Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

Monday, 27 May 2013

Waltzing Along



" The people were dancing mad [...] The ladies of Vienna are particularly celebrated for their grace and movements of waltzing of which they never tire."

 - Don Curzo


James Tissot To Early

James Tissot The Woman of Fashion

James Tissot The Ball

 Anders Zorn The Waltz

Charles Hermans Ball Masque

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Paul Delaroche

We admire Paul Delaroche's paintings for his straightforward technique and dramatic compositions. Those three paintings are our favourite masterpieces of his work.

King Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower of London

 Henriette Sontag (1806-1854)

Cromwell Before the Coffin of Charles I (1849)

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

The Devil's In The Details

William Bouguereau, Dante and Virgil in Hell, 1850

Luis Ricardo FalĂ©ro, Departure of the Witches, 1878

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Emma Bennett's Paintings

Emma Bennett, an artist from Wales proves the traditional academic painting still might get an interesting and unconventional twist. Inspired by contemporary and historical art, Bennett refers in her works to the XVII and XVIII century Dutch and Italian paintings as well as to the XX century abstraction.