Brian Yoder's GoodArt Gallery: June 2004

Edward Poynter Discoveries

Another artist I have had an eye out for for years is Edward Poynter (1836-1919), and I managed to find some interesting images I thought I would share with you all. One is a wonderful finished painting and the other is a study the demonstrates how thoroughly artists like Poynter understood anatomy and used that knowledge to make their paintings. No doubt David Hockney fans would claim that this proves that Poynter had an X-ray machine.

Andromeda, 1869

Study for the Fresco at St. Stephens in Dunwich, 1872-3

Annie Swynnerton Discoveries

Annie Swynnerton (1844-1933) is an artist I have always found interesting, but I rarely found examples of her work and the images were rarely of good quality. Fortunately, I managed to find a couple of good examples and I thought I would share them with you all. Enjoy!

Cupid and Psyche, 1891

New Risen Hope, 1904

Illustrators Galore!

For much of the 20th century, the banner of real art has been carried by people who I call artists, but some would call "mere illustrators". We recently had some conversation on the GoodArt Mailing List on that topic and I thought I would present some examples here to provide some concrete examples from the past 150 years for discussion. I have taken several contemporary examples that seem particularly interesting since some of them seem to be particularly reminiscient of fine art styles.