Author: cparker
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Adolph Menzel: Drawings and Paintings
Though I had seen a few reproductions of his work in books, I first really took notice of German artist Adolph Menzel quite a few years ago, when I encountered some of his original drawings in shows of 19th century master drawings at the Morgan Library in New York and the National Gallery in D.C.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Albert Bierstadt genre painting
Roman Fish Market. Arch of Octavius, Albert Bierstadt Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the de Young Museum. Though known primarily for his dramatic landscapes of the American west, 19th century painter Albert Bierstadt also painted other subjects, particularly early in his career. Here…
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Josep M Solà
Josep Maria Solà is a painter who lives and works in the Catalan region within Spain. His richly hued, often intricately detailed compositions emphasize the textural qualities of woods, fields, mountains and rocky gorges. His points of view vary from intimate small scale views of creeks and glens to broad vistas of mountain ranges and…
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Eye Candy for Today: George Moreland night portrait
Portrait of a Girl in a Garden, George Moreland Link is to the Yale Center for British Art, which has the original in its collection. Their page for the painting offers both zoomable and downloadable versions. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project, and a downloadable one on Wikimedia Commons. I’m not…
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Nicole Gustafsson
Nicole Gustafsson is an illustrator based in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. whose richly colored images of enchanted forests lit by glowing prisms are painted in traditional media — often Acryla Gouache and ink on wood panels. Gustafsson utilizes a light touch with her linework, allowing her colors to carry the primary definition of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Girolamo Muziano landscape drawing
Rocky Landscape with a Waterfall, Girolamo Muziano Pen and brown ink, roughly 19×15″ (48x38cm). Link is to the Getty Museum, which has the original in their collection and both a zoomable and downloadable version on their site. The downloadable version can be gotten at high resolution and a 32MB file size. There is also a…