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Category Archive: Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 4. the curious case of Francesco Guardi

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An innovator with his painterly style, some have suggested that he was even Impressionist – a whole century before Monet.

December 17, 2015 Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 3. after 1865, and some puzzles

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Marks made by the brush and knife serve different purposes from the late nineteenth century. They also beg some fascinating questions.

December 15, 2015 Painting

The Eclectic Light flickers: my iMac might be dead

You know, from soon after getting up, that some days are not going to be easy. Yesterday was […]

December 13, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Trees in the landscape: 10. Thomas Gainsborough and cloud canopies

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He intended to be a landscape painter, and was co-founder of the British school of landscape painting. A major influence of Constable and others.

December 11, 2015 General, Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 2. 1700-1865

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Looser and more painterly styles from Guardi around 1775 to Delacroix in 1862: paving the way for the Impressionists.

December 9, 2015 Painting

Don’t ditch the index(es)

Is it just me, or are printed books increasingly being published without any index(es)?

December 8, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Trees in the landscape: 9. Théo van Rysselberghe and vibrant pines

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In addition to painting one of the major Neo-Impressionist masterpieces showing poplar trees, he built a series of Post-Impressionist pines-beach-bathers of distinction.

December 7, 2015 General, Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 1. 1400-1700

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A glance through some of the unofficial history of visible brushstrokes and other painter’s marks.

December 5, 2015 Painting

The Art Fund: a UK charity which can save you more than you give

How you can give money to a deserving charity, and get back more in savings than you gave in the first place.

December 4, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Trees in the landscape: 8. Claude Monet and his poplar series

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His paintings of trees reached a peak in 1887-92, with his series of poplars. Among these are some of the finest Impressionist paintings.

December 3, 2015 General, Painting

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