Category: Eye Candy for Today

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…

A stream in spring, Frits Thaulow, oil on panel, roughly 13 x 16 inches (32 x 40 cm) Link is to Christie’s auction house, where the painting was sold at auction in 2011 (full size here). I don’t know the current location of the original, perhaps in a private collection. 19th century Norwegian painter Frits…

Winter 1882, Francesc Masriera Oil on canvas, roughly 31 x 24″ (79 x 62 cm); link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, which also has a zoomable image. Catalan painter Francesc Masriera has give us a tour de force…