Motifs of Real Life - Vermeer

Dutch painting of the Golden Age; Vermeer...

Dienstmagd mit Milchkrug (The Milkmaid) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This landmark exhibition (2017, 2018; no longer exhibited...) examines the artistic exchanges among  Johannes Vermeer and his contemporaries from the mid-1650s to around 1680, when they reached the height of their technical ability and mastery of genre painting, or depictions of daily life. The introduction of quiet scenes unfolding in private household spaces and featuring elegant ladies and gentlemen was among the most striking innovations of Dutch painting of the Golden Age, a time of unparalleled innovation and prosperity. The exhibition brings together nearly 70 works by Vermeer and his fellow painters, including   Gerard ter Borch,  Gerrit Dou,   Pieter de Hooch,   Gabriel Metsu,   Frans van Mieris,   Caspar Netscher, and   Jan Steen , who lived in various towns throughout the Dutch Republic, from Delft and Deventer to Amsterdam and Leiden. Juxtaposing paintings related by theme, motif, and composition, the exhibition explores how these artists inspired, rivaled, surpassed, and pushed each other to greater artistic achievement. The exhibition features 10 paintings by Vermeer (many of which have not been seen in the United States since the Gallery’s 1995–1996 exhibition   Johannes Vermeer), including The Lacemaker (c. 1669–1670, Musée du Louvre, Paris) and  The Love Letter (c. 1669–1670, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). A fully illustrated catalog features essays by the curators and essays and entries by a team of international scholars. Girl Interrupted at Her Music, 1660–61 Frick Collection, New York

Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 Oil on canvas, Mauritshuis, The Hague Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection  Art as "Motifs of Real Life"... My own art has always been influenced by the idea of "motif" and "real life". Much of abstract, post-abstract, and "contemporary" art lacks these directions, ending up full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, or worse, nothing but trivial decoration. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists used "Real Life" motifs (i.e., "what the painting is about"), sharply in contrast to the idealized "not real" subject matter of established academicism,  to see more, go here - " Impressionist - Post Impressionist Motifs"

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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Vermeer - Girl with a Red Hat

I like to think of my artwork motifs quite specifically.  That is, the works here are not "portrait of a woman"; they are Eva and Shannon. EVA

SHANNON

Multimedia/Charcoal Collage, Stevie Nicks, ...

18 to 20 inch Fine Art prints start at about  $20, other sizes options available, go here... Save Stevie Nicks Charcoal/multimedia Sketch Original Fine Art.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  (click title above for print-on-demand...)   Stevie Nicks charcoal and mixed media digital sketch, original fine Art. Click the title above for prints; signed prints, limited editions and artist proofs, and originals as available may be found here: Stevie Nicks Collage Leather and Lace Original Fine Art.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  Stevie Nicks charcoal and digital collage, Leather and Lace, original fine Art. Prints may be purchased here, signed prints, limited editions and artist proofs, and originals as available may be found here: Cher Collage Gypsies Half-Breed Dark Lady   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  Cher multimedia acrylic/Oil digital collage, original fine Art. Prints may be purchased here, signed prints, limited editions and artist proofs, and originals as available may be found here: I am a realist at heart, and enjoy interpreting realistic motifs in color and mood. My style includes traditional methods applied in a casual-realist manner usually a relatively thin underpainting, and using transparent glazes to enrich colors and shadows. Recently I have also been doing some new prints and paintings as mixed-media on paper and as direct original digital images. All images are copyright. Permission is granted to download any images of my own art on this web site provided that downloaded pictures and/o coppies are only for personal use. No permission is granted for any commercial use; all other rights reserved. Fine art paintings, original and classical fine styled paintings, GrlFineArt by G. Linsenmayer. Examples of classical fine art nude paintings, goddess, nudes, and examples of my own original fine art paintings. G. Linsenmayer paintings are for sale, originals and print-on-demand; look here for links.

Summer Landscapes, Maryland, Carolina

18 to 20 inch Fine Art prints start at about  $20, other sizes options available, go here... GrlFineArt Save                  Original fine art painting, Maryland Farm, Spring Landscapes, near Frederick, probably in the 1980s. Original fine art painting, Maryland Farm, Summer Landscapes, probably in the 1980s.

Sunrise Pond Maryland Landscape Original Fine Art Painting    (click title above for print-on-demand...) - Multimedia Acrylic/oil $450 17 x 12 inches ... an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, probably in Anne Arundel county or nearby, pond at sunrise. This is based on pictures that I took while living in that area, probably in the 1970s. Misty Morning Maryland Landscape Original Fine Art Painting, detail.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  ... an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, probably in Anne Arundel county or nearby, of a misty morning landscape. This is based on pictures that I took while living in that area, probably in the 1970s..

