painting by Jan ten Compe (1713-1761). His townscapes are not romanticized, but celebrate the pride and joy of quiet Dutch industriousness: tidy towns that provide a good way of life for eminently civilized people.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Aelbert Cuyp paintings geocoded
painting by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691). An artist most known for works that feature handsome livestock, Cuyp often used recognizable town features as a backdrop, and on occasion did a proper cityscape. His favorite subject was the venerable city of Dordrecht, and he painted it in many moods, though none so lovingly as this example.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Vetheuil paintings in GeocodedArt
painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926). Before Monet did his famous repeat studies of the doors of the Rouen cathedral in varieties of lighting, and before the studies of haystacks, he painted a dozen images of the town, river banks, and especially the Church at Vétheuil. Not many artists had a commitment to capture in art a view of a place on a day and in conditions that most residents of the place would rather forget.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Etretat paintings in GeocodedArt
Painting by Claude-Emil Schuffenecker (1851-1934). Many of this artist's landscapes appear to be what one might see on a pleasant walk, not necessarily the most impressive vistas. This image is a merger of these approaches, featuring a landmark feature, a spectacular sunset, and common people going about the back-breaking work that was a defining feature of the "good old days".
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Camille Pissarro paintings in Geocoded Art
painting by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). It seems that Pissaro painted everything he saw: still life, portraits, terrain, city life, country life, great buildings, industrial innovation, unspoiled nature. The common element is some optimism, a sense that the artist was pleased with everything he saw. This is a curious framing, to show only a part of the door to the station; the subject is really the life that swirls around it, like painting the rapidly changing surface of water to connote a surging river.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Paul Flandrin paintings in GeocodedArt
painting by Paul Flandrin (1811 - 1902). Of the two painting Flandrin brothers, Paul was far more oriented to painting outdoor scenes, and devoted great attention to realistic foliage. His scenes tended toward wilderness, with few if any figures; often painted sites that looked the same as they must have before humans were ever on the scene. The sky casts a beneficent glow in this image, allowing a fellow to lean on his staff for a moment and take some contentment in nature.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Alfred Sisley paintings Geocoded
Painting by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899). Sisley's most recognizable works, those around Moret-sur-Loing, were a departure in subject matter from his long-standing style: no figures are included in most of his images, nor are the great landmarks of France. More often than not the pleasing vistas along the riverbanks that he so frequently painted did not include identifiable landmarks, and yet they were usually named very specifically by place,
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