Lines and Colors art blog

Month: April 2018

  • Alfred Thörne

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    When I came across the work of Swedish painter Sven Alfred Thörne recently, I was surprised that I hadn’t encountered it before, but pleased to have found another Scandinavian landscape painter to add to my list of favorites. Thörne was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied at the Royal Academy…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Bartolomeo Montagna Renaissance portrait

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    Saint Justina of Padua, Bartolomeo Montagna (Bartolomeo Cincani) In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the “download or Enlarge links under the image on their site. Though this is technically a religious work, not a portrait, I think the beautifully drawn and delicately rendered face has the look of a real person,…