This is post #11 in this mini series of snow scenes.
In terms of technique, it’s the most demanding of all so far in this series. Although it’s only 10 by 13 inches ( or 25 by 33 cm ) it was made difficult by 2 factors. First, when the air temperature is close to [...]
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 [...]
We’ve reached #6 in this round-up of seasonal snow scenes and we are still in middle Europe, this time in the company of the genre painter Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski. (1849 – 1915) His genre was definitely horses.
Riding Shotgun
The image below shows why the man on the back of the sledge was carrying a large [...]
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”
Please click the thumbnail to see a bigger version.
I swiped this mini-bio from the Kings [...]
Here’s #2 in this series of snow scenes in the run up to Christmas. It’s by Rockwell Kent, and he painted it in March 1933 in Greenland.
March, Greenland 1933
Some lovely temperature contrasts at work here.
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