ADMIRALS DESCENDED FROM ARTISTS
Back in 2012 I posted about the interesting case of a famous artist's son who became an admiral and the son of an important admiral...
A POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTE TO SERGEI KIROV
Sergei Kirov (1886-1934) met a curious end, as explained in this Wikipedia entry. He was a prominent Bolshevik, First Secretary of...
STANHOPE FORBES, REVISITED
Ever since I viewed the painting "A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach" by Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947) at an exhibit in San Francisco a dozen...
PAINTING SHINY METAL: REMBRANDT AND WOOTTON
I recently wrote here about British artist/illustrator Frank Wootton (1914-1998) who was skilled at depicting light, shade and reflections...
HUGH GOLDWIN RIVIÈRE, MID-LEVER BRITISH PORTRAITIST
Hugh Goldwin Riviere (1869-1956) lived a long life and made a living as a portrait painter in the United Kingdom. The most detail I...
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN: SKETCHY PAINTINGS
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (1861-1939) was a Russian painter with a free, sketchy technique influenced by Impressionism, though...
UP CLOSE: FRANK WOOTTON'S "HARTS OVER THE HIMALAYAS"
Frank Anthony Albert Wootton (1914-1998) painted landscapes and horses, but for me he's noted for his illustrations of automobiles...
AXEL TÖRNEMAN, EARLY SWEDISH MODERNIST PAINTER
Johan Axel Gustaf Törneman (1880-1925) is credited in his Wikipedia entry as being "one of Sweden's earliest modernist painters." Not...
HONORING THE PICTURE PLANE: SOPHISTRY IN ACTION
"Honoring the picture plane" was a big deal when I was in art school, though the idea has lost some of its punch in Postmodern times....
EXAMPLES OF SOVIET BRIGADE ART
Aside from perhaps a few religious icons and early modernists such as Kandinsky and Malevich, my college art history class ignored...
MILLIONS FOR AN EARLY N.C. WYETH ILLUSTRATION
The image above is an illustration titled "Hands Up," alternatively "Holdup in the Canyon" painted for C.P. Connolly's “The Story of...
ELEGANCE DEPICTED IN SOVIET SOCIALIST REALISM
I'm pretty sure that even knowledgable art fans rarely give the Socialist Realism paintings of the Soviet Union much thought, if any....
BRANGWYN, CORNWELL AND MURALS
Reader Paul Sullivan's comment to this post about San Francisco murals by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) inspired the present post. The...
FASCIST-ERA ROMAN HOTEL
One of my pet peeves regarding the naming of architectural styles is the category "Fascist Architecture" (fragment of a Wikipedia entry...
FLOYD DAVIS: SUCCESSFUL ILLUSTRATOR WITH NO TRAINING, FEW MODELS
In those olden times when American illustration was in flower, there was no clear path for continued success for artists who had attained...
GEORGES VAN ZEVENBERGHEN, BELGIAN INSPIRED BY CHARDIN
As the title of this post mentions, Georges Antoine Van Zevenberghen (1877-1968), was presumably inspired by Chardin's paintings. Well,...
SUPERFERRY SUPERGRAPHICS
Large ferryboats carrying cars and passengers on comparatively long overnight runs are common in the Mediterranean and Baltic sea areas...
BRANGWYN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), Wikipedia entry here , was British artist whose paintings and murals have always fascinated me. My post...
LOUIS DENIS-VALVÉRANE THE PAINTER WHO ALSO WAS VALD'ES THE CARTOONIST
Louis Denis-Valvérane (1870-1943) was a Provençal painter and illustrator/cartoonist who is perhaps best known for his racy cartoons...
NEW BOOK ABOUT HADDON SUNDBLOM
Haddon Sundblom (1899-1976) was a leading illustrator for many years and influential in the careers of other illustrators. Now Dan...
Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18
Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...
Botanical Abstract Painting,Textured Art, Mixed Media Fine Art For Sale...
FRESH OFF THE EASEL... 30"x30"x1.5" Acrylic on Canvas/Available $1575 Read more ...
Abstract Landscape, Mixed Media, Blazing Sky, Contemporary Painting “Blazing...
Flash and sparkle. Dramatic colors. Rough and smooth textures. If these things appeal to you, this is your painting. It may be hung as is, or framed for a more finished... Read more ...
Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Tesla, “Nikola Tesla” by Texas Artist Debra...
FRESH OFF THE EASEL.. 10"x8" Palette Knife Oil Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas/Available $125.00 plus $14.00 Shipping in U.S. Read more ...
Chapel / Craftworks
© Edmund Sumner Architects: Craftworks Location: United Kingdom Category: Houses Interiors Area: 225.0 m2 Project Year: 2018 Photographs: Edmund Sumner Read more ...
Abstract Landscape, Mixed Media, Blazing Sky, Contemporary Painting “Blazing...
Flash and sparkle. Dramatic colors. Rough and smooth textures. If these things appeal to you, this is your painting. It may be hung as is, or framed for a more finished... Read more ...
Pomegranate still life oil painting original daily painting a painting a day
Mark Webster - Abstract Wine Bottle and Glass Still Life Oil Painting
Mark Webster - Abstract Wine Bottle and Glass Still Life Oil Painting. 10x8" Oil on Canvas Panel. Read more ...
Workshop Warmups- Raynor Scheine!
Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images- Artwork ©2019 Tom Richmond This was a rather obscure subject for a warmup, suggested by one of the artists at my workshop this past weekend... Read more ...
Jim Carrey Painting Depicts Donald Trump Crucifying Jesus
The actor offers his interpretation of "Christianity, Trump style." Read more ...
Mysterious Banksy Shreds Painting
No one knows exactly why Banksy pulled of his latest stunt: shredding a painting just after it was auctioned off for $1.4 million. Read more ...