Author: cparker
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Pierre Commarmond
Pierre Commarmond was a French landscape painter and poster artist, most recognized for his delightful railroad travel posters created in the 1920s and 30s. I particulary enjoy posters of this kind; their flat colors and strong design elements remind me of color woodcuts. I believe many of the original paintings for these were done in…
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Eye Candy for Today: Henry Biva landscape
Matin à Villeneuve (Morning in Villeneuve), Henri Biva; oil on canvas, roughly 59 x 49 in. (151 x 125 cm); link is to Wikimedia Commons; original is in a private collection French painter Henri Biva, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gives us a beautifully idyllic scene of mprning on…
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Devin Michael Roberts
Originally from the west coast, painter Devin Michael Roberts now divides his time between Washington State and the Ozark Mountain region of Missouri. Roberts paints in oil, watercolor and gouache, often taking as his subjects woods, fields and streams. I particularly like several of his paintings of creeks lined with foliage in the dramatic theatrical…
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Eye Candy for Today: Claude Mellan single line engraving
Face of Christ on St. Veronica’s Cloth (alternately: Sudarium of Saint Veronica), Claude Mellan, engraving on paper, roughly 17 x 13 in. (43 x 31 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (click on image to zoom, click small down arrow to download) This remarkable engraving by 17th century French engraver and…
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Stephanie Law
Stephanie Law is a watercolor painter from California. Her work ranges from straightforward botanical art to fantastical imaginings with a botanical feel, to stylized animal and plant forms, to fairie images that evoke a feeling of 19th century European illustrators like Rackham and Dulac. Her watercolor paintings often incorporate elements of metal leaf and ink,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Anna Alma Tadema’s The Closing Door
The Closing Door, Anna Alma-Tadema, watercolor and gouache, roughly 21 x 14 in. (52 x 35 cm). Link is to previous sale on Christie’s; I don’t know the current location of the original. Anna Alma-Tadema is often (if not always) overshadowed by the reputation of her more famous father, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and unjustly so. The…