Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Cropsey’s Starrucca Viaduct
Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania, Jasper Francis Cropsey On Google Art Project, high resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Toledo Museum of Art. Given the level of detail, Cropsey’s painting of the Susquehanna River Valley, and the great railroad viaduct that spanned the river in northeastern Pennsylvania, is smaller in scale that might…
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Charles Santore
Philadelphia illustrator Charles Santore stated out doing editorial illustrations — individual pieces that accompanied articles in periodicals — but once he experienced an assignment to illustrate a children’s book, a new edition of Beatrix Potter’s Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1985, he realized that he much preferred the extended thematic possibilities of book illustration, with…
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Eye Candy for Today: Herbert Railton pen and ink illustration
Entance to the Poets Corner, from A Brief Account of Westminster Abbey; Herbert Railton Railton was a well known 19th century British artist and illustrator, and is one of my favorite pen and ink artists. His wonderful architectural renderings are a brilliant balance of detail and suggestion. Intricate textural passages can lead directly into areas…
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Robert Reid
Robert Lewis Reid was an American painter active in the late 19thand early 20th centuries. He was a member of the Ten American Painters, a group that broke away from the established and tradition-bound Society of American Artists to pursue the new styles of painting being explored in Europe by the Impressionists and others. Like…
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Eye Candy for Today: The Sense of Sight, Annie Louisa Swynnerton
The Sense of Sight, Annie Louisa Swynnerton (née Robinson) On Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Swynnerton depicts an angel enraptured by the visual world, as no doubt was the artist.
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Rembrandt: The Late Works at the National Gallery, London
Rembrandt: The Late Works is a landmark exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings of the 17th century Dutch master on view at the National Gallery, London, until 18 January 2015. There are some great works in the exhibition, including the two remarkable self-portraits I recently highlighted here and here, along with other masterpieces. Among the…