Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Gallery and Museum Art

  • Treasure trove of high-res images from Nationalmuseum Stockholm

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    In a gesture to make up for the inaccessibility of much of the museum’s collections during a major renovation to the building, the Nationalmuseum Stockholm has just released 3000 high resolution public domain art images from its collection to Wikimedia Commons. There is an article on the museum’s website here. The images are arranged on…

  • Emilie Preyer

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    Liker her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer, Emilie Preyer was a noted 19th century German still life artist who devoted much of her career to painting carefully composed arrangements of fruits. While Preyer senior was an excellent painter, I think Emilie outdid him with her more visceral portrayal of texture and sensitivity to the subtle effects…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Marie-Denise Villers portrait

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    Young Woman Drawing, Marie-Denise Villers In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When I first encountered this painting, it was hanging in a gallery at the Met in such a way that those entering the gallery were immediately confronted with it, and couldn’t help but be struck by its presence. The painting is…

  • Robert Zünd

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    19th century Swiss painter Robert Zünd studied with several noted Swiss landscape painters, including Alexandre Calame and his teacher, François Diday. Carrying forward the emphasis on truth to nature of his teachers, Zünd became noted for his richly detailed landscapes, many of which were large in scale. He also was influenced by the study of…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Rubens red chalk profile portrait

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    Profile Head of an Old Man (“Niccolò da Uzzano”), Peter Paul Rubens Red chalk and red chalk wash, over a layer of opaque light gray. Roughly 9 X 6 inches (22 x 16 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. In this beautifully realized chalk drawing the bony geometry of the face…

  • Jonas Lie

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    Jonas Lie was a painter born in Norway to a Norwegian father and an American mother. After the death of his father he emigrated to the U.S., joining his mother and sisters in New York. He became known for his paintings of the city, and in particular of the Atlantic coast in New England and…