Brian Yoder's GoodArt Gallery

Illustrators Galore!

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:29:00 +0000

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.

Unveiling The Statue of Liberty, Edward Moran, 1886

Once a Week, Frederick Sandys, 1862

Attack on a Galleon, Howard Pyle, 1905

The Nation Makers, Howard Pyle, 1906

Title Unknown, Sarah Stilwell Weber, 1906

Uncle Sam with Empty Treasury, James Montgomery Flagg, 1920

The Fencer, James Montgomery Flagg

The Smart Set, Guy Hoff, c1925

Target for Matrimony, Steve McNeil, 1952

Archangel, Donato Giancola, 1998

Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Gary Gianni, 1998

Faust, Ray Largo, 1998

Nanuki: Lord of the Ice, Artist, 1999

Cartographer, Donato Giancola, 2001

Faramir at Osgiliath, Danto Giancola, 2002

Ashling, Tristan Elwell, 2002

Cymbeline, Kiunko Craft, 2002

Female Artists

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:57:00 +0000

A month or two ago someone sent me a comment criticizing the lack of any female artists on my site. Of course that's a silly claim since I have quite a number of paintings by female artists here, and since I judge paintings by whether they are good rather than whether they are made by men or women. Be that as it may, I did a little checking just to see if there were any female artists whose work I had overlooked and I found a few interesting paintings that were on my list of things waiting to be considered and so I decided to scan them and post them for all to see. Ordinarily, I dislike exhibitions of art organized by sex, race, or similar irrelevant characteristics, but in this case they just happened to come to my attention at about the same time because of these silly allegations, so here they are...

Earthbound, Evelyn DeMorgan, 1897

Madonna and Child, Marianne Preindelsberger Stokes, c1907

Lady in a Yellow Dress, Emma Sandys, c1870

The Uninvited Guest, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1906

Convent Lily, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1891

Quita Woodward, Violet Oakley, 1939

Mother and Child, Jessie Wilcox Smith, 1908

The Land of Counterpane, Jessie Wilcox Smith

More on Bouguereau

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:28:00 +0000

Brian Shapiro recently pointed out that the Bouguereau I posted last week was incomplete (the feet were cut off) and he was right! Here's what the whole thing looks like. It has a nicer color than the one I found as well. Thanks Brian!

The Bather, William Bouguereau, 1879

Along the way I also found the following pair of Bouguereau studies on the same site...

Etude de tete de Femme Blonde de, face , William Bouguereau, c. 1898

Etude de tete de Femme Blonde de, profil , William Bouguereau, c. 1898

One More Thomas Dewing

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:03:30 +0000

I found another misty green Dewing painting...

The Garland, Thomas Dewing, 1899

Annie Swynnerton Discoveries

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:35:33 +0000

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

Dewing Reposts

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:35:22 +0000

Joseph-Desire Court (1797-1865)

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:22:00 +0000

Here's another new find from another little-known artist (to me at least). This particular painting was based on a popular serial novel by Eugene Sue called Les Mysteres de Paris.

Rigolette Seeks to Distract Herself During the Absence of Germain, Joseph-Desire Court, 1844

Art Teacher Suspended for Recommending Figure Drawing

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:47:00 +0000

In December Middletown, New York art teacher Pete Panse was suspended for recommending that some of his advanced students take a figure drawing class that included nude models, on the grounds that mentioning such a thing constituted a potentially sexually unfomfortable situation for some students or their parents. Since January I have been assisting Mr. Panse in his efforts to fight this procedure and we are making good headway so far. You can read all about the case, learn how you can help, and sign an electronic petition at http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2006/peter_panse/case1.asp. Please help any way you can!

For additional Information:

See the Geraldo At Large Segments on this case: http://www.geraldoatlarge.com/video-archive.php?searchText=nude&do=1

Newspaper Articles: http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/01/14/news-dcpanse-01-14.html

Click Here to Sign the Online Petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/Reinstate_Pete_Panse/

A New Alma-Tadema Painting

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:41:00 +0000

I was reading through some books this weekend and I spotted a painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), apparently long hidden in the private colelction of Henry W. Oliver. It's not in my own Alma-Tadema page nor (based on a quick look) on the ARC site either. Here it is...

Hero, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1898

Science Over Hockney

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:48:41 +0000

Our friend Dr. David Stork has delivered a knockout punch to David Hockney's theories in this month's Scientific American. If you had any doubts at all about the validity of the truth in this case you should make sure to read it!

A Cleaned Up Chasseriau

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:50:49 +0000

Sheldon Lichter has been looking for a good image of Chasseriau's The Toilet of Esther and I'm happy to oblige. The original painting is somewhat damaged, but I managed to clean it up quite a bit. Here it is...

Esther Preparing to be Presented to King Ahasuerus or The Toilet of Esther, 1841

Some Obscure Finds

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Sun, 30 May 2004 20:23:49 +0000

I did some digging for interesting turn of the century (and a little after) artists and came up with a few nice tidbits to share. The Blashfield Angel with The Flaming Sword is a little reminiscient of VonStuck's painting with the same theme. I have been looking for more Elihu Vedder works for a while and one of them was among my finds...

Head of a Young Woman, Elihu Vedder, 1900

The Angel with The Flaming Sword, Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1893

King Lear: Cordelia's Farewell, Austin Edwin Abbey

Paris Nude, Rolf Armstrong, 1919-1921

Frappr Group for GoodArt Fans

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 01:58:00 +0000

Want to know where other GoodArt fans are? Want them to know where you are? Go over to http://www.frappr.com/goodart and have a peek at the map or add yourself to it!

Chaisseriau Painting

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:24:00 +0000

Khaimraj on the GoodArt list asked about the Chasseriau Angel From the Christie's auction. It's a study from the painting Christ on the Mount of Olives. The final painting is apparently fairly heavily damaged but may have been restored since this image was recorded.

Christ on the Mount of Olives, Theodore Chasseriau, 1840

Christie's Auction

byoder@earthlink.net (Brian Yoder) — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:15:00 +0000

The same day I went to Sotheby's I also went to a pretty similar showing of auction items at Christie's. Here are a few highlights...

La Bergere, Charles-Amable Lenoir

A River Landscape, Peder Mork Monsted, 1897

I was particularly impressed by the Monsted landscapes I saw that day, though I had not heard of him before then. There was a particularly impressive one called A Wooded River Landscape, Deer Grazing in the Distance at the Sotheby's auction tht was similar to this, but which was impossible for me to scan because of how it was printed in the catalog (it spanned the spine of the book). He was definitely an under-appreciated genius!

Portrait of a Young Beauty, Alexei Alejewitch Harlamoff

A Fairy Under Starry Skies, Luis Ricardo Falero

The Angel, Theodore Chaisseriau, c1840