Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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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,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Raphael drawing
Kneeling Woman with her Left Arm Raised, Raphael (Raffaello Santi) On Google Art Project; also Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the National Galleries Scotland. Red chalk with touches of black chalk. 11×7.5″ (28x19cm). When I think of superb draftsmanship in the history of art, Raphael is way up there on the list. Way up there.
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938
Belgian painter René Magritte went through several phases in his career. The phase and style for which he is most noted is associated with Surrealism, but might be best though of as “magic realism”. Magritte spent some time in Paris, where he met Surrealist leader André Breton, and became part of the Surrealist circle, though…