Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Jules Bastien-Lepage genre painting
Le Père Jacques (The Wood Gatherer), Jules Bastien-Lepage, oil on canvas, roughly 77 x 71 inches (197 x 182 cm). Original is in the Milwaukee Art Museum. One of the things that has always fascinated me about 19th century French painter Jules Bastien-Lepage is his use of value relationships. Notice how vibrantly the young girl,…
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Values in Monet’s Impression, Sunrise
Originally exhibited in the April 1874 exhibit of the Societe’ Anonyme des Artistes, Peintires, Sculpters, Graveurs, Etc. (Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc.), now referred to as the First Impressionist Exhibition, this painting by Claude Monet appeared with the title: Impression, Sunrise. The name was picked up by unsympathetic critics and used derisively to…
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Some early work by M.C. Escher
Many people are aware of the graphic work of Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher that bends logic and presents mind-boggling visions of impossible worlds and structures. Fewer have seen many of his earlier works, that are much more straightforward and “possible” (if sometimes fanciful). Here are a few examples. For more images and info, see my…
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Eye Candy for Today: Janet Fish still life
Red Vase and Yellow Tulips, Janet Fish; oil and graphite on canvas, roughly 42 x 86 in. (107 x 220 cm), private collection; link is to Christie’s Auctions. Janet Fish is a contemporary American painter known for her luminous still life paintings, particularly of clear and colored glassware. For more, see my previous post on…
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James Jebusa Shannon
Born in the U.S., James Jebusa Shannon moved to the UK to study when he was 16, and spent most of his life and career there. Shannon made his mark as a highly successful portrait painter and has been compared to his contemporary, John Singer Sargent.
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Eye Candy for Today: Autumn Trees along a Stream by Hugh Bolton Jones
Autumn Trees along a Stream by Hugh Bolton Jones, oi on canvas, 16 x 24 inches (41 x 61 cm). Link is to page on Wikimedia Commons from which you can view a larger image. I don’t know the location of the original, but it was imaged by Vose Galleries, so I assume it’s in…