I found this early version of the Pink Ball, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 – 1553)
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William Wray (Ren & Stimpy, etc.,) is showing some of the colour keys he’s painted for The Mighty B!.
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Ten episodes will air over five days, starting on the 8th of September.
The backgrounds work is shared with Seonna Hong and Richard Daskas.
I like this artwork, but it’s a shame that the stories are [...]
The Mall Galleries, London, are waiting for the public’s vote in order to decide the winner of The Threadneedle Figurative Painting Prize.
From an initial pool of 2,700 entries, 71 pictures have now been selected for final judging, with 7 works shortlisted for the prize. The final decision rests with the public, though, [...]
Artists Ron English and Adam Neate will share more than their ideology in an upcoming two man show at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms (London) in May.
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Press it. You know you want to….
(Thanks Damien, Thanks Edward.)
The two images above are the work of the American Ron [...]
Hint: Turn your speakers down for this amazing video, so as to avoid the distractingly inane and vacuous comments of the onlookers.
Thanks Paul!
After looking at paintings of snow scenes created by artists who lived many years ago, it’s time to look at some pictures that have been painted by contemporary artists. What these people have in common is that, apart from being superb concept artists, they are also all featured in the blogroll (see left), and [...]
The symbolist painter and etcher, Richard Müller, has provided the 8th in this series of snow scenes.
It’s a painting of his from the end of the Second World War.
The Dead Hare
The Hare represents Europe, the Jackdaw: Germany and the Magpie is Russia.
The symbolism in the image depends on the audience having knowledge of the contextual [...]
This is number seven in the seasonal series of snow scene themed posts. (Don’t try to say that with a mouthful of crackers.)
The first time I came across the work of Ivan Fedorovitch Choultsé, (1877 – 1932) I couldn’t make up my mind whether he was a colourist genius or an early incarnation of the [...]
The fourth snow themed painting in this series is by a favourite of mine, the Danish artist Peder Mork Mønsted, who lived a long and fruitful life as a painter from 1859 to 1941.
This canvas dates from 1918, and goes to show that a snow scene does not necessarily have to be rendered in blues. [...]
The work of Rowland Hilder (1905 – 1993) is held up for your admiration in this snow scene, #3 in the advent series.
The painting is from an advertisement for beer, and it’s titled ” Whitbread Stout at the Cross Keys Inn”
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I swiped this mini-bio from the Kings [...]
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