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Month: October 2014

  • Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River, MFA Houston

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    Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River is an exhibition currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston that collects over 50 works related to the French Impressionist’s lifelong fascination with the river at the heart of Paris and, metaphorically, at the heart of France. Monet was known for his series paintings, in which…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Leighton’s Cymon and Iphigenia

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    Cymon and Iphigenia, Lord Frederic Leighton On Google Art Project; high-resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Art gallery of New South Wales. Victorian artist Frederic Leighton brings his finessed painting skill to bear on a sensual and erotic portrayal of a tale from The Decameron — the famous 14th century Italian…

  • Hans Andersen Brendekilde

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    Hans Andersen Brendekilde was a Danish painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His actual surname was Andersen, but he took on the name of his home village to avoid being confused with another artist. He originally painted scenes of social realism, showing the struggles of workers and farmers, then moved into…

  • Nicolas Delort (update)

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    Nicolas Delort is a Canadian/French illustrator who I wrote about in early 2013, and featured in the article on contemporary ink artists I wrote for the Spring 2014 issue of Drawing Magazine. Since then, Delort has revised and updated his blog and website, adding a number of striking new images done in his beautiful ink…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt’s Self-portrait with Two Circles

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    Self-portrait with Two Circles, Rembrandt We don’t have access on the web to an image at the level of high resolution available for the Rembrandt self-portrait at the age of 53 that I wrote about a few days ago, but we can see enough to appreciate more of the master’s superb painting skills. Rembrandt was…

  • Stephanie Hans

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    French illustrator and comics artist Stephanie Hans is known in particular for her painted style comics covers and interior panel illustrations. She excels at dynamic comics covers, many for American titles, that involve women characters in forceful or emotional roles. Her website is in French, but it’s easy enough to navigate for for those who…