Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • Ralph Heimans

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    Originally from Austalia and now based in Paris, portrait artist Ralph Heimans has received much attention for his striking portraits of musician and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy (image above, top three) and Princess Mary of Denmark (fourth and fifth down), among others. He has recently accepted a commission to paint an official portrait of the Queen…

  • Art Nouveau Windows

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    Art Nouveau was a movement that encompassed more than visual art, extending into packaging design, decorative arts and architecture. Art Nouveau artists, designers and architects wanted to beautify the world. In some small part, at least, they succeeded. A Russian language LiveJournal blog post by an individual identified as “marinni” titled (as close as I…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Pissarro landscape

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    A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise by Camille Pissarro. One of my favorite landscapes by an under-appreciated master of Impressionism. The texture and brushwork are just beautiful. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” under the image and then the Download arrow for high-resolution image.

  • Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant Garde

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    My love of British Pre-Raphaelite painting goes back to childhood. I grew up just outside of Wilmington, Delaware, and from an early age my artistic diet was rich in the the glorious storytelling of Howard Pyle and his students, and the dazzling works of the Pre-Raphaelites, both of which are represented by strong collections at…

  • One Day

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    Ever get tired of having the same view outside your door every morning? One Day (YouTube link) is a beautifully realized animated short (4 minutes) about a young man whose house apparently moves to a new location every night, leaving him with a different view outside his door every morning. It suggests that this is…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Tiepolo’s Immaculate Conception

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    The Immaculate Conception, Giambattista Tiepolo. In the Prado, Madrid. Click on the diagonal enlarge arrow under the image, then again, to open high resolution image (3.6mb) in a new window.