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  • Joaquin Mir

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    Spanish painter Joaquin Mir (also called Joaquin Mir Trinxet or Joaquim Mir i Trinxet) was born in Barcelona and studied there at Escuela Oficial de Bellas Artes (the School of Fine Arts), He was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was known primarily for his landscapes. He worked in a lush,…

  • Figure Drawing for All it’s Worth, Andrew Loomis

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    When I was in my late teens, earnestly trying to learn the art and craft of comic book illustration, I stumbled across a find in the dusty shelves of a used bookstore that popped my eyes open and sent me home feeling like I had struck gold. It was a copy of Figure Drawing for…

  • Gabriel Metsu

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    Just as the attribution of individual artworks changes over time, raising or lowering the fortunes of collectors and museums in the process, the perceived importance of particular artists, and their place in art history, changes as well — depending on who is writing history at the time. Gabriel Metsu was one of the most important…

  • Judsons Plein Air Journal

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    Judsons Art Outfitters is a company that manufactures and sells plein air painting supplies, including a popular line of pochade boxes (see my 2008 post on pochade boxes). Since 2008, they have been maintaining a blog on plein air artists both contemporary and historic, plein air techniques, plein air competitions and other events of interest…

  • Carter Goodrich

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    Illustrator, author and character designer Carter Goodrich has a drawing a rendering style that is so springy, energetic and full of lively linework and color, that it’s just a complete joy to look through his portfolio. Even though his website has fairly extensive galleries of his book illustrations, New Yorker covers, editorial illustrations and character…

  • Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Van Otterloo Collection

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    Extraordinary examples of works form the golden era of Dutch and Flemish painting, drawn from what is one of the finest collections still in private hands, are on display at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts until June 19, 2011. Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection showcases…