Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Veronese Adorations
Paolo Veronese: Adoration of the Magi and Adoration of the Shepherds. Two beautiful paintings by 16th century master Paolo Veronese, though the kings seem to get a lot more attention here than the shepherds (much as in life, I suppose). Veronese did several paintings of the adorations; these are both from the Basilica dei Santi…
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J. C. Leyendecker’s wide awake Santa
Well, here’s something I didn’t know: coffee perks you up! — at least, according to this ad from the December 16, 1940 issue of Life magazine, delightfully illustrated by J. C. Leyendecker. Apparently, Santa is WIDE AWAKE in this ad from the Pan American coffee producers. This is an advertisement for coffee in general, rather…
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Eye Candy for Today: Stepan Kolesnikoff Winter Landscape
Winter Landscape, Stepan Kolesnikoff, gouache on card, roughly 20 x 26 in (50 x 65 cm). Link is to a 2019 auction result on Christie’s (large image here). I assume the painting is currently in a private collection. Another beautiful snow scene in gouache by the Ukrainian/Rusian painter Stepan Kolesnikoff, who was active in the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Vermeer’s Geographer
The Geographer, Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas, roughly 18×20 inches(45 x 51 cm). Link is to zoomable version on the Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Staedel Museum, Germany. Twenty six years ago this month, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC debuted a most remarkable exhibition of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Levitan’s Birch Grove
Birch Grove, by Isaac Levitan, oil on paper mounted to canvas, roughly 12 x 20 inches (30 x 50 cm). Link is to image page on WikiArt (click “View all Sizes” for access to large image); original is in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. This is a beautiful and widely recognized landscape painting by the brilliant…
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Eye Candy for Today: Jules Bastien-Lepage genre painting
Le Père Jacques (The Wood Gatherer), Jules Bastien-Lepage, oil on canvas, roughly 77 x 71 inches (197 x 182 cm). Original is in the Milwaukee Art Museum. One of the things that has always fascinated me about 19th century French painter Jules Bastien-Lepage is his use of value relationships. Notice how vibrantly the young girl,…