States is fairly large, both in population and area, and in our history of art there are often “regional” artists worthy of note that don’t receive the attention they’re due. This seems to particularly apply to artists from those areas of the country that some of the societal elite in…

  • Mysterious paper scultures of Edinburgh

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    Since March of last year, a series of wonderful and whimsical paper sculptures have been anonymously left on tables and shelves in libraries in Edinburgh, Scotland. It feels like something from a novel, and may in some way have a connection to the detective novels of Ian Rankin, but there is no indication he is…

  • Edwin Longesden Long

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    19th century British painter Edwin Longesden Long began his career as portrait painter. He became friends with painter John Phillip, who was noted for his portrayals of life in Spain, and accompanied him on trips there, where he painted Spanish genre scenes and was introduced to the works of Velázquez and other great Spanish painters.…

  • A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol (Kevin Dart)

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    A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol is a beautifully realized animated ad for Persol sunglasses, directed by illustrator Kevin Dart and Stéphane Codëdel, and designed by Dart and illustrator Chris Turnham. At first I thought it might be intended as a web only ad as the richness and variety of the illustrations gives the…