French painter
Raoul du Gardier (1871 - 1952) -
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American painter
Scott Burdick -
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British painter
Harry Leith Ross (1886 - 1973) -
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French painter
Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)-
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American painter Scott Burdick -
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French painter Raoul du Gardier -
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Irish painter
Sir John Lavery (1856 - 1941) - source
Colliers cover art:
Walter Appleton Clark (1876 - 1906)
American painter
Victor C. Anderson (1882 - 1937) -
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French painter Raoul du Gardier -
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American painter
William J. Aylward (1875 - 1956) -
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British painter Thomas Henslow Barnard (1898 - 1992) -
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Austrian painter
Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) -
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American painter
Edward Alfred Cucuel (1875 - 1954) -
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American painter
Julius LeBlanc Stewart (1855 - 1919) -
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Uruguayan born American painter
Francis Luis Mora -
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"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
I am not a boats and water person but I loved your image choices.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mystica, I'm not much of water person myself, but I admit I do love these paintings of boats and water AND I do love to be near the water. :)
DeleteYvette, I think water isn't the easiest of elements to paint. I liked the reflections in nearly every one of these.
ReplyDeleteI do too, Prashant. Lovely handling of a very elusive element.
DeleteDear Yvette,
ReplyDeletePainting water is interesting because some of these successful images rely upon depicting the water's reflection, while some like the first image (and some of the images in your last posting) rely on looking through the water. And then I would make a third category that defines water by waves and ripples. I am reminded of Maxfield Parrish, who would actually construct models for his landscapes, using mirrors for water.
I never knew that about Parrish, Mark. I know that some painters and illustrators make models of their characters - I knew someone who did just that. At first I thought it was odd, but then I realized it made complete sense especially if you were working on a book where you're showing the characters from different angles all the time.
DeleteI never really got a handle on water. But I enjoyed painting it just the same, especially the fish. :)
Why am I drawn to the Monet, Gardier and Schiele? So refreshing. Wish I were sitting, looking at a lake or dipping my feet into the water.
ReplyDeleteHaving grown up in Chicago, I found lake swimming refreshing, especially since one could sit under a tree, although I did my share of getting burned to a crisp as a teen-ager, sans sunscreen or umbrella. We were nuts then and ignorant of the evils of too much sun.
But give me a lake, preferably one surrounded by trees, maybe mountains, like in Maine and I'm happy.
My daughter and her hubby has a family style boat where they live by a lake. They go out all the time. My grandchildren love it. Occasionally I will join them on the lake, but I never go in the water anymore. Sill, it is fun to speed along (not TOO fast) and enjoy the wind and water and just the sensation. It's almost like being on a mini-vacation. :)
DeleteMy husband is a sailor and when we had our sailboat, we had the quote from Wind in the Willows laminated and hung in the galley. I prefer reading to sailing! Or reading about sailing to actually doing it!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind going out on the water if I don't have to do any of the work. But since I can't swim (shame on me, I know) I'm always a bit leery. (I can float, however. So I suppose I'd just float until someone saved me. Ha.) My daughter's boat is just the ticket for spending a nice lazy day on the lake with the grandchildren. They love it so. :)
DeleteThey are all lovely but the first one the water is perfect it draws me right in and makes me want to put my hand in!
ReplyDeleteYes, I love that painting by Du Gardier very much. Though I am not fond of canoes. NOT at all. :) That water looks perfect for mermaids.
DeleteI wish I had about to mess around it.
ReplyDeleteWhatever. Me too. :)
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