Author: cparker
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Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson was one of America’s great “Golden Age” illustrators, and one of its finest proponents of pen and ink illustration. He is particularly known for his drawings of the “Gibson Girl”, an idealized example of what at the time was becoming known as the “New Woman”. The Gibson Girl became a symbol of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Daniel Ridgway Knight figure in landscape
Unfortunately, I can’t find the title, size or other information on this beautiful paining by turn of the 20th century American artist Daniel Ridgway Knight. [Addendum: artist James DeBoer has been kind enough to provide that information: the title is Partant pour le Travail (Leaving for Work), the painting is 32 x26″ (81 x 66…
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Hiroshi Yoshida exhibit in Tokyo
Hiroshi Yoshida the wonderful Japanese printmaker — active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — was trained in western art styles and painting and eventually combined those aesthetics with the traditions of Japanese art to create beautiful woodblock paints in the shin hanga style. A new exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum…
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Eye Candy for Today Mrs Smith watercolor of plums and caterpillars
Branch with a cluster of ripe plums and caterpillars, Mrs. Smith; watercolor, roughly 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm). Link is to the image page on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The image is credited to “Mrs. Smith”, based on a pencil signature at the lower right…
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Zufar Bikbov
Orignally from Russia, Zufar Bikbov is a painter now based in the U.S. whose landscapes and occasional still life paintings are painted with bold confidence based on a solid draftsmanship. His color palettes are balanced between high chroma highlights and restrained supporting colors, giving a feeling of bright but naturalistic color. I particularly admire the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Pere Borrell del Caso trompe-lœil
\ Two Laughing Girls, Pere Borrell del Caso; oil on canvas, roughly 27 x 27 inches (69 x 69 cm); link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Museu del Modernisme Catalá, Barcelona. Spanish painter Pere Borrell del Caso, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is known for his…