Category: Fine Art Tuesday

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, 1915 I can hear you now-“Here he goes again with the ethereal…

  The Shire Horse Elephant in an Extensive Landscape, James Ward Reader Jed is bailing me out again, this time on a day where my…

St. Martin Canal, Alfred Sisley, 1870 Impressionist landscape artist Alfred Sisley was born in France in 1839 to wealthy British parents. In 1862 he began…

Nerissa, John William Godward, 1906 I am a sucker for this sort of thing-I admit it. There is a terrible kink in my makeup that…

Sappho, Alphonse Osbert, 1888 Alphonse Osbert (1857-1939) was a French Symbolist painter. Sappho is in his signature style of “ghostlike Muses in mysterious landscapes bathed…

  Under the Wave off Kanagowa, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830 Also know as The Great Wave off Kanagowa or simply The Great Wave Katsushika Hokusai,…

Portrait of a Courtesan, Carrvaggio Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio was born in Milan in 1571, in the household of an official to the Marchese of Caravaggio.…

The Arts-Dance,Alfons Mucha, 1898 Alfons Mucha (1860-1939) spent his early career in Paris, working in the Art Nouveau style, with much of that output being…

Over The Top, John Nash, 1918 It’s been a weird week so far, and promises to stay that way. I won’t be able to post…

Submarine Torpedo Boat H.L. Hunley, Dec. 6, 1863Conrad Wise Chapman Conrad Wise Chapman (1843-1910) was born to an artist father and grew up in Europe…

A Dash for the Timber, Federic Remington, 1889 Frederic Remington was New Yorker of French Basque descent whose art celebrates the beauty and ethos of…

Madonna with child and St. Anne, Dirk van Hoogstraten, 1630 Born in 1596, Dirk van Hoogstraten was from a family of Mennonite refugees from the …

Landscape with Rainbow, Robert S. Duncanson, 1859 Born in 1821 in New York, Robert S. Duncanson was a descendant of freed slaves who practiced in…

Sunset, Odilon Redon Odilon Redon was born in 1840 in Bordeaux, France to a prosperous family. He showed an early talent for drawing, but at…

  Martines Legs, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1968 (As suggested by Jed. Thanks for bailing me out, man.) Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), was a French photographer, son of…

  We could also subtitle this one “Learning my craft”. As I pursue the topic of Fine Art Tuesday, I find myself learning more and…

Mountainous Landscape, Will Henry Stevens Will Henry Stevens was born in Indiana in 1881. Educated in art in Cincinnati and New York City, in 1920…

  An actual peaceful protest in small town NC, 2020. I don’t expect this to last much longer.     Mrs. Freeholder and I have…

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer, c.1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer is a fascinating piece of fine art for a…

Melody of the Night, Leonid Afremo, date unknown Dang near forgot this. It’s too freaking busy this week. Once again, we may be stretching the…

Tragic Prelude, John Steuart Curry, 1940 John Steuart Curry was a Kansas born American painter of the Regionalist school, whose rather brief career, starting in…

Alexander and Porus, Charles Le Brun, 1673   (This week’s Fine Art Tuesday’s work was inspired by this article from War History Online.) Charles Le…

A Wet Day, on the Boulevard, Paris Alfred Stieglitz, 1894? At the suggestion of long-time friend of the blog Jed, we’re going to expand our…

In the Conservatory, Frances Maria Jones Bannerman, 1883 Frances Maria Jones Bannerman was a Canadian painter and poet. She was one of the first North…

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops Grounds, John Constable, 1825 English painter John Constable was a 19th century landscape painter who worked in the Romantic tradition,…

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889. I’m generally not a fan of the Impressionists or Post-Impressionists. Vincent Van Gogh is one of the…

Albert Bierstadt, “Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California”, 1868 I think most who stop by here know of the death of Remus, proprietor of The…