Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Joseph Bail genre scene
Young kitchen boy playing with a cat, Joseph Bail; oil on canvas; roughly 43 x 28 inches (109 x 71 cm); I don’t know the location of the original, the link is to a gallery site, through which the painting evidently passed at one time, so my assumption would be that it’s in a private…
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Eye Candy for Today: Whistler’s Symphony in White, No. 1
Symphony in White, No 1: The White Girl, James McNeill Whistler; oii on canvas, roughly 84 x 42 inches (213 x 108 cm) It’s been my observation that in master paintings the majority of edges are soft, reserving the hard edges for focusing the viewer’s eye on the primary area of interest. In this remarkable…
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Thomas Paquette – Haven
Thomas Paquette has long been one of my favorite contemporary painters. Since I discovered his work and wrote about him back in 2007, I’ve featured him on Lines and Colors five additional times (see links below); this post makes seven overall. Paquette has a unique style I find particularly appealing. On one level, his work…
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Where in the World is Charley?
My apologies for the extended and unannounced hiatus. I’ve been dealing with personal issues that have kept me unable to attend to the blog. I’m fine, just overwhelmed. Hopefully, I’m back and will be able to pick up speed as I go. Thanks for your patience. -Charley (Image above: detail crop from Vermeer’s Officer and…
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A Fresh Look: Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
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…
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Philip de Laszlo
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…