Month: May 2013
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Eye Candy for Today: Paul Weber pencil drawing
Forest Scene, Paul Weber Roughly 6×5″ (15x12cm). In the Walters Art Museum. Click “Explore Object” in upper left of image for zoomable version.
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Kenne Gregoire
Kenne Gregoire is a Dutch painter who is showing his work in the U.S. for the first time in an exhibition that opens today at the Arcadia Gallery in New York. (Note that the link given will change to the next current exhibition after 6/1/13. After that you may still be able to access the…
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Jim Wodark
Though I was familiar with the online portfolio of California based plein air painter Jim Wodark (pronounced “wood-ark”), and already had him on my list for a post, I had the opportunity recently to meet the artist and attend a demo he gave at the recent Wayne Plein Air Festival here in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Wodark…
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Eye Candy for Today: Georg Flegel still life
Still Life, Georg Flegel This wonderful little painting is only a little over 10×13 inches (27x34cm). The original is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. High-res image here (2.8mb).
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Eye Candy for Today: Arthur Rackham Rhinegold illustration
Rhinegold and the Valkyries, page 28, by Arthur Rackham Image from Wikimedia Commons For more on Rackham, and additional links to images and resources, see my most recent post on Authur Rackham.
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Art Museum Day 2013
Not to be confused with the more general Museum Day in September, which is sponsored by Smithsonian magazine (my post here), Art Museum Day is a relatively new event, started last year, that is sponsored by the Association of Art Museum Directors. This Saturday, May 18, 2013, participating art museums in the U.S. Canada and…