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Category Archive: Painting

George Morland: genius, debt, and mistaken identity

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First shown at the Royal Academy when only 10, this true genius had a colourful but tragically short life.

September 2, 2016 General, Painting

Alchemy: 8 – Bladders and Megilp

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Putting oil paint into bladders allowed painters to take it out for use outdoors. But adding some media caused paintings to age badly and fall apart.

September 1, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Into the Light: Frank Duveneck, silent companion

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An American Master in his own right, his paintings were on a par with those of Chase, and he was a successful teacher too.

August 31, 2016 General, Painting

Into the Light: Robert Henri and the Ashcan School

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One of the most influential painters of the early 20th century, he founded the Ashcan School, and was a major landscape painter of the time.

August 30, 2016 General, Painting

Is crapware now the price of blocking tracking?

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Are advertisers now deliberately delivering unwanted crapware to those using ad and tracker blockers?

August 30, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Into the Light: Carroll Beckwith, the under-age model, and the jealous husband

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The model’s mother claimed she was 16, she is almost nude, and a few years later, her jealous husband committed murder.

August 29, 2016 General, Painting

Dancer: John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, and James Carroll Beckwith

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One dancer, three painters, four portraits of the dancer, and two portraits of Chase himself.

August 28, 2016 General, Painting

Alchemy: 7 – Rembrandt and surface texture

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His later paintings in particular were the first major works to exploit the visual effects produced by surface texture. How?

August 27, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

The Eclectic Light Company gets a Liebster award

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Some answers to the 11 questions, and nominations for 11 deserving blogs.

August 26, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Alchemy: 6 – Rubens and control of paint viscosity

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Rubens’ methods were extensively documented by a contemporary. Do they reveal or conceal any dark secrets?

August 26, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

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