Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Fragonard’s The Little Park (gouache)
The Little Park, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, gouache on parchment, roughly 8 x 10″ (20 x 24 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. I had the pleasure of seeing this delightful little gouache painting by the 18th century French Rococo painter in a show at the Morgan several years ago. I was…
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Adolphe Appian
19th century French printmaker and painter Adolphe Appian trained at a small specialized art school in his home town of Lyon, and worked for a time as a graphic designer. In Paris, he met and became friends with Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny, both of whom were to have a significant influence on his work.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rubens Santoro’s Scuola Grande
Scuola Grande di San Marco and the Ponte Cavallo on the Rio dei Mendicanti, Venice, Rubens Santoro; oil on canvas, roughly 33 x 26″ (85 x 66 cm). Link is to Christie’s past auction. I don’t know the location of the original. I sourced the image from a 2016 Christie’s Auction, so I assume it’s…
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Eye Candy for Today: John Singer Sargent landscape
Simplon Pass, John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas, roughly 28 x 37 inches ( 72 x 93 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the high resolution image. The more I study John Singer Sargent’s paintings the more I’m knocked out by…
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Marc Dalessio (update 2024)
Marc Dalessio is a contemporary American painter whose work I have followed with interest for a number of years. I first wrote about him in 2009, and again in 2014. I’m long overdue to feature him again for perhaps a new group of readers. Dalessio travels the world, painting and teaching, and his work captures…
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Eye Candy for Today: Howard Pyle illustration for Mother Hildegarde
The Princess looks into that which she should not have done., from Mother Hildegarde, part of The Wonder Clock, a collection of new fairy tales with pen and ink illustration by Howard Pyle. I don’t know the size of location of the original (though I can hope it’s in the collection of the Brandywine River…