Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Samuel Palmer ink and watercolor drawing
Oak Tree and Beech, Lullingstone Park, Samuel Palmer Pen and brown ink, with gouache an watercolor on toned paper, roughly 12 x 18 inches (30 x 47 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. Use the “Zoom Image” or “Download Image” links on their page to view larger. I love the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Friederich von Amerling portrait
The Young Eastern Woman, Friedrich von Amerling Link is to Wikimedia Commons, which has a nicely high-resolution version of the image; original is in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 19th century Austrian painter Friederich von Amerling was known for his refined portraits, which many compare to those of Ingres. In this example, likely intended as…
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Eye Candy for Today: George Inness, Sunrise
Sunrise, George Inness In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the Download or Enlarge links under the image. Don’t take my limited detail crops above as your only view of the painting; go the Met’s site and view the image full screen. There are lots of paintings that shout at the viewer,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Frederic Leighton’s Invocation
Invocation, Frederic Leighton Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection. Like the remarkable figure of Perseus in his interpretation of the mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda, Leighton here manages to render the figure as both solid and etherial. This is partly accomplished with solid draftsmanship, and partly with his superb…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carl Wihelm Kolbe etching
A Dead Oak Tree, Carl Wihelm Kolbe Etching on laid paper, roughly 14 x 20 inches (37 x 52 cm), Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; original is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has a downloadable high-res version of the image. Kolbe was noted for his…
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Eye Candy for Today: Alfons Mucha portrait drawing
Jaroslava Mucha, Alfons Mucha Link is to Wikimedia Commons. Pencil and white (presumably gouache) on toned paper, roughly 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25 cm). This lively and sensitive drawing by Czech painter, poster artist and decorative designer Alfons (Alphonse) Mucha is a portrait of his daughter, Jaroslava. The high resolution version available from…