Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • Edmund Blair Leighton (update)

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    When I first highlighted Victorian painter Edmund Blair Leighton back in 2006, resources for images of his paintings on the web were pretty thin. Since then, some new images sources have made it much more rewarding to view his work. Leighton’s two main themes were of romanticized medieval subjects — knights in armor, chivalry, elegant…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Watanabe Seitei ink and color on silk

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    Bird on Branch Watching Spider, Watanabe Seitei Ink and color on silk; roughly 14 x 10 inches (36 x 26 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the Download or Enlarge links under the image on their site. Even though the color in the image looks much like watercolor, when the…

  • Woonyoung Jung

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    Woonyoung Jung is a visual development artist with Dreamworks Animation, but most of his online presence is devoted to his personal work — in particular two delightful series. One is “Young Witches”, in which young women in colorful — rather then dour black — witches hats are apparently on vacation or an extended road trip,…

  • Merry-Joseph Blondel

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    Merry-Joseph Blondel was a French Neoclassical painter active in the early part of the 19th century. He studied with the well known painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and from fairly early in his career formed a lasting friendship with Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Blondel had a tremendously successful career, garnering numerous awards and prestigious commissions, including major works for…

  • César de Cock

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    César de Cock was a 19th century Belgian (Flemish) painter who spent much of his career in France. He initially studied at the School of Fine Arts in Ghent, where he was born, but in France became a pupil of Charles-François Daubigny, Cesar de Cock, along with his elder brother, painter Xavier de Cock, became…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Hans Hoffmann watercolor and gouache hedgehog

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    A Hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), Hans Hoffmann Watercolor and gouache on vellum; roughly 8 x 12 inches ( 21 x 31 cm). In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 16th century German artist Hans Hoffman was noted for his detailed paintings of animals and other natural forms. He was tremendously influenced by the watercolor…