Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Gallery and Museum Art

  • Emilio Sánchez-Perrier

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    Emilio Sánchez-Perrier was a 19th century Spanish painter known for his quiet idyllic scenes of life along rivers and streams, as well as his views of Venice. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Seville, later in Madrid and in Paris in the ateliers of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Félix Ziem. It was apparently…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Childe Hassam’s The Victorian Chair

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    The Victorian Chair, Childe Hassam Link is to the Google Art Project; downloadable high-resolution file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (which also has a zoom feature, though the Google one is a bit smoother). What a wonderful portrait — sensitive and delicate from the intended viewing distance — but…

  • Joseph Alleman

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    Utah painter Joseph Alleman works in both watercolor and oil, though watercolor seems to be his primary medium. Many painters in watercolor seek to take advantage of the transparent brilliance it makes possible, resulting in lots of high-chroma watercolors. Alleman takes a different track, seeking in watercolor its delicate and subtle qualities, variation in soft…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Willem Claeszoon Heda still life

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    Still Life of Oysters, a Nautilus Cup, a Roemer, Lemon and Other Objects, Willem Claeszoon Heda On Sotheby’s (zoomable). Direct link to image file here. I love the subtle sheen of colors in the nautilus cup, and the way the glassware almost disappears into the dark background. Interesting to compare to this somewhat more elaborate…

  • Victor Gilbert

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    In the late 19th century, artists in Europe, emboldened by the advent of Realism and the freedom it granted from historical or romanticized themes, began to depict contemporary daily life. Some specialized in specific aspects of day to day life, particularly in Paris, center of the art world at the time. Victor-Gabriel Gilbert was a…

  • The Star of Bethlehem, Edward Burne-Jones

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    The Star of Bethlehem, Edward Burne-Jones On Google Art Project, high res downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Watercolor and bodycolor on ten sheets of paper, on stretcher, 101 × 152 in (260 cm × 390 cm), or roughly 8 ft x 12 ft. Based on his…