Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Martin Dimitrov
Martin Dimitrov is a painter originally from Sofia, Bulgaria and now based in the U.S. Self-trained as an artist, Dimitrov paints still life, landscape and figures. His still life compositions are subtle and contemplative, with muted value contrasts and restrained colors, often emphasizing the textural appeal of his subjects. I particularly enjoy his paintings of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Jean-Etienne Liotard’s Chocolate Girl
The Chocolate Girl, Jean-Etienne Liotard Pastel on parchment, roughly 20 x 32 inches (52 x 82 cm). Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden. This is the most famous of 18th century Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard’s beautiful pastel portraits and genre…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Trost Richards’ October
October, William Trost Richards In the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. There are zoomable and downloadable versions of the image available on their website. This painting by the 19th century American artist William Trost Richards reflects a shift in his approach to landscape, and painting in general, when he became influenced by…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Trost Richards pencil landscape
Landscape, William Trost Richards Graphite on paper, roughly 9 x 6 inches (21 x 16 cm). In the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. There is both a zoomable and downloadable version available from their site. This remarkable drawing from 1862 was likely a study for Richards’ 1863 painting, October. Both were done…
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Charles-François Daubigny
Contrary to the notion you might get from some sources, French Impressionism did not spring full-blown from the brushes of Monet, Renoir, Sisley and Bazille the moment they met in Charles Gleyre’s atelier in the 1860’s. Not only did the fully realized style we know as Impressionism take time to develop among the artists themselves,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s portrait of Maria Beck
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria Ivanovna Beck), Franz Xaver Winterhalter In the Metropolitan Museum of Art; use the download or enlarge links under their image. Winterhalter’s portrait makes nice use of variation in edges; compare the sharp edges of the cuffs and collar of the dress to the softness at the edges of the hands.…