Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth is the artistic name of German painter Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth (1858, Tapiau, Prussia – 1925, Zanvoort, The Netherlands). He studied painting in… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)”
Category: Looking at Paintings
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (V)
Matthias Grünewald and the Isenheim Altarpiece Most paintings by the German Late Gothic–Renaissance master Matthias (or Mathis) Grünewald (ca. 1470 – 1528) lay in the bottom of the Baltic… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (V)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (IV)
Salvator Rosa – A forerruner of Romanticism Fifteen months ago I started a series of posts on this gripping and fruitful subject –one of the most depicted… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (IV)”
Edward Hopper (XV) – Changing moods from one restaurant to another (1922-30)
I consider these three oils, representing people in restaurants, as a group or series in Hopper’s work. While the moods of the protagonists are variable and quite… Read more “Edward Hopper (XV) – Changing moods from one restaurant to another (1922-30)”
Franz von Stuck (I) – A powerful view on the myth of Genesis
Quite often, some of the best artists in history are not acknowleged as such; or at least, not by the general public. The case of Franz von… Read more “Franz von Stuck (I) – A powerful view on the myth of Genesis”
Photorealist painting at its best, by Agnieszka Nienartowicz
Portraying women showing fragments of iconic artworks of the past tattooed on their bare backs, and doing it with enough skill to simulate slightly blurred digital photographs… Read more “Photorealist painting at its best, by Agnieszka Nienartowicz”
Edward Hopper (XIV) – An early and quite queer masterwork: Soir Bleu
Soir Bleu, painted by Hopper in 1914 in Paris, France, is the most peculiar among all Hopper’s works, and at that early stage of his career, his… Read more “Edward Hopper (XIV) – An early and quite queer masterwork: Soir Bleu”
Edward Hopper (XIII) – “Portrait of Orleans” from a car about to crash
Hopper’s portraits of buildings, villages, landscapes…, faithful as they may be, are also inner portraits. They quite deliberately represent the painter’s mood and, often times, tell some… Read more “Edward Hopper (XIII) – “Portrait of Orleans” from a car about to crash”
Edward Hopper (XII) – A Dawn and two Dusks
After a rather long interval, I come back to my ongoing series of posts about Edward Hopper. Despite having already advanced drafts for longer posts, I feel… Read more “Edward Hopper (XII) – A Dawn and two Dusks”
Signs of Glamour – Malika Favre’s Zodiac
There are unaccountable artistic representations of the Zodiac signs, dating from all epochs, from many different cultures and styles. Some of them are very good indeed, but… Read more “Signs of Glamour – Malika Favre’s Zodiac”
A truly sexy Samson by Carl Bloch
As a somewhat casual, unplanned annex to my last post I feel like showing (and telling a bit about) this other oil by Danish painter Carl Heinrich… Read more “A truly sexy Samson by Carl Bloch”
Angels with amazing Light in some Carl Bloch’s paintings
I discovered Carl Heinrich Bloch (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1834 – 1890) just a few weeks ago, while searching artworks relative to the visit of the Magi to the Christ… Read more “Angels with amazing Light in some Carl Bloch’s paintings”
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