Giovanni Boldini - "Master of Swish"

Boldinis portraits of woman are like John Singer Sargent-"light"
(for my taste...).
His landscapes shows more artistic qualities!
More works from Boldini here.

The schedule at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown/MA from Feb. 14 – April 25, 2010 features Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, an exhibition of seventy oil paintings and drawings that illuminate the Italian artist’s early career.

Scribbles and sketches for "Strandet"

If I have an idea to a painting I make in the first step
simple scribbles, only in order to fix my ideas...

William Robinson Leigh 1866 - 1955

His Bio you can read here.

Maori Warrior

Oil on pavatex, 2007

Edwin Lord Weeks 1849 - 1903

His beautiful works you can see on this wonderful website!

Arthur Conan Doyle Illustrations

Found some interesting illustrations for the books from Arthur Conan Doyle.
Somebody knows the artsist?...

Mariano Barbasan - Spanish painter

Mariano Barbasan was a painter of the spanish country life. Born and death in Zaragoza(Spain).
Like many academic painter of his time he has painted some historical works. One of this
shows a group of knigths on a rock. For my taste the first oil study has more life and impression
than the finish work.

Color photochrome prints of "Old Switzerland"

Wikipedia can tel you more about "Photochrome"!