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  • Bilquis Evely

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    Bilquis Evely is a comics artist based in São Paulo, Brazil who is currently the artist on the new Wonder Woman series from DC Comics. Evely has worked on a number of titles for DC — including Batman, Legends of Tomorrow and the Shadow — as well as titles for for Archie Comics and Dynamite…

  • Emilie Preyer

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    Liker her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer, Emilie Preyer was a noted 19th century German still life artist who devoted much of her career to painting carefully composed arrangements of fruits. While Preyer senior was an excellent painter, I think Emilie outdid him with her more visceral portrayal of texture and sensitivity to the subtle effects…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Marie-Denise Villers portrait

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    Young Woman Drawing, Marie-Denise Villers In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When I first encountered this painting, it was hanging in a gallery at the Met in such a way that those entering the gallery were immediately confronted with it, and couldn’t help but be struck by its presence. The painting is…

  • Sina Pakzad Kasra

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    Sina Pakzad Kasra is a concept artist and illustrator whose digital painting and drawing styles range from sketch-like to refined and atmospheric. At times, his textural approach appears nicely painterly, particularly in those images that have more naturalistic environments. Kasra often uses muted, almost monochromatic palettes to dramatic effect, alternating with brighter palettes in some…

  • Robert Zünd

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    19th century Swiss painter Robert Zünd studied with several noted Swiss landscape painters, including Alexandre Calame and his teacher, François Diday. Carrying forward the emphasis on truth to nature of his teachers, Zünd became noted for his richly detailed landscapes, many of which were large in scale. He also was influenced by the study of…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Rubens red chalk profile portrait

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    Profile Head of an Old Man (“Niccolò da Uzzano”), Peter Paul Rubens Red chalk and red chalk wash, over a layer of opaque light gray. Roughly 9 X 6 inches (22 x 16 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. In this beautifully realized chalk drawing the bony geometry of the face…