Lines and Colors art blog

Month: October 2013

  • Leo Mancini-Hresko

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    Massachusetts artist Leo Mancini-Hresko studied at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, and then in Italy at the Florence Academy of Art, where he stayed on after graduation as an instructor and later director of the drawing program for sculptors. Having returned to the U.S., where he established a studio in Waltham, MA,…

  • Evert Dijkstra

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    Evert Dijkstra was a Dutch painter active in the late 20th century and the early part of this one, up until his death in 2008. He was originally a graphic designer, woodcarver and sculptor, and took up still life in the 1980s. Apart from that, I know frustratingly little. I haven’t been able to find…

  • Tiepolo, Guardi and Their World

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    “Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings” is an exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in NewYork that has been drawn from the museum’s rather remarkable collection of master drawings. I haven’t yet had the chance to see this show, but I’ve been to numerous previous shows of master drawings at the Morgan,…

  • Barbara Pihos

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    Illinois artist Barbara Pihos works in the traditional printmaking techniques of etching and aquatint. She begins her landscapes with field sketches, which are the basis for more detailed compositions drawn directly into the acid resist on her zinc plates. She gives a brief overview of her process, and the etching/aquatint process in general, on her…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Claude landscape with mythological figures

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    Landscape with Nymph and Satyr Dancing, Claude Lorrain On Google Cultural Institute: Art Project. Original is in the Toledo Museum of Art. Hi-res file on Wikimedia Commons. See my previous posts on Claude Lorrain, and here.

  • Yuta Onoda

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    Illustrator Yuta Onoda was born in Japan and is now based in Toronto, Canada. His clients include The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired Magazine, The Atlantic, Simon & Shuster, Abrams Books and Tor Books. His fantasy tinged illustrations are infused with touches of flowing, Art Nouveau inspired curves and flowing ribbons of color.…