Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Walter Dexter still life
Still Life, Walter Dexter; oil on canvas; 14 x 18 inches (35 x 46 cm), in the colection fo the King’s Lynn Town Hall. Engliah painter Walter Dexter was active in late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was known for his landscapes in oil and watercolor. He also painted other subjects, including still life;…
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A lesson from studying Richard Schmid
One of the things I often admire about advanced painters is their ability to infuse a single object with multiple colors and make it read well. It can be subtle or overt, but it done properly, it can give a painting a lively visual interest. As a painter, I stuggled to understand how this was…
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The Undraped Artist Podcast
Years ago, when Apple’s popular stand-alone music player was called the “iPod”, programs, independently produced on a low budget, usually interviews and primarily audio only, came to be called “podcasts”. These days, the format is often meant to be enjoyed either in audio or with accompanying video, and the YouTube landscape is full of them.…
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Théo van Rysselberghe
Théo van Rysselberghe was a Belgian painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is generally considered a Neo-Impressionist or Post-Impressionist. He was classically trained and throughout his career explored a variety of styles and influences but focused primarily on Divisionism (AKA Pointillism). Divisionism is a style associated with the French painter…
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Eye Candy for Today: Auguste Lepere etching
Old Housea at Amiens, Auguste Lepère, etching. This is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in DC, which has a high resolution downloadable and zoomable image file. For some reason, they don’t list the etching’s physical size. My guess from the size of the needle marks would be around 5×7″ (13 x…
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Eye Candy for today: Jean-Etienne Liotard pastel portrait
Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age, Jean-Étienne Liotard, pastel on vellum, 22 x 18 in. (55 x 45 cm), in the collection of the Getty. 18th century Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard gives a beautiful demonstration of the sensitivity and finess possible in pastel. There is a subtle teture throughout, likely…