Friday, March 31, 2023

Carl Larsson
(1853 - 1919)
 
Carl Olof Larsson was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life. He considered his finest work to be Midvinterblot (Midwinter Sacrifice), a large painting now displayed inside the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Larsson


The Bridge (from the series A Home - 26 watercolours)
Date unknown
Aquarel on paper
32 x 432 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
https://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24200&viewType=detailView

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Francesco Guardi
(1712 - 1793)
 
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi  was an Italian painter, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Guardi


Venice: the Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi
Before 1768
Oil on canvas
119 x 204 cm
Private collection. Sold by Christie’s (6 July 2017 for 26,205,000 GBP)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6088940

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Michele Marieschi
(1696 - 1744)
 
Michele Marieschi or Michele Giovanni Marieschi, also Michiel was an Italian painter and engraver. He is mainly known for his landscapes and cityscapes (vedute), or views, mostly of Venice. He also created architectural paintings, which reveal his interest in stage design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Marieschi
 

Ponte Rialto in Venice
C. 1735
Oil on canvas
41 x 52 cm
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (National Museum in Warsaw)
https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/katalog/504802

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

John Atkinson Grimshaw
(1836 - 1893)
 

John Atkinson Grimshaw was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999).

London Bridge by Night
1884
oil on canvas.
50.8 x 76.2 cm.
Private collection

Monday, March 27, 2023

Jan Both
(1610/1618 - 1652)

Jan Dirksz Both (between 1610 and 1618 - August 9, 1652) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher, who made an important contribution to the development of Dutch Italianate landscape painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Dirksz_Both


Landscape with Ponte Molle
ca. 1652
Oil on canvas
97 x 111 cm
Private collection

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Stanhope Forbes
(1857 - 1947)

Stanhope Alexander Forbes RA was a British artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanhope_Forbes

The Bridge
1888
Oil on canvas
61 x 76.5 cm
Private collection
Sold for £93,750 inc. premium. 2019 auction at Bonhams

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Anders Andersen-Lundby
(1841 - 1923)
 
Anders Andersen-Lundby was a Danish landscape painter. He was most associated with winter landscapes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Andersen-Lundby

Åløb gennem en sensommerskov.(A river running through a forest.)
between 1858 and 1923
Painting
28 x 39 cm
Private collection

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