The Art of the Day

Antoine Wiertz - A giant of the Earth (~1860)

2015-03-20T08:45:00.003-07:00

Antoine Wiertz - A giant of the Earth (~1860)

Original title: Un grand de la Terre

Picture is 9m18 x 6m80, here it is in location.

An unidentified battle scene by unknown artists of the Lombard School, c. 1600

2014-09-11T11:24:00.002-07:00

An unidentified battle scene by unknown artists of the Lombard School, c. 1600
(click for larger version)

Piet Mondrian - Ocean 5 (1914)

2014-03-12T14:13:00.000-07:00

Piet Mondrian - Ocean 5 (1914)

Ramon Casas i Carbo - After the Ball (1895)

2013-12-09T11:06:00.002-08:00

Ramon Casas i Carbo - After the Ball (1895)

Władysław Podkowiński - Frenzy (1893)

2013-10-12T00:51:00.000-07:00

Władysław Podkowiński - Frenzy (1893)

Some girls love horses too much. It has been like that at least since the 17th century.

Humberto Castro - The fall of Icarus (1984)

2013-10-08T10:15:00.002-07:00

Humberto Castro - The fall of Icarus (1984)

Winslow Homer - On the Beach, Long Branch, New Jersey (1869)

2013-08-05T05:55:00.002-07:00

Winslow Homer - On the Beach, Long Branch, New Jersey (1869)

Rainer Augur - Wrong Platform? (2012)

2013-07-25T02:29:00.000-07:00

Rainer Augur - Wrong Platform? (2012)

Winslow Homer - Oranges on a Branch (1885)

2013-03-23T02:42:00.002-07:00

Winslow Homer - Oranges on a Branch (1885)

Gustave Caillebotte - Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (1877)

2013-02-10T06:38:00.003-08:00

Gustave Caillebotte - Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (1877)

Zinaida Serebriakova - Self Portrait (At The Dressing-Table) 1909

2013-02-03T03:29:00.004-08:00

Zinaida Serebriakova - Self Portrait (At The Dressing-Table) 1909

Unfinished business

2013-01-31T10:00:00.003-08:00

No painting today. Instead I'll propose you sculptures and reading. A Husk of Meaning, the blog of David Leeds, had a piece about an unfinished set of sculptures by Michelangelo known as Unfinished Slaves. I recently stumbled on it and wanted to share it here with you.
Because Unfinished Art is Art too.

Here's the link.

Frank Cadogen Cowper - Vanity (1907)

2013-01-28T08:04:00.002-08:00

Frank Cadogen Cowper - Vanity (1907)

Man Ray - Personage (1975)

2013-01-27T04:15:00.002-08:00

Man Ray - Personage (1975)

Vasily Polenov - Dreams (On the Hill) (1900)

2013-01-22T02:21:00.000-08:00

Vasily Polenov - Dreams (On the Hill) (1900)

Henry Fuseli - "The Nightmare" (1781)

2013-01-17T06:45:00.000-08:00

Henry Fuseli - "The Nightmare" (1781)

Wayne Thiebaud - Man Sitting (1964)

2013-01-15T02:50:00.002-08:00

Wayne Thiebaud - Man Sitting (1964)

Eva Gonzales - Woman Awakening (1876)

2013-01-14T11:38:00.001-08:00

Eva Gonzales - Woman Awakening (1876)

James Tissot - Too Early (1873)

2013-01-11T11:13:00.002-08:00

James Tissot - Too Early (1873)

Vincent Van Gogh - The Trinquetaille Bridge (1888)

2013-01-04T03:18:00.000-08:00

Vincent Van Gogh - The Trinquetaille Bridge (1888)

Doesn't look at all like the painting.

Andrew Wyeth - Ring Road (1985)

2013-01-01T03:32:00.003-08:00

Andrew Wyeth - Ring Road (1985)

According to Wikipedia:

Andrew Newell Wyeth (/ˈwaɪ.ɛθ/ wy-eth;^[1] July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century.

In his art, Wyeth's favorite subjects were the land and people around him, both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and at his summer home in Cushing, Maine. One of the most well-known images in 20th-century American art is his painting, Christina's World, currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Leon Kroll - Reclining Nude in Interior (1929)

2012-12-28T11:05:00.002-08:00

Leon Kroll - Reclining Nude in Interior (1929)

Ivan Shishkin - Backwoods (1872)

2012-12-15T03:04:00.000-08:00

Ivan Shishkin - Backwoods (1872)

Oil on canvas 164 x 112.8 cm
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

(I'm told there is a fox in there somewhere)

Conor Harrington - When We Were Kings (2012)

2012-12-08T14:54:00.002-08:00

Conor Harrington - When We Were Kings (2012)

Diego Velázquez - Venus at Her Mirror (1651)

2012-11-25T09:04:00.002-08:00

Diego Velázquez - Venus at Her Mirror (1651)

Also known as Rokeby Venus, The Toilet of Venus, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo