Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Degas pencil drawing
Dancer Adjusting her Slipper, Edgar Degas Pencil on colored paper, 13×10 inches (33x24cm). In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Degas did numerous studies, drawings, pastels and paintings of dancers preparing; this seemingly simple pencil drawing has always been one of my favorites. Straightforward and direct, we see Degas seeking out his model’s form and gesture,…
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Paul Cornoyer
Paul Cornoyer was an American painter who worked in the Barbizon and Impressionist styles. Born in St. Louis, he studied there at the St. Louis School of Art, as well as in Paris at the Académie Julian. He spent much of his later career in New York, where he taught, and delighted in painting street…
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Eye Candy for Today: Johannes Klinkenberg river and town scene
A View of the Groenburgwal with the Zuiderkerk, seen from the River Amstel, Amsterdam, Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg On the Elsewhere blog (for which I must issue a Timesink Warning). Also on Sotheby’s. Original is in a private collection. Another beautiful example of the genre of 19th century Dutch townscape paintings that I just love…
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Comic Book Cartography
Comic Book Cartography is a blog by John Hilgart in which he features maps, charts, diagrams, infographics and — always my favorite — cut-away views from the pages of comics past. [Via Wired]
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The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors at NGA
The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors is a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, DC, in which they are highlighting 15 watercolor and gouache paintings acquired in recent years. Like drawings and other works on paper, watercolors can’t be on permanent display in museums because of their susceptibility to light…
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Eye Candy for Today: Whistler etching of Wapping Warf
Wapping Warf, James McNeil Whistler Original is roughly 6×9 inches (15x23cm). In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use download or enlarge icons below image. Another of Whistler’s stellar etchings of riverfront architecture and activity — a beautiful use of line and texture.