Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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David Tutwiler
Though he paints landscapes and a variety of other subjects, Michigan based painter David Tutwiler has a particular focus on portraying classic steam trains. These are shown in the context of landscapes, in historical scenes, in snow and fog, winter and summer. In other hands, this might become a tired formula, but Tutwiler approaches it…
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Eye Candy for Today: Marcus Larson’s Waterfall in Småland
Waterfall in Småland, Marcus Larson Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; Original is in the Nationalmuseum Sweden. Swedish landscape painter Marcus Larson — who was at one time a student of the German painter Andreas Achenbach — gives us a wonderfully dramatic landscape in the Romantic tradition,…
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Anatoly Korobkin
Anatoly Korobkin studied at the Krasnodar Art College and The Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; and has subsequently taught at the latter school as well as the Moscow School of Watercolor Andriaka. Korobkin has a richly painterly style, with free brush work applied over a foundation of firm classical draftsmanship. Korobkin is married…
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Jehan-Georges Vibert
19th century French painter Jehan-Georges (Jean-Georges) Vibert was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was known in particular for his satirical portrayals of Roman Catholic clergy — particularly Cardinals — who he portrayed indulging in lavish lifestyles rather than performing their assigned duties. These paintings were popular in France at…
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Eye Candy for Today: Frans Snyders’ Still Life with Small Game and Fruit
Still Life with Small Game and Fruit, Frans Snyders In the Rijksmuseum. It’t interesting to compare this painting with a similar subject by Snyders in the National Gallery of Art, DC: Still Life with Grapes and Game.