Thursday, July 26, 2012

Frans Oerder


Frans David Oerder (Dutch, 1867-1944), A Still Life with Pink Flowers, 120 x 120 cm.


Oerder seems to have favoured subjects with masses of small florets, as they lend themselves to an impressionistic approach.
He was Dutch but also lived in South Africa.




Thursday, July 19, 2012

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Zinnias




Van Gogh
Jean Townsend
Hans Heysen
Henri Fantin-Latour
Victoria Fantin-Latour

Monday, June 18, 2012

Roses




Frederick M. Fenetti (1854-1915) Still Life with Roses, 14 x 10 inches. 
Mary Jane Ansell, roses, 12 x 8.5 inches, oil on panel.
Nanas Roses, Karen Whitworth
Unknown Artist, (medium is probably pastel)

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Kan'en Iwasaki

Lotus

Monday, June 4, 2012

Neil Hollingsworth

Clementines, 6 x 6 inches


neilhollingsworth.com

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Alexei Antonov


Antonev uses Madder Lake Deep for the pinks on the rose petals. He favours Flake white (lead white) which is slightly transparent. Titanium white can overpower colours mixed with it and produce a chalky effect unsuitable for delicate petals.
Other colours used are: yellow ochre light, prussian blue, and ivory black.
Chinese vermillion is used for the intense red tips of the petals.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Hermenegildo Bustos

Hermenegildo Bustos (1832-1907) is said to be the most important Mexican painter of the 19th Century.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Frederic Leighton

Still life Study of Fruit on a Marble Sarcophagus. 1895. Oil on panel, height: 12.4 cm, width: 12.7 cm. Used as a preparatory studie for Clytie.
Victoria and Albert Museum.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Otto Ottesen




Danish (1816 - 1892)