Wednesday September 22nd, 2010

Artist: Amrita Sher-Gil
Title: Self Portrait With Scarf
Year: 1932
Medium: Oil on Canvas

She died too young, but I love her small yet diverse body of work.

Title: The Wave and the Pearl

Artist: Paul Baudry

Year: 1862

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Thursday February 18th, 2010

Title: Luncheon on the Grass

Artist: Edouard Manet

Year: 1862-3

Medium: Oil on Canvas

And this Manet Painting reminds me of this Giorgione Painting:

Title: Pastoral Concert

Artist: Giorgione

Year: 1508-9

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Thursday February 18th, 2010

Title: The Blue Room

Artist: Suzanne Valadon

Year: 1923

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Title: Reclining Nude

Artist: Suzanne Valadon

Year: 1928

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Thursday February 18th, 2010

Title: Woman at Her Toilette

Artist: Berthe Morisot

Year: 1875

Medium: Oil on Canvas

This painting reminds me of this Lee Miller Photograph:

Thursday February 18th, 2010

Title: Birth of Venus

Artist: Alexandre Cabanel

Year: 1863

Medium: Oil on Canvas

I love, in this painting, how she is peeking at the viewer, as if to suggest some naughtiness is afoot.

Wednesday January 27th, 2010

Artist: Michelle Condrat

Title: Bouquet

Medium: Acrylic

Year: Recent

Artist: Michelle Condrat

Title: Prussian Flowers

Medium: Oil

Year: Recent

Learn more about this Utah-based artist at her website.

Wednesday January 27th, 2010

Artist: Gustave Courbet

Title: The Source

Year: 1868

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Thursday January 21st, 2010

Artist: Oskar Kokoschka

Title: Two Nudes (Lovers)

Year: 1913

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Thursday January 21st, 2010

Oswaldo Guayasamín

Oswaldo Guayasamín is one of my favorite artists. He worked mostly out of Ecuador, and there is a museum dedicated to his art in Quito. Not only did he paint, Guayasamín was a sculptor, although I would like to share his paintings with you. His works are some of the most emotionally charged works I have seen from any painter of any background, I have not seen every artist of every culture, but just look at these works and see what I mean!

Title: El Grito #2

Year: 1983

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Title: El Grito #3

Year: 1983

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Title: Napalm

Year: 1976

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Thursday January 21st, 2010

Julio Valdez

Here are a few works by Julio Valdez. I saw some works by Julio at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA, and I really enjoyed his use of color and texture in his pieces. More work can be found at his website.

Title: Rooted

Year: 2004-2005

Medium: Mixed Media on Linen

Title: I Give You A Rose/ Te Regalo Una Rosa

Year: 1998

Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Pigment Dispersion on Canvas

Title: Adrift II

Year: 2007

Medium: Oil on Gatorboard

Thursday December 3rd, 2009; Pieter Bruegel Day

Title: Netherlandish Proverbs

Artist: Pieter Bruegel The Elder

Medium: Painting (Oil on Panel)

Year: 1559

Title: The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

Artist: Pieter Bruegel The Elder

Medium: Painting (Oil on Wood)

Year: 1559

Title: Children's Games

Artist: Pieter Bruegel The Elder

Medium: Painting (Oil)

Year: 1560

Thursday December 3rd, 2009; Pieter Bruegel Day

Title: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Artist: Pieter Bruegel

Medium: Painting

Year: 1554-55

Thursday December 3rd, 2009; Pieter Bruegel Day

Title: The Tower of Babel

Artist: Pieter Bruegel

Medium: Painting

Year: 1563

Thursday December 3rd, 2009; Pieter Bruegel Day

Title: The Hunters in the Snow

Artist: Pieter Bruegel The Elder

Medium: Painting

Year: 1565

Title: The Harvesters

Artist: Pieter Bruegel The Elder

Medium: Painting

Year: 1565

Monday November 16th, 2009

There will be no blogs today, and possibly for the rest of this week. There is too much schoolwork to be done. Check back on Friday, and maybe there will be something, but in the meantime, school comes first.

I'll leave you with some Picasso.

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Title: Three Musicians

Year: 1921

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Friday November 13th, 2009, C

Artist: Paul Cézanne

Title: Female Nude

Year: 1885-1887

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Artist: Paul Cézanne

Title: Nude Woman Standing

Year: 1898-1899

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Although he is mostly known for his still-lifes, I feel that the few Cézanne nudes are really beautiful and worth looking at. I think these are two of probably four or five total nudes.

Friday November 13th, 2009, C

Artist: Marc Chagall

Title: Red Nude Sitting Up

Year: 1908

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Wednesday November 11th, 2009, G

Artist: Eva Gonzales

Title: Morning Awakening

Year: 1876

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Tuesday November 10th, 2009

Artist: Rembrandt

Title: Danaë

Year: 1636

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Vandalism!