Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Garret's Drawing


8.5 x 11 pencil on bond paper
Garret
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This is a drawing based on a recently completed sculpture

Garret is in the process of taking a look at and revising some the clay sculptures that he did years ago. This one is called “The Boeotian” and is 27”x 9”x 8”. Stayed tuned for more updated sculptures in the near future.
http://mcfannartwork.com

 

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Jacques de Gheyn II

The Soldier Carrying His Pike at the Slope

Jacques de Gheyn II
(Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)

Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash; incised for transfer
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 7/16 in. (27 x 18.9 cm)



Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Norman Rockwell

Inscribed; To Clyde Forsythe/a real friend (lower right)
charcoal on paper, 30 1/4 by 24 1/4 inches

 Norman Rockwell
(1894–1978)
“The Dover Coach”
Illustration for “The Christmas Coach”

Drawings posted by  Arjuna Jishnu on the Today's Inspiration Group

Illustration for “The Christmas Coach”

Caption: “Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; and transport the sailor and the traveler, thousands of miles away, back to his own fireside, his quiet home!”
—From the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
The Saturday Evening Post, December 28, 1935
Donated by the artist.
— at Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators.



Monday, December 22, 2014

George Matthews Harding


During WWI, the War Department sent American artists to Europe. The Smithsonian recently digitized the captivating artwork, see it and learn about it here
 

Physical Description:
Charcoal, crayon, pastel, paper
Measurements:
overall: 19 5/8 in x 26 7/8 in; 49.8475 cm x 68.2625 cm
Place Made:
Europe: France,1918
Description:
Charcoal, crayon, pastel, and gouache sketch on heavy textured cream wove paper. American troops are mounted on a team of horses pulling a large artillery piece through a shell-torn village. In the left foreground, a cross with a helmet hung from it marks a grave.










Saturday, December 20, 2014

Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Hendrick van Balen


Flemish, about 1627 - 1632
Black chalk
9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.



Anthony Van Dyck's former teacher, Hendrick van Balen, lived in Antwerp and painted religious and mythological themes. Van Dyck made this portrait as a study for a print that was part of a series known as The Iconography. This series was a collection of portraits of distinguished artists, soldiers, statesmen, administrators, and scholars of the early 1600s.

Using only black chalk, Van Dyck created a striking characterization of his old teacher. By placing Van Balen's right hand on the head of an antique bust while his left presses a soft cloth close to his chest, Van Dyck effectively suggested the erudition and refined personality of his mentor.
    
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Friday, December 19, 2014

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo



Italian, Würzburg or Venice, 1750 - 1760
Red and white chalk on blue paper
8 5/16 x 6 in.


This man is looking at someone--or something--well beyond the boundaries of the page, but his stare and half-open mouth hint at a state of ecstasy or revelation. Artists of the eighteenth century often portrayed saints, martyrs, or those who witnessed miracles with such expressions. Whether this portrait represents a particular religious figure, though, is not known. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo may have made this drawing as a study for a larger painting. In preparation for each section of an oil painting or fresco, Tiepolo made chalk studies of figures' heads, limbs, and hands.

With animated strokes, Tiepolo applied red and white chalk to blue paper, a technique favored by Venetian artists for its striking contrast. Dark red strokes define the model's facial features, including a gap between his front teeth; velvety red chalk softens the outlines and contours of his face. White highlights indicate a strong light from above, further hinting at a divine presence.
....getty

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Jacques de Gheyn II


Flemish, about 1597
Pen and black ink and gray wash, incised for transfer
10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in. 





Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]

Date:
about 1597
Medium:
Pen and black ink and gray wash, incised for transfer
Dimensions:
26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Object Number:
92.GA.71
Department:
Drawings
- See more at: http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=398#sthash.pD7fYBR1.dpuf
acques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]
Artist/Maker(s):
Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]

Date:
about 1597
Medium:
Pen and black ink and gray wash, incised for transfer
Dimensions:
26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Object Number:
92.GA.71
Department:
Drawings
Culture:
Dutch
Inscriptions:
Secondary Inscription: Inscribed "40" in brown ink in the bottom right corner and "42" in graphite on the verso.
Previous number: L.92.GA.23
Classification/Object Type:
Drawings / Drawing
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Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629] , A Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match.
 Dutch, about 1597
 26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.), 92.GA.
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"To showe to posteritie the manner of souldiers apparel used in these dayes." So wrote Jacques de Gheyn of his goals for his lavishly illustrated book The Exercise of Arms, published in 1607. In this preparatory drawing for the book, de Gheyn strove to create the illusion of a living soldier, carefully modeled in the round and exhibiting a wealth of detail both in costume and weaponry. Focusing on the intricate task of lighting the fuse of his musket, the soldier wears a large plumed hat, billowing striped pantaloons, and high boots, with powder charges strung across his breast. De Gheyn used a simple but imposing pose to create interest, with long, diagonal lines created by the soldier's musket, his sword, and the intersecting angle of his musket rest.

