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  • Eye Candy for Today: Alice Fanner landscape

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    The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Alice Maude Fanner; oil on canvas, 25 x 32 in. ( 64 x 81 cm). Image is from a Christie’s autcion in 2013; I assume the painting is currently in a private collection. British painter Alice Fanner, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was noted for…

  • William Henry Margetson

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    William Henry Margetson was an Engish painter and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is noted in particular for his full length portrayals of women, often in fashionable clothing of the time. He worked in a variation of Victorian style, but didn’t often dwell on the historic or literary themes…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Walter Dexter still life

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    Still Life, Walter Dexter; oil on canvas; 14 x 18 inches (35 x 46 cm), in the colection fo the King’s Lynn Town Hall. Engliah painter Walter Dexter was active in late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was known for his landscapes in oil and watercolor. He also painted other subjects, including still life;…

  • A lesson from studying Richard Schmid

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    One of the things I often admire about advanced painters is their ability to infuse a single object with multiple colors and make it read well. It can be subtle or overt, but it done properly, it can give a painting a lively visual interest. As a painter, I stuggled to understand how this was…

  • The Undraped Artist Podcast

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    Years ago, when Apple’s popular stand-alone music player was called the “iPod”, programs, independently produced on a low budget, usually interviews and primarily audio only, came to be called “podcasts”. These days, the format is often meant to be enjoyed either in audio or with accompanying video, and the YouTube landscape is full of them.…

  • Théo van Rysselberghe

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    Théo van Rysselberghe was a Belgian painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is generally considered a Neo-Impressionist or Post-Impressionist. He was classically trained and throughout his career explored a variety of styles and influences but focused primarily on Divisionism (AKA Pointillism). Divisionism is a style associated with the French painter…