i have a couple of places that are my go to spots for online art gazing. art inconnu is certainly a favourite, being specifically geared toward little known & under appreciated art. i tend to sigh a lot when viewing the pieces that the curator shares… my future house is going to need a lot of wall space, that’s for sure.
many of these are from art innconu’s flickr stream
imagine this as an entire series! by sasha chernov
julianne moore in recreations of famous artworks, from a 2008 harper’s bazaar article
… egon schiele – seated woman with bent knee
… john singer sargent – madame x
… gustav klimt – adele bloch-bauer I
william bonnell was born in 1804 in the town of clinton, new jersey. the only records of bonnell’s career as an artist are the approximately twenty paintings that have been discovered to date.
paintings part of the art institute of chicago’s collection
portrait of varya adoratskaya (1914) by nicolai ivanovich fechin
everytime i see a new piece by aj fosik it makes me smile
fosik’s animal subjects and anthropomorphized beings are built using a complex process in which each form is carefully handcrafted by arranging hundreds of pieces of individually cut and varnished wood, which the artist paints in vibrant colors and patterns. sharp teeth, claws, and eyes emerge once the creatures are completed—either constructed as freestanding forms or wall-mounted pieces, referencing modern taxidermy practices.
i have sorely neglected my proposed daily painting posts, but perhaps i can make up for it by showing you some beautiful portraits by swiss artist ferdinand hodler (1853 – 1918)
this is a painting of vanessa paradis by johnny depp. i mean really, as if we couldn’t possibly love him more right? then he goes and pulls a gustav klimt on everyone and women the world over swoon with delight.
i discovered the little people project by slinkachu via beatpie and my mood was instantly lifted. i’ve posted about a few similar artists (thomas doyle ; jonah samson ; amy bennett) - little people in big worlds never cease to amuse me.
took a little stroll through town & discovered this beauty at the dorp street gallery. it wasn’t up on the wall yet and the gallery assistant couldn’t tell me how much it was going for… but i love it. painted by waalko dingemans, 1954.
