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Category: Gallery and Museum Art

  • Eye Candy for Today: Frederic Leighton’s Invocation

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    Invocation, Frederic Leighton Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection. Like the remarkable figure of Perseus in his interpretation of the mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda, Leighton here manages to render the figure as both solid and etherial. This is partly accomplished with solid draftsmanship, and partly with his superb…

  • Adolf Kauffmann

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    Adolf Kauffmann was an Austrian painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His emphasis was on landscapes and maritime scenes, though he also painted cityscapes and other subjects. In his landscapes he often painted deep woodlands and closeups of trees, which he approached with highly textural paint effects. Images of Kaufmann’s work…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Carl Wihelm Kolbe etching

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    A Dead Oak Tree, Carl Wihelm Kolbe Etching on laid paper, roughly 14 x 20 inches (37 x 52 cm), Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; original is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has a downloadable high-res version of the image. Kolbe was noted for his…

  • Trevor Tennant

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    Though he also paints still life and architectural subjects, Canadian painter Trevor Tennant focuses primarily on landscape and wildlife art. His approach to landscape is nicely naturalistic, with restrained colors, controlled values and an eye for atmosphere and texture. His website includes both originals and prints, and features a step-through process of one of his…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Alfons Mucha portrait drawing

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    Jaroslava Mucha, Alfons Mucha Link is to Wikimedia Commons. Pencil and white (presumably gouache) on toned paper, roughly 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25 cm). This lively and sensitive drawing by Czech painter, poster artist and decorative designer Alfons (Alphonse) Mucha is a portrait of his daughter, Jaroslava. The high resolution version available from…

  • Alfred Thörne

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    When I came across the work of Swedish painter Sven Alfred Thörne recently, I was surprised that I hadn’t encountered it before, but pleased to have found another Scandinavian landscape painter to add to my list of favorites. Thörne was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied at the Royal Academy…