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Author: cparker

  • A Fresh Look: Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

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    Hopefully — even if only for a moment — you got to see in the top two images Vermeer’s iconic painting with fresh eyes. The images are reversed left to right. It is not an uncommon practice for artists to pause in the process of working on a painting or other artwork and view the…

  • Philip de Laszlo

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    Hungarian born painter Philip de László, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, spent much of his life and career in the UK, where he was noted for his portraits of royalty and the wealthy. The de Lazlo Archive Trust website features information about the artist, as well as a catalogue…

  • Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2025!

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    As I’ve done every New Year’s Eve since 2005, I’ll wish Lines and Colors readers a Happy New Year with one of J. C. Leyendecer’s New Year’s covers for the Saturday Evening Post, in this case marking the arrival of 1925.For more Leyendecker to while away your New Year’s day, check the list of Lines…

  • LearnFromMasters YouTube channel

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    If, like me, you enjoy YouTube videos about art and artists, you may have come across a number of slideshow style videos showcasing the art of historic painters. In many of these, if not the majority, the creator of the videos seems compelled to add motion — panning, zooming and using transitions that flip, swipe,…

  • Brock Larson

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    Brock Larson is a contemporary American painter living in Minnesota. On his website you will find landscape and still life paintings along with portrait drawings. In his landscapes, Larson often pulls us into the shadowy depths of deep woods, while at others times leading us out onto broad fields and expanses of water. Brock Larson…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Carl Theodor Reiffenstein castle

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    Weite Landschaft mit idealer rheinischer Burg (Wide landscape with an ideal Rhenish castle), Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches (45 x 36 cm) This landscape painting by the 19th century German painter is a perfect example of counterchange — the reversal of value relationships between a shape or object and the…