Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow, A stream in spring
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…
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Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2020!
As I’ve done every New Year’s Eve Since 2006, I’ll wish all Lines and Colors readers a Happy New Year with another of J.C. Leyendecker’s terrific New Year’s Baby covers for the Saturday Evening Post. See my 2006 post for background on the origin of the Leyendecker New Years baby covers for the Saturday Evening…
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Eye Candy for Today: Francesc Masriera’s Winter 1882
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…
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Adoration of the Magi, Peter Paul Rubens
Adoration of the Magi, Peter Paul Rubens Link is to Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Royal Museum Antwerp. 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens’ multi-faceted penchant for drama is in evidence here, in the pyramidal arrangement of the figures — topped of by camel riders peering under the rafters — the great assortment…
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Another Norman Rockwell exhausted Santa
Another of Norman Rockwell’s tired Santa illustrations, this one before rather than after his world-round ride, as in the illustration I featured in this post from 2017. I love the fact that Santa is apparently oblivious to the elf on his shoulder hanging onto his ear as he leans out to point. Source for the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Peder Mønsted winter landscape
Sunny Winter Day (Ein sonniger Wintertag), Peder Mørk Mønsted Link is to image on Wikimedia Commons: I don’t know the location of the original. Happy Winter Solstice, everyone!