Author: cparker
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Mildred Anne Butler
Though she frequently traveled to England and the continent — and studied in Paris — Irish watercolorist Mildred Anne Butler primarily painted en plein air in the area around her home in Kilmurry. Butler was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was a member of the Royal Academy and the Royal…
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Eye Candy for today: Maximilian Liebenwein illustration
Walk of Mary across the mountains, Maximilian Liebenwein. Maximilian Liebenwein was an Austrian/German illustrator active during the “Golden Age” of illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I’m unsure what the medium is here, but it looks like watercolor and gouache to me. I sourced the image from here, larger version here. For…
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Charles Edward Perugini
Charles Edward Perugini (Carlo Perugini) was an Italian/English painter of the Victorian era. Primarily a portraitist, he was a student of Frederic Leighton.
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Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow river scene in France
Picquigny, Frits Thaulow, oil on canvas; roughly 29 x 36 inches (73 x 92 cm); in the collection fo the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, which has a zoomable and downloadable version of the image. Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow has long been one of my favorite landscape painters. He was an absolute master of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Eugène Bléry etching
L’arbre aux racines (Tree with Roots), Eugène Bléry, etching on chine collé, roughly 5×7″ (11 x 16 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which haas both zoomable and downloadable versions of the image. A wonderful evocation of a deep forest scene, showing the effectiveness of just value and texture to…
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James Gurney botanical study video
Painter, illustrator and writer James Gurney frequently posts short videos to YouTube, often showing his painting process. Though I have found pretty much all of those I’ve seen enjoyable and informative, he recently posted a video that I found particularly appealing. In Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain he sets out to paint…