Category: Watercolor and Gouache
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Eye Candy for the Winter Solstice: Winter Landscape, Stepan Kolesnikoff
Winter Landscape>, Stepan Kolesnikoff, gouache Another wonderful winter gouache painting by Stepan Kolesnikoff. As far as I have been able to tell, Kolesnikoff was born in Ukraine when it was considered part of the Russian Federation, and after studying and working in Russia for a time, settled in what is now Serbia. Happy Winter Solstice!
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Mildred Anne Butler
Though she frequently traveled to England and the continent — and studied in Paris — Irish watercolorist Mildred Anne Butler primarily painted en plein air in the area around her home in Kilmurry. Butler was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was a member of the Royal Academy and the Royal…
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Eye Candy for today: Maximilian Liebenwein illustration
Walk of Mary across the mountains, Maximilian Liebenwein. Maximilian Liebenwein was an Austrian/German illustrator active during the “Golden Age” of illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I’m unsure what the medium is here, but it looks like watercolor and gouache to me. I sourced the image from here, larger version here. For…
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Eye Candy for Today: Winslow Homer watercolor & gouache
Fresh Eggs, Winslow Homer; watercolor and gouache on paper; roughly 9 x 8 inches (24 x 19 cm). Original is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both zoomable and downloadable images on their site. In this simple, unassuming study of a commonplace chore, Homer shows us the ability of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow Winter Landscape
Winter Landscape, Frits Thaulow, pastel and watercolor on canvas, roughly 22×36″ (55×92 cm). Link is to past auction on Christie’s (large image here), I would assume present location is a private collection. No one painted the surface character of small streams, winter or otherwise, like 19th century Norwegian Painter Frits Thaulow.
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Eye Candy for Today: Fragonard wash drawing
View of an Italianate park with figures, a villa behind, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, brown wash over brown ink lines and black chalk, roughly 13 x 11″ (33 x 47cm); link is to Sotheby’s past auction, large image here. In this beautifully sensitive drawing, 18th century French painter, draftsman ad printmaker Jean-Honoré Fragonard, who specialized in such…