Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Daud Akhriev
Originally from the former Soviet Union, where he studied at the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, Daud Akhriev is a painter who currently divides his time between the U.S. and Spain. Akhriev works in a variety of mediums, primarily oil, but also watercolor and tempera, as well as working in ceramics, sculpture and mosaics. Some…
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Daniel Merriam (update)
Danial Merriam is an artist I first wrote about in 2012, who is known for his fantastical architectural dreamscapes. Merriam draws on his background in architectural and commercial illustration to inform his architecture-themed imaginings with nuanced geometric solidity, somewhat in the tradition of capriccio popular in the 18th and 19th centuries (see my posts on…
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Eye Candy for Today: Meléndez still life with apples
Still Life with Apples, Grapes, Melons, Bread, Jug and Bottle, Luis Meléndez Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museu Nacional D’Arte De Catalunya. Here is another beautiful still life by 17th century Spanish master Luis Egidio Meléndez. I’m particularly fascinated in this arrangement…
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Henry Herbert La Thangue
Henry Herbert La Thangue was an English painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After studying at the Royal Academy in London, his work brought him attention and a scholarship to study with highly regarded French painter and teacher Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. In spite of Gérôme’s conservative disapproval of the new…
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Thomas Fluharty
After an extensive career as an illustrator and storyboard artist, Thomas Fluharty has turned his focus to personal projects, often applying his classical art training to painted caricatures of pop culture icons. As you explore his website, you’ll find other series, including wonderfully expressive dogs and nicely nasty sharks. You can also find a selection…
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Alexander Zavarin
Alexander Zavarin is a painter currently living and working in Moscow. Zavarin often works in a highly textural style, with thick paint application and physical textures contributing to the overall look and appeal of his paintings. It looks as though much is done with painting knives, but I don’t actually have any information about his…