Month: August 2024
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Eye Candy for Today: Fragonard’s The Little Park (gouache)
The Little Park, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, gouache on parchment, roughly 8 x 10″ (20 x 24 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. I had the pleasure of seeing this delightful little gouache painting by the 18th century French Rococo painter in a show at the Morgan several years ago. I was…
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Adolphe Appian
19th century French printmaker and painter Adolphe Appian trained at a small specialized art school in his home town of Lyon, and worked for a time as a graphic designer. In Paris, he met and became friends with Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny, both of whom were to have a significant influence on his work.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rubens Santoro’s Scuola Grande
Scuola Grande di San Marco and the Ponte Cavallo on the Rio dei Mendicanti, Venice, Rubens Santoro; oil on canvas, roughly 33 x 26″ (85 x 66 cm). Link is to Christie’s past auction. I don’t know the location of the original. I sourced the image from a 2016 Christie’s Auction, so I assume it’s…