Month: February 2013
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Healy’s Lincoln
Today is “Presidents’ Day” here in the U.S. Originally it was a celebration of the birthday of first president George Washington. A later holiday celebrating the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, also in February, was folded in, the day was moved to a Monday in the general vicinity of the dates, made a postal holiday and…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carlson woodland scene
John F. Carlson (unknown title). Photo by Justin Wisniewski, from his blog. See my post on John Fabian Carlson.
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The Art of Illustration, PBS Off Book
The Art of Illustration is a 7 minute video feature that includes a (very) brief history of illustration from moderator Steve Guarnaccia, and short interviews with illustrators and comics artists Yuko Shimizu, Sean Murphy and Molly Crabapple (above, top to bottom). It is one episode of the continuing PBS web video series Off Book (also…
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Animal Kingdom at Gallery Nucleus
The Animal Kingdom is a show that opened yesterday at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA and runs until March 3, 2013. (Images above: Christopher Buzelli, Jeremy Wilson, Juan Trevieso, Sachin Teng, Lucrezia Bieler, Bill Carman, Joy Ang, Bruce Jensen, Victo Ngai)
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Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900 is an exhibition that opens tomorrow, February 17, 2013, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. With over 130 objects — paintings, sculpture, works on paper and decorative art objects — mostly borrowed from the Tate Britain and the Birmingham Trust in the UK, along with three…
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Eye Candy for Today: Allegory of Winter
Allegory of Winter, Jacques de La Joue the Younger. I love the invented atmosphere and the seemingly casual application of paint, particularly in the Rococo flourishes. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use “Fullscreen” link under the image.