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  • Ferdinand Knab

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    Ferdinand Knab was a German painter active in the latter half of the 19th century. He trained as an architect, but after working in the field for two years, he left to devote himself to architectural painting. Aside from that, I can find little information and only a few image resources. Knab frequently focused on…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Sargent charcoal portrait drawing

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    Portrait of Ernest Schelling, John Singer Sargent Charcoal on paper, roughly 24 x 18 inches (62 x 47 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY (use zoom or download links above and below image on their page). Many people are aware of Sargent’s stunning society portraits and his brilliant personal watercolors,…

  • Michal Orlowski

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    Michal Orlowski is a Polish watercolor painter who is the founder of the Creosfera atelier and one of the cofounders of the Polish Watercolor Association. Orlowski’s training as an architect shows in his solid draftsmanship and handling of perspective, along with is general fondness for architectural subjects. His confident, almost casual rendering gives his cityscape…

  • Louise Moillon

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    Louise Moillon was a French still life painter active in the 17th century. Though she lived in Paris, where still life painting had yet to become accepted as a respected genre, she painted in the Flemish Baroque style of still life that was becoming popular in the Netherlands. Her work includedd elements of trompe l’oeil…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn etched portrait of Augustus Saint Gaudens

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    Augustus Saint Gaudens II (Saint Gaudens and his Model), Anders Zorn Etching and drypoint, roughly 5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; downloadable large image on Wikimedia Commons Zorn is one of my favorite etchers (after only Rembrandt and Whistler), and his mastery shows here…

  • Artur Sadlos

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    Artur Sadlos is a concept artist, designer, art director and photographer, working primarily in the gaming industry. His concept art often has an appealing playfulness in the lighting, with sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic lighting effects in key parts of the composition. It is also often nicely textural, particularly in his rendering of stone and rock.…