Search results for: “homer”
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Winslow Homer: Illustrating America
Those in the art establishment who like to rewrite art history, or simply ignore it, in the defense of their position that illustration is somehow “not art”, conveniently ignore the number of well known artists who also happened to be illustrators. A case in point is Winslow Homer, widely regarded to be one of the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Sargent watercolor from Villa di Marlia
Villa di Marlia, Lucca – A Fountain, John SInger Sargen, watercolor and gouache, 16 x 21 in. (40 x 53 cm). Link is to a larger image on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston I had the pleasure of seeing this beautiful Sargent watercolor, along with several…
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Eye Candy for Today: Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, John William Waterhouse
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, John William Waterhouse, oil on canvas, roughly 70 x 36 inches ( 175 x 92 cm); with preliminary sketch, both images on Wikimedia Commons; the original painting is in Gallery Oldham, but their website doesn’t offer details about the painting. The sketch is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Böcklin’s Odysseus and Polyphemus
Odysseus and Polyphemus, Arnold Böcklin Link is to zoomable file on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The file on Wikimedia, though originally from the Sotheby’s sale to the museum in 2012, seems over-saturated in reds. Not having had the pleasure of seeing the…
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Mark Stewart
Mark Stewart is a Texas based watercolor painter and architect. Though his architectural training shows in his adept representation of rural buildings and interior spaces, I find it interesting that the majority of his paintings appear to focus on organic landscape elements and portraits rather than citycapes. Stewart lists among his influences Winslow Homer, Andrew…
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Warren Chang: Narrative Paintings
Warren Chang is a contemporary American realist painter based in California. After a solid career as an illustrator, Chang transitioned into gallery art 12 years ago, and has achieved wide recognition. Chang’s primary subjects are figures in interiors and figures in landscapes. In the former, which I personally find particularly wonderful, he has an uncanny…