I agree, @Abstraction, that this is not as polished as many of his snow scenes. I think it might be smaller than his big masterpieces and done more quickly.
I view it as probably a plein air sketch that he decided not to pursue back at the studio. That was the method of his era. As such it's masterful. And like you, I'm sure, I often do love artists' sketches for their summary brushstrokes that capture so much with so little.
Beautiful. Apparently, like Vermeer, Grimshaw made use of the camera obscura. Sensible chap. He was a great artist. I especially love his townscapes but the landscape above is exquisite.
Big thank you for The Daily Inspirational Thread to you @Richard_P.
Its so great to see such a variety of splendid work.
I am particularly pleased about learning of Henk Helmantel from your thread.
A book I have purchased of his work has just arrived. Its large hardback and choc full of great prints of many of his paintings and well worth the 30 quid.
I haven't seen this. I grew up with an painting copy of Ivan Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave painted for my Russian grandmother by a Russian artist who I gather lived here in Australia. So he obviously identified somehow with the shipwrecked.
No, by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850. The Ninth Wave. I just realised that the copy of this done for my grandmother - and a Dickens character the same Russian artist painted as a gift for my grandfather - I used to stare at them as a child and want to paint.
@Abstraction wow, what a coincidence! My story is quite near, we had (still have) a copy painted by my grandfather. "I used to stare at them as a child" - ah yes! We also had other copies, of Rembrandt and Velasquez, both with nudes, which made quite of an effect on my teen friends coming for a visit.
Wow, those floor tiles and the chair and vase are mind blowing, not to mention the flowers and the rest of the painting. Thank you for finding another stunner.
Everything you all said - and it so catches an era. You can feel the atmosphere, like you can hear her saying that she brought the (whatever that is) in from the greenhouse... the feel of the house... the disappeared moments like bottling of fruit from the trees and rhythm of a life now gone.
Isn't this where painting captures simple glances of history of ordinary people and ordinary lives that you cannot comprehend from history books?
Stunning! When I first saw it I thought it was a photo of a plate on a glass shelf. It took a moment for my eyes to adjust from looking at my canvas all day.
Great colour and values create depth, and together with deft brushwork, they make this a very vibrant twilight street scene. For some reason it reminds me of inner Sydney at night. Could be Surrey Hills or Kings Cross.
I want to ask why she is leaving Venice. By the look on her face it hasn't been a very enjoyable stay. Looks like she got jilted? But it's a good painting. The control of the values of the dots on the dress is masterful.
That blows me away. Having trained in saddlery years ago, I am in awe of the execution of that leather bag. Having spent years restoring furniture and the odd horse carriage, I am in awe of the woodwork. The fabric on that dress is mind blowing, as are her hands, although I am not sure about her neck/throat area? It does not quite ring true with me the way the rest of the painting does? What do others think? Is it just I am viewing it late at night?
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March Morning - John Atkinson Grimshaw
Peder Mork Monsted
Lee Lufkin Kaula
Its so great to see such a variety of splendid work.
I am particularly pleased about learning of Henk Helmantel from your thread.
A book I have purchased of his work has just arrived. Its large hardback and choc full of great prints of many of his paintings and well worth the 30 quid.
Ivan Aivazovsky
Just checking. Was the Russian Artist Eva Dravniks. I have a “Ninth Wave” done by Eva (1960s).
Denis
Arthur Hacker
Melancholia - Svetlana Tartakovska
The Cafe - Alfred Henry Maurer
Ken Howard
Fresh from the greenhouse - Jessica Hayllar
Aldo Balding
Jan De Vliegher
Stepan Fedorovich Kolesnikov
Lime Tree Shade - Amy Browning
Evening in St. Augustine - Dmitri Danish
Hiroshi Sato
Leaving Venice - Ian Faulkner
What do others think? Is it just I am viewing it late at night?
Anne Marie Dahlstrom