Patrick Lawrence's Art Blog and Portfolio
I have always liked the work of J. C. Leyendecker. He was a master draftsman and could do more than most artists with just a few strokes of the brush. Below are some of his finished and studiess. “Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – … Continue readingFeatured Artist – J. C. Leyendecker
Today’s featured artist is the great 19th century military painter Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille. Below are some samples of his work and links. Links http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=63 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Detaille
Today’s featured artist is the 19th century Ukrainen Ilya Efimovich Repin. “His realistic works often expressed great psychological depth and exposed the tensions within the existing social order. Beginning in the late 1920s, detailed works on him were published in the USSR, where a Repin … Continue readingFeatured Artist – Ilya Efimovich Repin
Meissonier was probably the most famous painter of his day. His work was praised by the great painters, kings, art critics and the public. And this was at a time where new paintings were on the level of blockbuster movie premiers today. He was as … Continue readingFeatured Artists – Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)