Author: cparker
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Joseph Noel Paton
Joseph Noel Paton was a Scottish painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He became friends with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood co-founder John Everett Millais while they were students at the Royal Academy. Though he declined an offer to formally join the Pre-Raphaelites, Paton’s early work, in particular, shows their influence. Paton’s early literary, historical and religious subjects…
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Eye Candy for Today: Wijnand Nuijen landscape
River Landscape with Ruin, Wijnand Nuijen In the Rijksmuseum. I’m frequently delighted by how painterly, and essentially modern, many early 19th century Dutch landscapes are.
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Wan Bao
Wan Bao is a concept artist based in Shanghai. Beyond that, I know little of his professinal credits. His website divides his work into “Environment”, “Chinese Style” and “Practice”. As is often the case with concept artists, I find much the work in his practice or personal section even more compelling than his professional work,…
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Pam Ingalls
Encouraged by her artist parents, Pam Ingalls studied at Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy and the art department at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. She continued independent study with, among others, Ron Lukas, a protégé of Russian-American painter Sergi Bongart. The influence of the Russian colorist tradition comes through in her rich palette.…
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Thomas Woodruff
Like many artists, Thomas Woodruff finds fascination in pursuing the possibilities offered by a particular subject in a series of related works, or “variations”. He is best known for several series in which he explores images that can be viewed differently when flipped vertically (similar to Gustave Verbeek’s classic early 20th century newspaper comic, The…
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Hokusai exhibit in Paris
Katsushika Hokusai is arguably the most widely known and influential Japanese artist outside of Japan. Usually referred to simply as Hokusai, the artist actually changed his name several times through his career. He was a proponent of the Ukiyo-e school of woodblock prints. A new exhibition at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris,…