Author: cparker
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Ted Nasmith
Along with Alan lee, John Howe and the Hildebrant brothers, Canadian illustrator Ted Nasmith is one of the artists most associated with bringing to visual form the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s difficult now to see past the look established by the extremely popular movies, but that look was largely developed from existing sources in…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Rickarby Miller apples
Still Life – Study of Apples, William Rickarby Miller I’ve linked here to a version of this image on The Athenaeum. The original is in the de Young museum in San Francisco. There is a high resolution version on the Google art Project, and a downloadable high resolution image on Wikimedia Commons. The Google Art…
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Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River, MFA Houston
Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River is an exhibition currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston that collects over 50 works related to the French Impressionist’s lifelong fascination with the river at the heart of Paris and, metaphorically, at the heart of France. Monet was known for his series paintings, in which…
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Eye Candy for Today: Leighton’s Cymon and Iphigenia
Cymon and Iphigenia, Lord Frederic Leighton On Google Art Project; high-resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Art gallery of New South Wales. Victorian artist Frederic Leighton brings his finessed painting skill to bear on a sensual and erotic portrayal of a tale from The Decameron — the famous 14th century Italian…
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Hans Andersen Brendekilde
Hans Andersen Brendekilde was a Danish painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His actual surname was Andersen, but he took on the name of his home village to avoid being confused with another artist. He originally painted scenes of social realism, showing the struggles of workers and farmers, then moved into…
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Nicolas Delort (update)
Nicolas Delort is a Canadian/French illustrator who I wrote about in early 2013, and featured in the article on contemporary ink artists I wrote for the Spring 2014 issue of Drawing Magazine. Since then, Delort has revised and updated his blog and website, adding a number of striking new images done in his beautiful ink…