Category: art

Santiago Rusiñol: Poblet Monastery

Click for enlarged detail Slideshow best viewed At Sunnyside Details Poblet Monastery   Santiago Rusiñol i Prats Catalan, 1861-1931 Oil on canvas, 80 x 64cm. Image Via huariqueje Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside

Santiago Rusiñol: A Romance (1894)

Details Title: A Romance Creator: Santiago Rusiñol Date Created: Paris, 1894 Location Created: Paris External Link: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya Medium: Oil on canvas   Click for enlarged image:   Image from Google Arts and Culture

Through Norman’s Glasses — At Home & Afield

“Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.” – Dau Voire As an artist, I often times wonder what my role in sharing my values with society is. In a time in which everyone shares their opinion ad nauseum, it inspires me to see others craft their ideals–quite literally. From another time that predated […]…

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Rafael Durancamps Folguera: “Sardanes”

Rafael Durancamps Folguera: “Sardanes” (Catalan 1891-1979) DURANCAMPS I FOLGUERA, Rafael (Sabadell, 1891 – Barcelona, ​​1979). “Sardanes”, Cadaqués. Oil on canvas. With sketch on the back. Signed in the lower left corner. Measures: 59 x 74 cm; 79 x 95 cm (frame). In this work, Durancamps offers us a beautiful festive image, typically Catalan, both for…

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David Kitler and Messages Mothers Give Children

  “God is an amazing designer. The closer you look, the more there is to see…“ quote from David Kitler I have a large collection of vintage nature prints on my computer and a smaller collection of originals on my walls — most are by artists long passed away, but remembered for their amazing work….

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Jacopo da Montagna: The Visitation, The Adoration, The Last Supper, The Agony in the Garden, The Resurrection, The Ascension

  Click for enlarged image: Jacopo da Montagna. 1440-1499. Padoua The Visitation, The Adoration, The Last Supper, The Agony in the Garden, The Resurrection, The Ascension. Prague National Gallery Sternberski Palace Some rights reserved  by jean louis mazieres  Jacopo da Montagna. 1440-1499. Padoua The Visitation, The Adoration, The Last Supper, The Agony in the Garden,…

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Jan Preisler: Prague Printemps Spring 1906

Jan Preisler: Prague Printemps Spring 1906 (photo by jean louis mazieres) Click for enlarged view:   Original Image credit: Flickr photo by jean louis mazieres  Image detail photos: Sunnyside

Edmund Dulac: Arabian Nights (1907)

  Stories from the Arabian nights by Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959; Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953, illustrator   Free download or online reading of Arabian Nights, illustrated by Edmund Dulac:   Image credit:  Arabian Nights illustrated by Dulac 1907 Via: cirdan1305

Joseph Bartholomew Kidd – Birds (after John James Audubon)

  Joseph Bartholomew Kidd – Trio of Birds (copy of the work of John James Audubon)     Works of Art Yellow Warbler Orchard Oriole Black-Backed Three-Toed Woodpecker Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, after John James Audubon Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew Scottish, 1808 – 1889 Audubon, John James American, 1785 – 1851 Via National Gallery of Art

How to Draw Birds: Draw Realistic Animals

Originally posted on Max Mallie's Blog:
Nuthatch I by David Kitler Wherever you live, you likely don?t live alone. Not when you consider the birds in your backyard or the pigeons on the sidewalk or seagulls cawing at you if you live along the coast. Birds are a constant companion for many of us…

Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Chintz Sofa (1913)

  Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Chintz Sofa (1913) Oil on canvas. (Canadian) 1879-1915 One of the foremost Canadian female practitioners of Impressionism in her time, McNicoll is known for her sunlight-infused genre paintings of women and children in rural environments. Here, she moved inside to depict a woman reading. Via books0977

Emanuel Phillips Fox: Convalescent (1890)

Fox captures both the essence of suffering and of kindness. Someone cares enough to render simple aid like fluffing a pillow, so this convalescent knows she is not alone. By her expression we understand that she still suffers, but at least not in complete isolation,   Convalescent (1890). Emanuel Phillips Fox (Australian, 1865-1915) Oil on…

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Frescoe With Wounded Aeneas, 1st Century AD

  Fresco depicting Iapyx removing an arrowhead from Aeneas’ thigh. Venus stands over, while beside Aeneas stands his young son Ascanius. 1st century CE (between 45 and 79 AD), from Pompeii. (Naples National Archaeological Museum). Source: Ancient History Encyclopedia Image Credit: This image was first published on Flickr. Original image by Carole Raddato. Uploaded by…

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