Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • A few paintings from 1880

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    The late 19th century is one of my favorite periods for art. Not only were a great many of my favorite artists active in that time but I’m constantly discovering artists from the period who are wonderful and new to me. Wikimedia Commons, that cornucopia of images provided by the Wikimedia Foundation, has a number…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Leyendecker turkey SEP cover

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    Thanksgiving cover for The Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 1927, J.C. Leyendecker Link is to the largest image of this painting I could find, which is on Pinterest. If that doesn’t work for you, try this one. Another wonderful holiday cover for The Saturday Evening Post by the brilliant American illustrator J.C. Leyendecker. I love…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Alma-Tadema’s Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon

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    Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon, Lawrence Alma-Tadema; oil on wood panel, roughly 28 x 44 inches (72 x 110 cm); link is to the file page on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the collection of Birmingham Museums, UK. Also known as Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, Alma-Tadema’s painting…

  • James Skvarch (update)

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    James Skvarch is an artist I featured back in 2007. He is primarily a printmaker working in traditional methods of etching. He uses to advantage the characteristics of etching that allow for delicate lines and hatching for tones. When printed on cream or off-white paper, these provide a visually appealing controlled contrast. His website galleries…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Eyvind Earle trees

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    I don’t know the title or the size of this serigraph by ex illustrator and former Disney background artist turned gallery artist Eyvind Earle. I just know it’s wonderful. I love the exaggerated atmospheric perspective, the trademark stylization of the trees, the splashes of light across the trees and shrubs and the perspective imparted by…

  • Christina Chung

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    Christina Chung is a Brooklyn based illustrator who describes her nationality as Taiwanese-Hongkonger-American. Her clients include The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Science Magazine, NPR, Abrams Books, Penguin Random House, and Lucasfilm, among others. Her illustrations, often in a line and fill approach, use restrained palettes and carefully controlled value…