Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Eye Candy for Today: The Kiss by Francesco Hayez
The Kiss, Francesco Hayez, oil on canvas, roughly 43 x 35 inches ( 110 x 88 cm); link is to image file page on Wikimdeia Commons, original is in the Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery) in Milan. In this beautiful painting by mid-19th century Italian painter Francesco Hayez, the woman’s stunning gown is the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Asta Norregaard portrait
Portrait of Marthine Cappelen Hjort, b. Kiær, by Asta Nørregaard, pastel on canvas; roughly 48 x 33 inches (122 x 85 cm); link is to Wikimedia Commons; original is in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo Norway, which has a zoomable and downloadable version of the image. This wonderful…
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Simultaneous contrast in Monet’s Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn)
Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn), Claude Monet; oil on canvas, roughly 28 x 40 in. (66 x 28 cm); in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, which offers both zoomable and downloadable images on their site. Here’s a question for you: in this painting by Monet — one of several in…
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Eye Candy for Today: Fragonard’s The Little Park (gouache)
The Little Park, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, gouache on parchment, roughly 8 x 10″ (20 x 24 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. I had the pleasure of seeing this delightful little gouache painting by the 18th century French Rococo painter in a show at the Morgan several years ago. I was…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rubens Santoro’s Scuola Grande
Scuola Grande di San Marco and the Ponte Cavallo on the Rio dei Mendicanti, Venice, Rubens Santoro; oil on canvas, roughly 33 x 26″ (85 x 66 cm). Link is to Christie’s past auction. I don’t know the location of the original. I sourced the image from a 2016 Christie’s Auction, so I assume it’s…
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Eye Candy for Today: John Singer Sargent landscape
Simplon Pass, John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas, roughly 28 x 37 inches ( 72 x 93 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the high resolution image. The more I study John Singer Sargent’s paintings the more I’m knocked out by…