Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Eye Candy for Today: View of the Hague, and study by Cornelis Springer
by Cornelis Springer, and . In the Rijksmuseum; original pages and . In many ways, I like the wonderfully painterly study more than the finished painting, though both are beautiful.
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Eye Candy for Today: Bierstadt’s California Spring
California Spring by Albert Bierstadt. On Google Art Project, click image for zoom controls. Original is in de Young Museum in San Francisco.
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Eye Candy for Today: Jan Jansz Treck still life
Still Life with a Pewter Flagon and Two Ming Bowls, Jan Jansz Treck. Faded, but still beautiful. The bowls are an odd color because the artist used a type of smalt (cobalt glass) blue that was not lightfast. In the National Gallery, London. Use fullscreen and zoom icons to right of the image.
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Eye Candy for Today: Kawase Hasui woodblock print
Need to cool off? Shiba (No) Zojo-ji, color woodblock print by Kawase Hasui. On Met Museum. Use Fullscreen link and download arrow.
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Nelson Shanks (update)
I had the pleasure on Wednesday night of attending a figure painting demonstration by Nelson Shanks at Studio Incamminati here in Philadelphia. Shanks is a well known and highly regarded American artist and teacher, known in particular for his portraits of iconic contemporary figures. His work has been exhibited in numerous museums and prestigious galleries,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Inness On the Delaware
On the Delaware River, George Inness. On Google Art Project, click in lower right of image for zoom controls. Original is in the Brooklyn Museum. Even in his earlier, more realist works, a master of suggestion. See my previous post on George Inness.