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  • Edward Ladell

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    \ !9th century English still life painter Edward Ladell was obviously impressed with the still life paintings of the 17th and 18th century Dutch and Flemish masters, and carried forward in a similar style. Many of his paintings tend to be on the small side, roughly 9 x 12″ or so (23 x 30 cm),…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Heinrich Reinhold pencil drawing

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    A View of Civitella from the Serpentara next to Olevano, graphite on paper, roughly 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30 cm), in the collection of the Getty Museum, additional zoomable image on Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. This drawing by German painter Heinrich Reinhold, who was active in the late 18th…

  • Sija Hong

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    Originally from China and now based in New York, Sija Hong is an illustrator whose clients include Scientific American, Tor, Chronicle Books, Lerner Publishing Group, and Little Brown & Company Books, among others. Her illustrations are swirling, multilayered cascades of imagery and design elements, shimmering with vibrant color. Hong tames these seemingly wild ingredients with…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Alois Arnegger spring landscape

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    Primavera, Alois Arnegger I don’t know about you, but I could use a bit of Spring right about now, even if it’s only in the form of a painting. Austrian painter Alois Arnegger, who was active in the early 19th century, invites us to walk into an idyllic spring day, rich with textural brushwork and…

  • Hopper in Paris

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    When Edward Hopper was in his early twenties, he lived in Paris for a year, and later returned on several occasions. He painted and sketched while he was there, as well as being exposed to art and artists he might not have encountered otherwise, laying the groundwork for his developing signature style. “Hopper in Paris”…

  • Eya Candy for Today: Stillman’s Love’s Messenger

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    Love’s Messenger, Marie Spartali Stillman, watercolor, tempera and gold paint on paper, 32 x 26 inches (116 x 100 cm). I’ve stood in front of this beautiful painting in the Delaware Art Museum more times than I can count, marveling not only at the beautiful composition and subtle color, but at the remarkable painting technique…