Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Durer ink drawing
An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne. Albrecht Durer, pen and black ink on paper, 12 x 8 inches (31 x 20 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Durer was a master of painting, graphics and, of course, drawing. In this wonderful ink drawing, his command of line, hatching and…
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Giorgiones Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration of the Shepherds, Giorgione, oil on panel, 36 x 43 inches (91 x 110 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. The briliant Venetian painter Giorgione, who was likely Titian’s teacher, studied for a time with Giovanni Bellini. You can see the influence, and fascination with landscape, evident in Bellini’s…
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Arthur Rackham illustration from The Night Before Christmas
The great “Golden Age” British illustrator Arthur Rackham created illustrations for an edition of Clement C. Moore’s beloved poem, The Night Before Christmas in 1915. There is a version of the edition on Wikisource. The illustrations range from brief ink sketches to more fully realized ink and watercolor paintings. In this one, we see The…
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Winter Solstice Eye Candy: Monsted’s Winter
Winter, Peder Mork Monnsted, oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches (84 x 122 cm). Link is to 2023 past auction on Sotheby’s; large image here from this article on the At Sunnyside blog. Peder Mork Monsted, the wonderful Danish landscape painter, was noted for his snow scenes and their remarkable fidelity to the light…
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Eye Candy for Today: Wyeth’s Evening at Kuerners
Evening at Kuerners, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor, 25 x 40 in. ( 65 x 101 cm). Link is to a page on Artistic Junkie, large image here. This is one of my favorites of Andrew Wyeth’s drybrush watercolors, which is saying something, given how much I love those paintings. This is Kuerner Farm, where Wyeth,…
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Francesc Masriera
Francesc Masriera i Manovens was a 19th century Spanish painter, noted for his full length portrayals of women in ornate dress or costume, leading him to often being described as an Orientalist. He was particularly fascinated by the texture and sheen of the fabrics and rendering of the acoutremonts in which his models are arrayed.