Joos van Craesbeeck . Joos van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/06 – c. 1660) was a Flemish baker … yes. Also a painter, and a very interesting and daring… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VII)”
Tag: Visual Arts
More Sunny Colours (after A. Munsell)
To explain better my previous post (Sunny Colours) and this one, I must be a little boring: Albert Henry Munsell (Boston, USA, 1858 – 1918) was a… Read more “More Sunny Colours (after A. Munsell)”
L’il jazzy dancer on the river-bank
1- White chalk and sanguine on a picture. . 2- Same drawing in reversed colours. . No unauthorised copying or redistribution. All Rights Reserved.
Eros in distress – (Lovely Paintings Revisited #4)
Love Locked Out (1890) – Anna M. Lea Anna Massey Lea (1844–1930), also known as Anna Lea Merritt, was born in Philadelphia, US, but lived in England… Read more “Eros in distress – (Lovely Paintings Revisited #4)”
Photo-editing body and spirit – A gallery
This is a long and repetitive gallery; 16 pictures of the same subject ! Yes… But it has become a very decent serial work on a very… Read more “Photo-editing body and spirit – A gallery”
Lovely Paintings Revisited #3 – Sargent
John Singer Sargent – Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose – 1885-86 Every day that British weather permitted, from September to early November of 1885, and again during all… Read more “Lovely Paintings Revisited #3 – Sargent”
Girls in balconies and other high places, by Pascal Campion
This is a personal, very short selection of works by Franco-American illustrator Pascal Campion. He, besides being one of the great, nowadays, is extremely prolific, and as… Read more “Girls in balconies and other high places, by Pascal Campion”
Edward Hopper (XVI) – Pulling us inside the painting
Compartment C, Car 293 (1938) A train compartment, a lone woman, reading by a window, the sight of a bridge, a mixture of artificial light with that… Read more “Edward Hopper (XVI) – Pulling us inside the painting”
Lovely Paintings Revisited #2 – Collier
John Maler Collier – Lady Godiva – 1898 Once more I have chosen an academic neoclassical panting for this incipient series. Not that I prefer this style… Read more “Lovely Paintings Revisited #2 – Collier”
Franz von Stuck (II) – Views of death and horror from the Gospel
As a follow-up of my scanty selection of works by the German (Bavarian) painter Franz von Stuck (1863 – 1928) ((Find them HERE)), I have chosen a… Read more “Franz von Stuck (II) – Views of death and horror from the Gospel”
Lovis Corinth – Three Works on Cruelty and Suffering – Samson, Cain, Christ
In a recent post with oils by Lovis Corinth: “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)”, I told he deeply changed his painting style after… Read more “Lovis Corinth – Three Works on Cruelty and Suffering – Samson, Cain, Christ”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)
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)”