Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Nelson Shanks' Four Justices
Noted portrait painter Nelson Shanks, who I have written about previously, has recently completed a life size group portrait of four female justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The painting, which is titled Four Justices (no, not The Supremes — grin) will hang in the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. for three years before going…
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Meindert Hobbema
Dutch landscape painter Meindert Hobbema was a student and apprentice of Jacob van Ruisdael, and initially painted very much in the style of the older master. There are few records and not much written about Hobbema. He apparently was not very successful in his own time. Records indicate that he worked as a wine gauger…
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David Leffel
David A. Lefffel is highly regarded and influential contemporary painter of still life and figurative works. There is something about his still life paintings in particular that makes him one of my favorite contemporary artists. Leffel has an extraordinary sensitivity to edges, texture, color harmony and value relationships, that makes his still life subjects simultaneously…
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Belinda Del Pesco drypoint prints with acrylic sheets
Belinda Del Pesco has some fascinating posts about making drypoint prints using sheets of acrylic — commonly known under brand names like Plexiglas or Lexan — as the plates, instead of traditional metal plates. Drypoint has long been an alternative or addition to traditional etching techniques. It is advantageous in that scratching the lines directly…
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Eye Candy for Today: Gao Yan landscape
Clear Streams in a Summer Ravine, Gao Yan On Google Art. Original is in the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Ink on paper 15×69″ (38x175cm) A beautiful ink painting from the late Ming Dynasty (17th century).
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Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals at the Frick in NY
Just a reminder to those on the east coast of the U.S. that several superb masterpieces from the Mauritshuis are currently on this side of the Atlantic, including Vermeer’s iconic Girl with a Pearl Earring. Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis just opened at the Frick Collection in New York,…