Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Gallery and Museum Art

  • Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt riverfront drawing

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    View over the Amstel from the Rampart, Rembrandt van Rijn Brown ink and wash, roughly 3 1/2 x 7 inches (9 x 18 cm); in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Though a number of Rembrandt’s drawings, particularly those of figures or religious scenes, can be identified as preliminary to particular paintings…

  • Byam Shaw

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    John Byam Liston Shaw, more commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Shaw was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite painters who preceded him by a generation, and was one of the last hold-outs to carry their traditions on in the face of waning…

  • Leonard Campbell Taylor

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    Leonard Campbell Taylor was a British painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is know for his portraits and in particular for his interiors with figures, many of which are also portraits. He was a war artist during WWI, and also did some illustration. Many of his portraits and figures are…

  • Luke Buck

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    Luke Buck is an Indiana native who paints crisp, bright landscapes in acrylic, watercolor and gouache. In addition to painting subjects in his home state, Buck is working on a project to paint in every state of the union. You will find both original paintings and limited edition reproductions on his website. Many of his…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Ignacio Zuloaga portrait

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    Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth de Brancovan), Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta Link is to page with high resolution image on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, brings together the traditions of Spanish…

  • Benjamin Williams Leader

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    Benjamin Williams Leader was an English landscape painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born Benjamin Leader Williams, but later changed his name to Benjamin Williams Leader to stand out from a number of other painters active at the same time with the last name of Williams. Benjamin Leader’s father,…