Author: cparker
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Calder and Abstraction
Long time readers of Lines and Colors will know that, with a few exceptions, I’m not particularly fond of modernism — especially post-war American modernism. Sculptor Alexander calder is certainly one of the exceptions. I’ve loved his work since I was introduced to it when I was in high-school, where we were encouraged to make…
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Harry Anderson Art
When I wrote about the terrific mid-20th century American illustrator Harry Anderson back in 2007, there were limited sources for images of his work on the web (though Leif Peng’s Flickr set is still going strong). Thanks, to Jim Pinkoski there is terrific site devoted to Anderson and his work called Harry Anderson Art. The…
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Edible art supplies
Ever think your paints looked yummy enough to eat? Bad idea, of course — but not with these chocolate confections in the form of paint tubes and pencils— created by Nendo Design, in cooperation with patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. [Via Neatorama]
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Eye Candy for Today: Caillebotte’s rooftops in snow
Rooftop View (Snow effect), Gustave Caillebotte On the Google Art Project. Original is in the Musée d’Orsay. There is also a high res image (7.7mb) and short article on Wikipedia. One of my favorite paintings. By anyone. Ever. You’ll see versions of this image on the web, or even in print, in which the color…
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Eugène Grasset
Eugène Grasset was a Swiss illustrator, poster artist, sculptor and designer who was instrumental in the creation of the Art Nouveau style. Though not well known in the U.S. today, his poster art, in particular, was was very popular here in the late 19th century. In addition to his own work, Grasset was an influential…
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Self-portraits #6 ("maybe selfies")
Here are a few images that, for one or more reasons, have been suggested to be presumed, probable or possible self-portraits of artists for whom there is a shortage of definitive ones. To me, there is often a certain look in the eyes of a self-portrait — one that I think comes from the mental…