Month: July 2022
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Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow river scene in France
Picquigny, Frits Thaulow, oil on canvas; roughly 29 x 36 inches (73 x 92 cm); in the collection fo the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, which has a zoomable and downloadable version of the image. Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow has long been one of my favorite landscape painters. He was an absolute master of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Eugène Bléry etching
L’arbre aux racines (Tree with Roots), Eugène Bléry, etching on chine collé, roughly 5×7″ (11 x 16 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which haas both zoomable and downloadable versions of the image. A wonderful evocation of a deep forest scene, showing the effectiveness of just value and texture to…
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James Gurney botanical study video
Painter, illustrator and writer James Gurney frequently posts short videos to YouTube, often showing his painting process. Though I have found pretty much all of those I’ve seen enjoyable and informative, he recently posted a video that I found particularly appealing. In Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain he sets out to paint…
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Eye Candy for Today: Hans Memling double portrait
Tommaso di Folco Portinari; Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli), Hans Memling, oil on wood, roughly 17 x 13″ (42 x 32 cm), respectively. These remarkable portraits by the noted 15th century Flemish painter are stunning examples of Northern Renaissance oil painting. The Met’s page for the paintings indicates they were originally part of a triptych,…
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Not the usual Van Goghs #5
As I’ve pointed out in four previous posts — browsing through books, selections of prints or posters, and even some museum exhibitions, can give you the impression that Van Gogh’s oeuvre was somewhat limited, when nothing could be further from the facts. What you find is repetitions of his “greatest hits”. This is an unfortunate…
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Eye Candy for Today: River Gnilitsa by Vladimir Orlovsky
River Gnilitsa, Vladimir Orlovsky; oil on canvas, roughly 37 x 61″ (95 x 155cm). Link is to 2012 Bonham’s auction (with zoomable image). I assume the present location is a private collection. There is a reasonably large downloadable image here on Art Market Monitor. Ukrainian painter Vladimir Orlovsky, who I featured recently as well as…