Conceived as a military handbook for the infantry, Exercise of Arms contained one hundred and seventeen designs illustrating the use of the smallshot, the musket, and the pike. Count Johann II of Nassau-Siegen commissioned the text to give the Dutch army a set of clear and systematic military procedures for training soldiers. In the final edition, each image also contained a description of the action shown and its associated commands. 
Jacques de Gheyn II
Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]

Date:
about 1597
Medium:
Pen and black ink and gray wash, incised for transfer
Dimensions:
26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
- See more at: http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=398#sthash.pD7fYBR1.dpuf
Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]

Date:
about 1597
Medium:
Pen and black ink and gray wash, incised for transfer
Dimensions:
26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
- See more at: http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=398#sthash.pD7fYBR1.dpuf

A Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match

A Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match
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Artist/Maker(s):
Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]

Date:
about 1597
Medium:
Pen and black ink and gray wash, incised for transfer
Dimensions:
26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Object Number:
92.GA.71
Department:
Drawings
Drapery and Costume in European Drawings of the 15th through the 18th Century (March 28 to June 11, 1995)
  • The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), March 28, 1995 - June 11, 1995
Dutch Drawings of the Golden Age (May 28 to August 25, 2002)
  • The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), May 28, 2002 - August 25, 2002
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Jacques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629] , A Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match.
 Dutch, about 1597
 26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.), 92.GA.
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acques de Gheyn II [Dutch, 1565 - 1629]
Jacques de Gheyn II

Monday, December 15, 2014

Isidore Pils

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils
(French, Paris 1813/15–1875 Douarnenez)

Date: 19th century
Medium: Black chalk, white chalk, on gray paper, stumped
Dimensions: 15 1/16 x 9 1/8 in. (38.4 x 23.1 cm)


Saturday, December 13, 2014

Pietro Jacopo Palmieri

Trompe-l'Oeil Exercise: Prints on a Table Top

Pietro Jacopo Palmieri
(Italian, Bologna 1737–1804 Turin)

Date: 1766
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of graphite
Dimensions: 16-7/16 x 22-3/8 in. (41.7 x 56.9 cm)




Friday, December 12, 2014

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Jean Demarchy

Victoria and Albert Museum

 fashion illustration, London, 1953




Jean Demarchy (dates unknown) was a 1950s fashion illustrator who worked in soft pastels to create romantic, abstract, images of couture. Arguably, illustrations such as these fitted better with the luxurious and feminine ideal of couture than photography. These illustrations, especially from the Stiebel collection of 1953, display some of those shared aesthetics in the way they convey the soft, tactile nature of the fabrics.
However, the privileged status of fashion drawing faded rapidly during the 1950s, and photography soon gained more prominence in post-war magazines that wanted harder-hitting imagery.

22) This illustration features an evening dress by the London couturier Victor Stiebel (1907-76), drawn for Harper's Bazaar in 1953. Stiebel liked using bold, contrasting stripes in his designs, and also typically referenced historical dress with voluminous panniers and bustles.



Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Leonardo da Vinci

 

c. 1499–1500 or c. 1506–8
 charcoal, black and white chalk on tinted paper mounted on canvas
141.5 cm × 104.6 cm (55.7 in × 41.2 in)



The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, sometimes called The Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawing is in charcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper glued together. Because of its large size and format the drawing is presumed to be a cartoon for a painting. No painting by Leonardo exists that is based directly on this cartoon.
The drawing depicts the Virgin Mary seated on the knees of her mother St Anne and holding the Child Jesus while St. John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, stands to the right. It currently hangs in the National Gallery in London. It was either executed in around 1499–1500, at the end of the artist's first Milanese period, or around 1506–8, when he was shuttling between Florence and Milan; the majority of scholars prefer the latter date, although the National Gallery and others prefer the former.
                             








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