Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Bellini Madonna
Madonna and Child, Giovanni Bellini. Another of Bellini’s strikingly individualistic faces for religious subjects, and the superb painting ability that caused Durer to write of Bellini after a visit to Venice: “He is very old, and still he is the best painter of them all.” See my post on Giovanni Bellini. In the Metropolitan Museum.…
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Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, set designer and philosopher. He was also trained as a lawyer and was an amateur archeologist. Roerich’s work shows the influence of Russian and Nordic folk tales, iconography, his interest in eastern religion and his travels in India, Tibet and Mongolia. Roerich was also known for his efforts to…
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Charles Parks
Charles Parks was a well known and much loved sculptor familiar to many in the Brandywine Valley area of Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania. His works grace public buildings and spaces in the region and across the country. Parks was originally from Virginia, moved to Delaware with his family when he was young, and studied at…
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Eye Candy for Today: Fantin-Latour still life
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Henri Fantin-Latour. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on Fullscreen and use zoom or download arrow.
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Fleischer Studios Superman Cartoons online
I’ve written before about the superb series of Superman cartoons done in the 1940’s by the studios of Max and Dave Fleischer. These are beautiful examples of hand drawn animation, essentially film noir adventure stories with great design, rendering and animation; and, as far as I’m concerned, the best film adaptation of the character ever.…
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Erik Tiemens and Terry Miura at Holton Studio Gallery
Sometimes I wish that flying from the east coast to the west coast was more convenient; if it was, I might be tempted to fly out to San Francisco just to see this show of small works by two painters I’ve featured previously on Lines and Colors, Erik Tiemens and Terry Miura. I’ve commented on…