Author: cparker
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Not the usual Van Goghs #5
As I’ve pointed out in four previous posts — browsing through books, selections of prints or posters, and even some museum exhibitions, can give you the impression that Van Gogh’s oeuvre was somewhat limited, when nothing could be further from the facts. What you find is repetitions of his “greatest hits”. This is an unfortunate…
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Eye Candy for Today: River Gnilitsa by Vladimir Orlovsky
River Gnilitsa, Vladimir Orlovsky; oil on canvas, roughly 37 x 61″ (95 x 155cm). Link is to 2012 Bonham’s auction (with zoomable image). I assume the present location is a private collection. There is a reasonably large downloadable image here on Art Market Monitor. Ukrainian painter Vladimir Orlovsky, who I featured recently as well as…
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Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban
Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban were Austrian born illustrators and stage scene designers who collaborated as well as working independently. In addition, Lefler was a painter and Urban an architect, and they were brothers-in-law. They were active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I have not idea how to sort out who did…
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Jon Juarez
Jon Juarez is a visual development artist, illustrator, cartoonist and screenwriter based in San Sebastian, Spain. He works in a line and color style with a high key and often high chroma palette.
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Eye Candy for Today: Jan Bogaerts still life
Still life with a green strainer, Jan Bogaerts Link is to sold listing on Simonis & Buunk gallery, which has a zoomable version of the image. Early 20th century Dutch painter Jan Bogaerts has a marvelous touch for portraying the surface textures of his still life objects. At times his deftly handled light and the…
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Li Yong Hong
Chinese illustrator Li Yong Hong works in scratchboard, a medium that is almost the inverse of pen and ink. Instead of drawing in ink directly on a white surface, scratchboard is done on a white board that is coated with clay and then coated with a layer of black ink. The black surface is scratched…