Dose of Art #190: Jules Dupre – The Old Oak (1870)
Dupres was a French landscape painter from Nantes. Although he painted some marine landscapes he favoured ones featuring trees. He […]
Month: March 2018
Dose of Art #189: Clara Peeters – Still Life with Nuts, Candy and Flowers (c. 1611)
We have seen work of her before and this is another great example of her skills as a still life […]
Dose of Art #188: Anton Mauve – The Return of the Flock, Laren (c. 1886-1887)
The Return of the Flock shows all the elements Mauve loved; animals, people and the Dutch landscape. As noted in […]
Dose of Art #187: Willem van de Velde II – The Gust (c. 1680)
This painting and yesterday’s one are pendants, which Van de Velde finished at about the same time. And although the […]
Dose of Art #186: Willem van de Velde II – Het Kanonschot (c. 1680)
There’s no wind, the sea is flat, and the sails are hanging loose. The canon is shot as a salute […]
Dose of Art #185: Pietro Paolini – Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes (c. 1625 – 1630)
Achilles was the big hero of the Trojan War, but he died at the end of it. His mother, Thetis, […]
Dose of Art #184: Jacopo de’ Barbari – Still-Life with Partridge and Gauntlet (1504)
Used to images as we are, it is easy not to forget the effect a good trompe l’oeil would have […]
Dose of Art #183: Tom Roberts – Shearing the rams (1890)
When you think of Australia, famous paintings are probably not the first thing that comes to mind (sheep might be). […]
Dose of Art #182: Jan van Goyen – Skating on the Merwede near Dordrecht (1646)
It has been so cold the last couple of days that in many parts of The Netherlands people could skate […]