Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts
As I mentioned in my post on Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, one of the tragedies of the level of misogyny in the history of art — in addition to the personal tragedies of women whose passion for creating art was denied by societal “norms” — is the unknowable number of possibly brilliant women artists…
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Lines and Colors is on strike today, January 20, 2017
There will be no new posts today on Lines and Colors about art or artists, no lovely images of art to inspire or amuse you. This is perhaps a portent of things to come, but today it’s just a protest. Lines and Colors is on strike today in support of the J20 Art Strike, calling…
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Belshazzar’s Feast, John Martin
Belshazzar’s Feast, mezzotint; & Belshazzar’s Feast, painting; John Martin John Martin was a 19th century British artist noted for his dramatic depictions of disasters and/or impending disasters. Here are two of his interpretations of the Biblical story of Belshazzar’s Feast, in which the arrogant ruler of Babylon shows his disdain for the enslaved population of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Christen Købke Autumn Landscape
Autumn Landscape. Frederiksborg Castle in the Middle Distance; Christen Købke Link is to zoomable image on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. Danish painter Christen Købke invites you to step into his late fall landscape to view the castle beyond the trees. I find…
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Eye Candy for Today: Fantin-Latour – Still Life with Carafe, Flowers and Fruit
Still Life with a Carafe, Flowers and Fruit; Henri Fantin-Latour Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Somewhat larger than most of Fantin-Latour’s still lifes, this is a prime example of his beautiful approach. Most striking here, I…
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Henry Ossawa Tanner (update)
Henry Ossawa Tanner was a superb American painter, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who I first wrote about in 2012. Since then, I’m happy to report, online resources for viewing his work have expanded considerably, notably on The Athenaeum and Wikimedia Commons. You can find additional resources through Artcyclopedia and on…