Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: James Montgomery Flagg ink illustration
She Sailed Majestically Past the Wretch, Followed Meekly by Septimus, James Montgomery Flagg Pen and ink, roughly 22×29 inches (56×74 cm); original is in the Norman Rockwell Museum, larger here; also slightly larger zoomable version on Google Art Project, and downloadable version of that image on Wikimedia Commons. It looks as though the Google Art…
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Eye Candy for Today: Osman Bey still life
Flowers in a White Vase, Osman Hamdi Bey Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Sakıp Sabancı Museum. European-trained Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey — who was active in the late 19th and early 20th century — gives us a delicately realized still life…
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Eye Candy for Today: Albert Bierstadt genre painting
Roman Fish Market. Arch of Octavius, Albert Bierstadt Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the de Young Museum. Though known primarily for his dramatic landscapes of the American west, 19th century painter Albert Bierstadt also painted other subjects, particularly early in his career. Here…
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Eye Candy for Today: George Moreland night portrait
Portrait of a Girl in a Garden, George Moreland Link is to the Yale Center for British Art, which has the original in its collection. Their page for the painting offers both zoomable and downloadable versions. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project, and a downloadable one on Wikimedia Commons. I’m not…
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Eye Candy for Today: Girolamo Muziano landscape drawing
Rocky Landscape with a Waterfall, Girolamo Muziano Pen and brown ink, roughly 19×15″ (48x38cm). Link is to the Getty Museum, which has the original in their collection and both a zoomable and downloadable version on their site. The downloadable version can be gotten at high resolution and a 32MB file size. There is also a…
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Eye Candy for Today: Meléndez still life with plums
Still life with plums, figs, bread, keg, jug and other containers, Luis Egidio Meléndez Link is to a downloadable high-resolution image on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museo del Prado. This is another entrancing and deceptively simple still life by the 18th century Spanish master. I have said that my favorite still life painter…