Author: cparker
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August von Siegen
August von Siegen was a 19th century German painter who specialized in cityscapes of in the style of European and “Oriental” (Eastern Mediterranean) cities. Some are of recognizable places or landmarks, but most are fanciful, and he appears to blend real and imagined views. His emphasis is on the dramatic and exotic, so it’s no…
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Piotr Jabłoński
Piotr Jabłoński, who also goes by the handle “nicponim”, is a Polish concept artist from Bialystok. His clients include Applibot, Inc., Cloud Share Inc., Evermotionvfx, Platige Image and VFX workshops. Jabłoński works digitally in Photoshop, but achieves nicely painterly look of natural media in his application of color. His subjects are often dark and moody,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Winslow Homer’s At the Window
At the Window, Winslow Homer Link is to zoomable file on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Princeton University Art Museum, which has background on the painting on their website. Almost like a 17th century Dutch portrait, this much more casual image of a young woman at a window…
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James Crandall
James Crandall is a California based artist who transitioned from a career in concept art for advertising and film into full time gallery painting. His subjects are often urban landscape and everyday activities. Many of the European subjects are from his visits to his grandfather’s hometown of Lucca, Italy. Crandall renders his compositions in blocky,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Edward Poynter’s Lesbia and Her Sparrow
Lesbia and Her Sparrow, Sir Edward John Poynter Link is to downloadable high-res file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in a private collection; information on the painting can be found in the Bonham’s auction page for its last sale. The painting is a reference to accounts by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus of his…
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Daud Akhriev
Originally from the former Soviet Union, where he studied at the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, Daud Akhriev is a painter who currently divides his time between the U.S. and Spain. Akhriev works in a variety of mediums, primarily oil, but also watercolor and tempera, as well as working in ceramics, sculpture and mosaics. Some…