Monday, March 31, 2014

Charles Edward Holloway

Woman Holding a Garland


Charles Edward Holloway

(British, Hampshire 1838–1897 London)


 IMAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY: THE MET
Date:ca. 1880
Medium: Graphite with gold
Dimensions:image: 7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.

   Today is National Pencil Day !!!



Saturday, March 29, 2014

Philip Russell Goodwin (1881-1935)

                        Found at: Paddlemaking

Description GOODWIN, Phillip Russell, (American, 1881-1935): Illustration, possibly for a Remington ad, depicting two men poling a canoe down river rapids, Oil/C, 30" x 20", signed and dated 1909, bears partial label verse "and Meelsins went up the Montreal and staked the mine", original frame 35 1/2" x 25 1/2"


Friday, March 28, 2014

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Canaletto

A capriccio with a monumental staircase    
(c.1755 - c.1760)
             
Pen and ink, with grey wash, over ruled and free pencil and pinpointing
paper , Height: 363 mm (14.29 in). Width: 531 mm (20.91 in). 

Canaletto




images from: wikimedia


Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Louis-Leopold Boilly, Detail of Grimacing Man (Self-Portrait), ca. 1822-23, Black chalk with touches of white and red chalk on light brown (formally blue) wove paper, 9.75 x 7.75 inches
From: wsimagazine
 

Louis-Léopold Boilly



 Preparatory drawing for the Trompe l'oeil tabletop shown below.
                                                     From: ginacolliasuzuki




Sunday, March 23, 2014

GARRET'S DRAWING

pencil on bond paper
1913. Annapolis, Maryland. "U.S. Naval Academy football player
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Friday, March 21, 2014

HOWARD PYLE

From, "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" book of essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1893




                                        Scan from:Today's Inspiration Group

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Rosa Bonheur

Andalusian Bulls

From french drawings.org

Medium: ink wash with white heightening over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, blue laid paper.
Dimensions: height: 33.8 cm, width: 46.2 cm.
Date: 1867


Rosa Bonheur


 
 Weaning the Calves, 1879
    From:wikipedia




Rosa Bonheur's studio