Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: William Merritt Chase pastel interior
Hall at Shinnecock, William Merrit Chase, pastel on canvas, 32 x 41″ (82 x 104 cm); in the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. The image on the page linked above is in a small slideshow, larger image here. In 1891 American painter William Merritt Chase moved to the Shinnecock hills on Long…
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Hugo Charlemont
Hugo Charlemont wasn a Austrian painter and printmaker active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though he painted a variety of subjects, his primary focus was on landscape. Hugo Charlemont is the brother of painter Eduard Charlemont.
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Eye Candy for Today: Dante Gabriel Rossetti pencil portrait
Portrait of Mrs. William Morris, née Jane Burden, Dante Gabriel Rossetti; graphite on paper, roughly 13 x 11 inches (33 x 29 cm), in the colleciton of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both a zoomable and downloadable image on their site. Though nominally the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has…
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Lehigh Valley plein air event, Easton, PA – until October 14, 2023
Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors — a small, independent company that makes handcrafted artists’ oil paint — has a showroom in Easton, PA, in the Lehigh Valley. They are sponsoring a month long plein air event in cooperation with the Karl Srirner Arts Trail, which is right next to their shop. The latter is a…
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Woodland Interior with Rocky Stream, Thomas Moran
Woodland Interior with Rocky Stream, Thomas Moran, oil on canvas, 36 x 29 inches ( 92 x 74 cm). Link is to the Art Renewal Center, which has a zoomable image. I think their image may be a little too dark; I sourced the image above from a site that sells art prints. Happy belated…
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Eye Candy for Today: Edward Cooke view of Venice
Venice sunset behind the church of Santa Maria della Salute, Edward Willliam Cooke’ oil on paper laid on canvas, roughly 11 x 18 inches ( 28 x 45 cm). Image sourced from this page on Tutt’ art (scroll down), originally from a Sotheby’s auction in 2016. I assume the original is now in a private…