Category: Eye Candy for Today

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…

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…

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…

Along the Canal, Rubens Santoro; oil on canvas; roughly 16 x 13 inches ( 42 x 33 cm). Link is to image page on Wikimedia commons; I don’t know the location of the original. This view of a Venice canal by Italian artist Rubens Santoro reminds me strongly of similar subjects by Spanish painter Martin…

Apples in a Basket, William Joseph McCloskey; oil on canvas; roughly 8 x 18 inches (20 x 46 cm). Link is to Wikimedia Commons. The original is in a private collection. This still life by American painter William Joseph McCloskey — who was active in the late 19th and early 20 centuries — is much…