Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Patrick William Adam
After recently writing about Pieter de Hooch, I found it interesting to make an (admittedly unfair) comparison with the work of 19th century Scottish painter Patrick WIlliam Adam, who was also known for his sun-splashed domestic interiors.
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Pieter de Hooch (update)
In recently writing an article about Pieter de Hooch for Answers.com, it occurred to me that despite a few “eye candy” posts, I haven’t done an update with current links and resources since my original article about him in 2008. Given the similarities between the compositions and subjects of de Hooch and his contemporary Vermeer,…
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My Articles on Painting for Answers.com
As an adjunct to their long-established model of direct questions and answers, Answers.com has launched a new “Category Expert Writer” program, in which writers with expertise in various areas contribute an ongoing series of short, informative articles in their field. (As far as I know, they are still expanding the program. The information on applying…
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Eye Candy for Today: Tiepolo's Joseph and Pharaoh
Joseph Receiving Pharaoh’s Ring, Giambattista Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo) On Google Art Project. Also downloadable high-res from Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
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Vermeer's Young Woman Seated at a Virginal on view at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum goers here in Philadelphia will have a rare opportunity to see a Vermeer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as the painting Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, along with work by Frans Hals and Rembrandt pupil Gerbrand van den Eeckhout will be on loan from the Leiden Collection until March, 2014. Those of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Pissarro poplars
Autumn Poplars, Eragny; Camille Pissarro On Google Art Project. Also high-res downloadable on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Denver Art Museum.