So here's a sample of regular updates I plan to add, many of them Russian. I apologize in advance for low resolution on some of them. It's the price one pays for lesser known artists. I obtained most of these images from this collection.
I will usually post collections based on subject matter, theme, or individual artist.
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John Collier - The Confession Wow, what a piece! Cinematic in the way it focuses. |
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| Alexei Savrasov - The Rooks Have Come Back 1871 I like this scene because it's haunting and, well, odd... |
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| Alfred Guillou - The Arrival of the Procession of St Anne from Fouesnant to Concarneau. 1887 This is a good example of making a multiple figure composition simple! |
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| Anna Archer |
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| Arkhip Kuinji What an awesome painting, eastern in its powerful simplicity. I'll do a spotlight on this guy later on. |
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| Arseny Meschersky Alien landscape, anyone? |
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| Asta Norregaard Portrait of Elisabeth Fearnley in the Studio of the Artist Is the window representative of his canvas maybe? Cool scene anyhow. |
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| Breitner, George Hendirk (1857-1923) 1894 Girl in a White Kimono |
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| Brouwer, Adriaen (1605-1638) - 1635-38 The Bitter Drought OK, maybe not the greatest painting, but what a face! |
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| Carlo Cressini - La Stiratrici This painting is a great lesson on painting white. |
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| Frank Duveneck_The_Florentine_Girl Love the composition and palette in this. A solid piece. |
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| Frank Duveneck - The Music Master I think this looks like a digital painting for some reason... like something Craig Mullins or Jaime Jones would do. |
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| Flavitskiy I'm curious to know the story behind this piece. I don't think I've ever seen an indoor flood painting... |
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| Franciszek Zmurko I thougt this was interesting because of its visual portrayal of magic. If this was painted today, it would probably be all glowy and colorful. |
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| Gottfrid Kallstenius Some great rim lighting going on here! |
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| Henry Gervex - The Operation |
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| John White Alexander Wow! |
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| Ivan Shishkin - In the North wild Nothing extremely special about this Painting. Just unique for landscape painting of that time. |
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| Ivan Shishkin - Morning in piny wood (study) I think this study came out better than the final. |
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| Ivan Shishkin - Oaks, evening (study for picture Oak-wood) While this piece is a little flat, it has some great rhythm going on! |
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| Ivan Shiskin - Rain in an oak forest |
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| Jacek Malczewski - Faith Very interesting painter, I highly recommend looking up. Will probably spotlight. |
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| Jacques Barcat (French, 1877-1955) just a good example of green in skin. |
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| James Cadenhead |
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| Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch - Autumn L. Landscape. 41x67cm Oil on canvas |
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| John White Alexander - Onteora The value simplicity makes me think of N. C. Wyeth |
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| John White Alexander - Repose. 1895. Oil on canvas 133x162cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY One top-notch composition. Can't believe this guy wasn't mentioned once at art school. |
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| Joseph-Fortune Layraud - Saint-Chamonds Iron and Steelfactory. 1889. Oil on canvas I'm a big fan of paintings depicting early industry. Must be the steampunker in me. |
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| Lance Calkin (1859 – 1936, English) - The Young Shepherdess I love how warm he made the shadows. Also her personality. Reminds me of someone I knew back in middle school. |
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| Marceli Harasimowicz - Prey of Ravens Look at how much her shape mimics those ravens! |
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| Metcalf - Thawing Brook |
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| Nikolai Yaroshenko Ok, maybe not the most interesting compositionally. But i just love the way it captured her personality. There's something so spontaneous and "modern" about it. |
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| Nikolai Yaroshenko |
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| Onda Blocklin Can't find anything on him/her. |
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| Paul Peel That warm light reminds me of Anders Zorn. |
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| Paul-Albert Besnard - Portrait of Mme Roger Jourdain. 1886. Oil on canvas 200x155cm Strange painting, flawed in some ways but something I like about it. |
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| Ilya Repin Would you want to hand out with this guy at a party? |
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Nicolai Fechin What awesome palette and markmaking! |
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| Richard Bergh I love the shape massing going on here. |
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| Ridgway Knight - Hailing the Ferryman. 1888. Oil on canvas. 164x211cm Solid painting, wonderful atmosphere. |
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| Robert Frederick Blum - Venetian Lace Workers. 1887. 77x105cm. Oil on canvas |
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| Saint-Germier Joseph (1860-1925) |
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| Sargent - Madame Erraruriz Yeah, yeah, we all know Sargent so this might not belong here. Too bad. |
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| Sargent - Spanish Woman What beautiful lighting and bone structure! And androgyny FTW. |
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| Sir William Orpen Wow, what a bold move. |
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| Stanhope Forbes |
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| Tanner, Henry Ossawa (1859-1937) - 1893 The Banjo Lesson |
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| Tanner, Henry Ossawa (1859-1937) - Anunciation Always interesting seeing how magic is portrayed then compared to now. |
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| Theodore Clement Steele - Pleasant Run This makes me want to be bolder in my environments, value-wise. |
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| Wilhelm Leibl - Reims Cathedral |
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| Winter Landscape at Kaivopuisto Monet-like colors, but less vague. Good combo. |
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| Unknown artist :-( What a great portrait. |
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| Unknown artist :-( |
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| Unknown artist :-( Masterful painting though, love the light. |
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| (you can see his signature on the painting) What an awesome portrait! The most heroic-looking peasant girl I've ever seen. Great brushwork too. |
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| Unknown artist :-( |
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If you're keen on 19th Century painting, I'm going to have an Inspiration Illustration post on Lawrence Alma-Tadema the weekend after next. (Having just acquired a book of his art) James Gurney sites Tadema as a major influence and it shows. I'd recommend him if you're not familiar with his work.
ReplyDeleteAs for these paintings, I'm mildly familiar with Guillou. These are some of my favorite works of his:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/alfred%20guillou/odete0008/todas%20as%20pastas3/beleza3/AlfredGuillou.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SqhhJb_P3Kk/TAM1JIUZ2_I/AAAAAAAAMFs/_qk0D3g4pDk/s1600/adieu+painting.jpg
I really would like to find a higher resolution version of "Arrival", because I just love this composition.
"White Kimono" has a very "Dean Cornwell" look to it.
"Thawing Brook" has a wonderful selection of colors in order to create depth. I especially like the striking contrast of the birch against the pines. Probably my black and white background kicking in.
Better yet, here's a page of 19th Century European Art:
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Thanks for the links! I'm somewhat familiar with Tadema, but could be more so. I also appreciate the flickr link, though it does have a good dose of the overly cutesy/sweet painting from that era that I'm not so much a fan of. But there are definitely some gems there too!
ReplyDeleteI thought about coming up with cool named themes like you do but I think I don't want to take from your thing!
Nice set of paintings here... Some I've never seen before that are amazing. :) Just to be nit-picky: the painting that you have labeled as "John Isabel" is actually another piece by John White Alexander. I'm a huge fan of him. You're right--so unappreciated!
ReplyDeleteThanks for spotting that, Noah! Fix't.
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