Sunday, November 25, 2012

Diego Velázquez - Venus at Her Mirror (1651)

Diego Velázquez - Venus at Her Mirror (1651)
Also known as Rokeby Venus, The Toilet of Venus, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Eugène Jansson - Soluppgång över taken (Sunrise over the rooftops) (1903)

Eugène Jansson - Soluppgång över taken (Sunrise over the rooftops) (1903)
Eugène Fredrik Jansson (1862 – 1915) was a Swedish painter known for his night-time land- and cityscapes dominated by shades of blue. Towards the end of his life, from about 1904, he mainly painted male nudes. The earlier of these phases has caused him to sometimes be referred to as blåmålaren, "the blue-painter".

Monday, November 19, 2012