Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Gallery and Museum Art

  • Hans Heysen

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    Hans Heysen is another of those wonderful turn of the 20th century Australian artists that we just don’t hear enough about here in the U.S. Born in Germany, Heysen came to Australia with his parents at the age of 7. He studied in Australia and for four year, in Europe. He worked in oil, charcoal…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Tiffany glass mosaic

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    Garden Landscape, Louis Comfort Tiffany & Studio Favrille-glass mosaic, 103×114 in (263×290 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tiffany may have made this in preparation for work on the even larger Dream Garden mosaic, here in Philadelphia, on which he collaborated with Maxfield Parrish. I love the subtle, painterly representation of…

  • Shushana Rucker

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    Like a musician who prefers the emotional tone of downtempo compositions, Philadelphia based painter and printmaker Shushana Rucker finds visual fascination in the muted contrasts of overcast skies and the overlooked subjects of industrial buildings, railways and related structures. Having had a fascination with railroads as a child, I particularly respond to her evocative portrayals…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Botticelli idealized portrait

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    Idealized Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph), Sandro Botticelli Tempera on wood panel, 32×21 in (82×54 cm) Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt. There is also an article devoted to the painting on Wikipedia. This exquisite…

  • Chien Chung-Wei

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    Chien Chung-Wei is a Taiwanese watercolorist who early in his career emulated the painstakingly detailed methods of 19th century European watercolor painters like William Henry Hunt and Myles Birket Foster, but as his career progressed moved to a looser, more open style emphasizing the gesture and light of his subjects. He most often paints urban…

  • Stefanie Lieberman

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    Stefanie Lieberman is an artist based in Philadelphia who focuses on landscape and animals. In her landscapes, Lieberman takes a loose, gestural approach to her brush work, ofetn giving her foliage in particular a lively feeling of texture. In her compositions with water, she often contrasts these textures with the smooth sheen of undisturbed surfaces.…