Month: March 2026
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Eye Candy for Today: Edward Seago scene of Rome
Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome, Edward Seago; 20 x 30 in. (51 x 77), link is to Bonham’s auction from 2019. I assume it’s currently in a private collection. Edward Seago, a British painter active in the early to mid 20th century, is one of my favorite landscape painters. I particularly love his brushy, painterly application of…
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Emilio Ocón y Rivas
Emilio Ocón y Rivas was a 19th century Spanish artist specializing marine subjects, perhaps unsurprisingly as he lived in Malaga, the bustling port city on Spain’s Medterranean coast. He is considered responsible for founding the School of Marine Artists there. He had a particular touch for atmosphere and his paintings show the moods of the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Mucha’s The Seasons: Spring
Alphonse Mucha, who is the most widely recognized figure of the style we know as Art Nouveau, at one time called “Le style Mucha”, created three series of posters in which he portrayed the fourseasons as young women surrounded by elements associated with the season. This is his interpretaion of Spring from the first of…
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Loïc Jouannigot
Loïc Jouannigot is a French illustrator with a charming children’s book style. The drawing style is both precise and loose, with a pleasantly sketchy quality. There is much attention to detail, and in some cases complex scenes and environments. Some are cut-aways, always a fun element, and many are populated with multiple animal characters. The…
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Eye Candy for Today: Henry Farrer graphite drawing
Landscape by a Stream, Henry Farrer, graphite, 15 x 22 in. ( 36 x 56 cm), in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. Downloadable file on their website. 19th century English/American artist Henry Farrer gives us a beautifully delicate graphite landscape. It looks carefully detailed, but on closer examination, reveals much in the…