posted : Monday, May 14th, 2012

reblogged from : It's Manhattan Style!

coreymarie:

It’s How-to Tuesday!

Today at corey marie ♥ com: 12 easy DIY Watercolor Techniques to create interesting textures for art journals and other projects, too! These all involve things you probably already have around the house! Check ‘em out!

posted : Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

reblogged from : Bitches and Hoes Extravaganza.

cavetocanvas:

Judith Leyster, Self Portrait, c. 1633
Judith Leyster is pretty awesome. Not only was she a female painter during a time period that didn’t favor women, she was the first ever female to become a master in a Dutch guild, an incredibly high honor. After studying with Frans Hals, Leyster created this painting, considered by many to be her masterpiece, possibly for entrance into a guild. Leyster depicts herself as an artist, and proud of her profession; she documents herself painting in a straightforward way, with her creative hand in the center of the composition. The fiddler in the painting mimics her gesture; infrared technology showed that Leyster originally planned a merry company to be shown on the easel, but she changed it, possibly because she was most well known for that subject matter and wanted to show off her more varied abilities. Leyster incorporates many aspects that Hals taught her, including loose brushstrokes, a spontaneous quality, and a simple backdrop. However, Leyster ended up suing Hals because she claimed that he had taken a pupil away from her. After she married, Leyster largely gave up painting, and only about 30 works of hers have survived.

cavetocanvas:

Judith Leyster, Self Portrait, c. 1633

Judith Leyster is pretty awesome. Not only was she a female painter during a time period that didn’t favor women, she was the first ever female to become a master in a Dutch guild, an incredibly high honor. After studying with Frans Hals, Leyster created this painting, considered by many to be her masterpiece, possibly for entrance into a guild. Leyster depicts herself as an artist, and proud of her profession; she documents herself painting in a straightforward way, with her creative hand in the center of the composition. The fiddler in the painting mimics her gesture; infrared technology showed that Leyster originally planned a merry company to be shown on the easel, but she changed it, possibly because she was most well known for that subject matter and wanted to show off her more varied abilities. Leyster incorporates many aspects that Hals taught her, including loose brushstrokes, a spontaneous quality, and a simple backdrop. However, Leyster ended up suing Hals because she claimed that he had taken a pupil away from her. After she married, Leyster largely gave up painting, and only about 30 works of hers have survived.

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : Cave to Canvas

lonelyspelltoconjureyou:

Gregorio Lazzarini - Orpheus and the Bacchantes

lonelyspelltoconjureyou:

Gregorio Lazzarini - Orpheus and the Bacchantes

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : but conjure hell is all i do

black-tangled-heart:

Paintings by Steven DaLuz

  • Prevailed (Wounded Angel)
  • Gilded Wings

(Source: arpeggia)

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : arpeggia

artaddictsanonymous:

Helen Frankenthaler, Before the Caves, 1958

artaddictsanonymous:

Helen Frankenthaler, Before the Caves, 1958

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : Art Addicts Anonymous

art-yearly:

William Orpen
Mrs. Oscar Lewisohn
1915

art-yearly:

William Orpen

Mrs. Oscar Lewisohn

1915

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : Art Yearly

“ Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life.
— Marc Chagall (via fckyeaharthistory)

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : F*CK YEAH ART HISTORY

“ Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum
— Edmond & Jules de Goncourt (via the-art-salon)

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : The Art Salon


Agnus Dei de Francisco de Zurbarán. 

Agnus Dei de Francisco de Zurbarán. 

(Source: centaurettedefeu)

posted : Monday, May 7th, 2012

reblogged from : Waldeinsamkeit.†.