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Color Palettes: Sir William Orpen (1878-1931)
"(William) Orpen draws with just the same accuracy a turnip, a horse, or a complicated arrangement of figures . . . He is a very methodical, business-like Irishman, despising the word 'art,' and having...
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What's in a Name?
Is this painting by Richard Edward Miller, or Richard Emil Miller?In the arts, there have been many persons who have used professional names other than that given to them at birth. The use of a...
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I Found it on eBay
An original oil painting by Paul McCormack, currently up for bid on eBay.I used to worry that I was addicted to eBay.Every morning, a bushel full of emails greeted me, filled with details of all the...
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Kassan, Schmid, Gerhartz, and Zorn . . .
Now that we are nearly to the halfway mark of 2013, I have been thinking about the many great items scheduled for release this year, and which should be coming out in the next few...
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On View: "New Works : New Directions" at Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME
Kerry DunnToto & Ioil on canvas40 X 30 in.On view now through the end of the month at Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, is New Works : New Directions, a group exhibit showcasing contemporary,...
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The Palette for the First Painting (1851)
A copy of the 1913 edition of The Art of Portrait Painting in Oil Colours.In 1851, Henry Murray, F.S.A. released the booklet, The Art of Portrait Painting in Oil Colours. It was published by Winsor...
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Upcoming Workshops: Technical Workshop Painting Best Practices
George O'Hanlon discussing Rublev oil paints at the Natural Pigments booth at the 2013 Art of the Portrait Conference, Atlanta.Modern-day colourman and technical director of Natural Pigments, George...
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Minneapolis: Gabriel Weisberg Lecture
Jehan-Georges Vibert, Figures on Rocks at the Edge of the Sea, 1867, (detail), oil on canvasSnite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame : Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. ButkinDr. Gabriel Weisberg is a...
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Shorty Lasar and the Angle Machine
"Shorty" Lasar, Gérôme, and a Parisian gardien(guardiens were much like museum guards, keeping artists in line in the mornings,and overseeing tourists in the afternoons)Illustration by John CameronIn...
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Recent Paintings and a New Class from Michael Klein
Michael KleinLa Vecina77 X 28 in.PurityFloral ArrangementPeoniesRed Roses32 X 28 in.White Roses (in progress)Flower Vendor (in progress)Whidbey IslandFigure StudyThis fall, Michael Klein will be...
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On View: Women Painting Women
Terry StricklandPrimavera24 X 24 in.oil on panelOn view at the Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery as part of the Women Painting Women exhibitIn March of 2009, Sadie J. Valeri, Alia El-Bermani, and...
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On View: Women Painting Women Haynes Galleries, TN
Ellen CooperStudy of Nnenna16 X 20 in.oil on linenOpening today at Haynes Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee is the group show, "Women Painting Women : A Room of One's Own." It features over six dozen...
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Sneak Peek: Women Painting Women: (R)evolution
Katie O'HaganPity Party27 X 38 in.oil on canvasIn September, Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, will be doing its part in celebrating the feminine muse and the feminine creative with the...
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Words of Wisdom: Some Final Thoughts from Shorty Lasar
Charles Augustus C. LasarTrees by the River10.75 X 14.25 in.oil on canvasPreviously, I have published three posts on Charles Augustus "Shorty" Lasar (1, 2, & 3), an American expatriate who studied...
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Words of Wisdom: Jon Whitcomb on Style
"You don't develop a style. A style descends upon you. After thousands of attempts to do something, a style evolves. It isn't something you develop. You don'y have any volition in the matter. To...
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Hercule Poirot on Landscape Painting
Hercule Poirot : Hickory Dickory Dockillustration by Mara McAfee (1929-1984)Art often features in the television drama Agatha Christie's Poirot (the final episode of which is scheduled to air on ITV...
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On View: Alexandra Tyng: The Unseen Aspect
Royaltyoil on linen42 X 54 in.Several years ago, portrait and landscape painter Alexandra Tyng spent a week in Charleston working alongside fellow members of the Women Painting Women organization, and...
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Random Inspiration: Juana Romani (1869-1924)
Juana H. C. RomaniAngelica (1898)oil on panel50¾ X 27¼ in.Carolina Carlessimo was born in the year 1869, in the small commune of Velletri, in the Alban Hills outside of Rome. But by the age of ten,...
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