Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: William Merritt Chase pastel interior
Hall at Shinnecock, William Merrit Chase, pastel on canvas, 32 x 41″ (82 x 104 cm); in the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. The image on the page linked above is in a small slideshow, larger image here. In 1891 American painter William Merritt Chase moved to the Shinnecock hills on Long…
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Eye Candy for Today: Dante Gabriel Rossetti pencil portrait
Portrait of Mrs. William Morris, née Jane Burden, Dante Gabriel Rossetti; graphite on paper, roughly 13 x 11 inches (33 x 29 cm), in the colleciton of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both a zoomable and downloadable image on their site. Though nominally the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has…
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Woodland Interior with Rocky Stream, Thomas Moran
Woodland Interior with Rocky Stream, Thomas Moran, oil on canvas, 36 x 29 inches ( 92 x 74 cm). Link is to the Art Renewal Center, which has a zoomable image. I think their image may be a little too dark; I sourced the image above from a site that sells art prints. Happy belated…
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Eye Candy for Today: Edward Cooke view of Venice
Venice sunset behind the church of Santa Maria della Salute, Edward Willliam Cooke’ oil on paper laid on canvas, roughly 11 x 18 inches ( 28 x 45 cm). Image sourced from this page on Tutt’ art (scroll down), originally from a Sotheby’s auction in 2016. I assume the original is now in a private…
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Eye Candy for Today: Giuseppe Zocchi ink drawing
Villa Mancini in the Vicinity of Signa, Giuseppe Zocchi; pen and black in on paper; roughly 11 x 19 inches (28 x 47 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions of the image. Giuseppe Zocch was an 18th century Italian painter and printmaker active in…
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Eye Candy for Today: John Atkinson Grimshaw cityscape
Glasgow Docks, John Atkinson Grimshaw; oil on card, roughly 12 x 20 inches (30 x 50 cm). Link is to Wikimedia Commons, I don’t know the location of the original. SInce the Wikimedia image was sourced from Bonham’s auctions, I would assume it’s in a private collection. This nicely atmospheric painting by the Victorian era…