Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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Eye Candy for Today: Carl Wihelm Kolbe etching
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…
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Trevor Tennant
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…
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Eye Candy for Today: Alfons Mucha portrait drawing
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…
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Alfred Thörne
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…
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Eye Candy for Today: Bartolomeo Montagna Renaissance portrait
Saint Justina of Padua, Bartolomeo Montagna (Bartolomeo Cincani) In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the “download or Enlarge links under the image on their site. Though this is technically a religious work, not a portrait, I think the beautifully drawn and delicately rendered face has the look of a real person,…
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Robert Walker Macbeth
Robert Walker Macbeth was a Scottish painter, etcher and illustrator, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was known for his pastoral landscapes, most of them rural or genre scenes with figures in various activities, and a suggestion of narrative content. His father and younger brother were also artists. Macbeth was a…