Category: Eye Candy for Today

Russian Tea, Irving R. Wiles On Google Art Project. Downloadable high-res file on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. For more of his stunning work, along with information and links, see my post on Irving Ramsay Wiles.

The Golden Stairs, Edward Coley Burne-Jones On Wikimedia Commons. Zoomable version on Google Art Project. Original is in the Tate, London

Portrait of a Merchant, Jan Gossaert On Google Art Project. Hi-res downloadable on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the National Gallery of Art, DC. Gossaert has surrounded his subject with items relevant to his profession. For more, see my post on Jan Gossaert.

A Bashi-Bazouk, Charles Bargue In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Like Jean-Léon Gérôme, his contemporary and collaborator in the well known drawing course that bears his name, Bargue’s paintings were often of Orientalist subjects. A Bashi-Bazouk was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman Army. Bargue has here rendered the objects with which he is surrounded…

Autumn, Arthur Streeton On Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Art Gallery of Ballarat. While those of us in the northern hemisphere have been basking in the vibrant blooming of Spring, our friends in the southern hemisphere have been enjoying the russet browns, ochres and siennas of Autumn. For more on the artist, see my…