Category: Eye Candy for Today

Summer Bloom by Joaquim Vayreda, roughly 52 x 104 inches (130 x 263 cm). Link is to Google Art Project; downloadable image on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Museu Nacional D’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. We can start the summer with this beautifully idyllic pastoral scene by 19th century Spanish painter Joaquim Vayreda. The wide…

Flight Into Egypt, Henry Ossawa Tanner Oil on canvas, roughly 29 x 26 inches (74 x 66 cm). Link is to a reasonably large file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Metropolitian Museum of Art As he did in many of his biblically themed canvasses, Tanner brings to bear his uncanny touch with light…

Mountain Brook, Albert Bierstadt Oil on canvas, roughly 44 x 36 in (12 x 92 cm), in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, whose site includes both a zoomable and downloadable version of the high-res image. German-American painter Albert Bierstadt, who is associated with both the Hudson River and Rocky Mountain schools of…

Sewing the Sail, Joaquin Sorolla Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project, there is a large file here, as part of this article: https://arthive.com/exhibitions/3512 This beautiful painting by Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla makes it easy to see why he is sometimes referred to as “master of light”.

Summer Evening (Soir´e D’ét), Emile Claus Roughly 38 x 51 inches (98 x 130 cm); link is to Wikimedia Commons; original is in a private collection. 19th/20th century Belgian painter Emile Claus gives us a beautifully evocative impression of a summer evening.

Landscape with a Calm, Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas, roughly 38 x 51 inches (97 x 131 cm). Original is in the Getty Museum, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions of the image. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project and a downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. Among other subjects, French…