Original Fine Art Painting Orange Poppies North Carolina (detail).   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  Multimedia Acrylic/oil $370, 15 x 9.5 inches. ... an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, spring wildflowers in North Carolina, just across the bridge from Emerald Isle. This is based on pictures that I took while visting my daughter. The area just west of the bridge had been planted with "wildflowers"....

Barn Yellow Spring Fields Maryland Landscape Fine Art.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, a barn in Maryland, near Frederick, yellow spring fields of flowers. This is based on pictures that I took while living for a while in Frederick. Painted in a traditional-modern contemporary style, spring colors. $370 14.7 x 10.2 inches

Spring Landscapes, Maryland, Carolina - II

18 to 20 inch Fine Art prints start at about  $20, other sizes options available, go here... GrlFineArt Save                  Original Fine Art Digital Springtime Fields Farm Maryland    (click title above for print-on-demand...) ... an original mixed media and oil painting, a landscape, yellow, near Frederick, Maryland, accomplished in a style somewhat reminiscent of Van Gogh. I pictured it some years ago, in the 1970s. - Actylic-oil Mixed-media 13 x 7.5 inches, $300. Beaufort North Carolina Street Church 1 - Original Digital Fine Art    (click title above for print-on-demand...) - An original digital fine art painting, in a traditional-modern contemporary style. The original view was from some video footage which I took during a visit to see my daughter, on Emerald Isle; I used to like to often go to Beaufort. Fine art paintings, original and classical fine styled fine art paintings, GrlFineArt by G. Linsenmayer. Examples of classical fine art nude paintings, goddess, nudes, and examples of my own original fine art paintings. G. Linsenmayer paintings are for sale, originals and print-on-demand; look here for links... Eastern Shore Maryland Field Of Blue Flowers...    (click title above for print-on-demand...) Traditional, oil on linen, 32 x 18 inches, $1,400 - I painted this some years ago, during a trip down the eastern shore. Oil on linen; the original is for sale, $1400.

Original Fine Art Digital Springtime Fields Farm Maryland (Detail)    (click title above for print-on-demand...) ... detail. Detail (Church), Signed print...    (click title above for print-on-demand...) ... detail. Detail (House), Signed print...    (click title above for print-on-demand...) ... detail. Eastern Shore Maryland Field Of Blue Flowers (Detail)...   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  ... detail.

Yellow Spring Fields Maryland Landscape Fine Art (detail).   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  ... an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, Maryland, yellow spring fields of flowers, a detail of another painting of a barn near Frederick. This is based on pictures that I took while living for a while in Frederick .. accomplished in a traditional-modern style, spring colors.

Barn Yellow Spring Fields Maryland Landscape Fine Art.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, a barn in Maryland, near Frederick, yellow spring fields of flowers. This is based on pictures that I took while living for a while in Frederick. Painted in a traditional-modern contemporary style, spring colors. $370 14.7 x 10.2 inches

PRINT ORDERS ONLINE... Prints start approximately at               "small-medium"       "medium-large"       "large..."                   ~ 12x16                   ~ 16x24                  ~ 24x32                   ~ $15                      ~ $18 to $24            ~ $27 to $37 Additional choices are always available, such as types of prints, mats, frames... Follow the links below for prints...  - ARTFLAKES   - Imagekind   - FineArtAmerica Free downloads of all my own images on this web site are available; see below...

Here are some links to my own work... 03/--/19 Sites...   - Fine Arts Paintings and Digital Art (paintings, prints)   - Original Fine Art Nude Paintings and Digital Art   - Original Fine Art and Home Decor (home decor examples)   - Traditional-Modern Fine Art   - Fine Art Nudes - Original Custom Digital Prints on Sale... Blogs...   - fine arts paintings and digital art   - traditional-modern art   - fine art nude   - fine art nude paintings Online...   - Absolutearts   - FineArtAmerica   - ARTFLAKES   - Imagekind   - Artq   - Picassomio google, facebook   - g. linsenmayer...   - facebook - GRL Fine Art

I am a realist at heart, and enjoy interpreting realistic motifs in color and mood. My style includes traditional methods applied in a casual-realist manner usually a relatively thin underpainting, and using transparent glazes to enrich colors and shadows. Recently I have also been doing some new prints and paintings as mixed-media on paper and as direct original digital images. All images are copyright. Permission is granted to download any images of my own art on this web site provided that downloaded pictures and/o copies are only for personal use. No permission is granted for any commercial use; all other rights reserved.

Fine art paintings, original and classical fine styled paintings, GrlFineArt by G. Linsenmayer. Examples of classical fine art nude paintings, goddess, nudes, and examples of my own original fine art paintings. G. Linsenmayer paintings are for sale, originals and print-on-demand; look here for links.

Spring Landscapes, Maryland, Carolina

18 to 20 inch Fine Art prints start at about  $20, other sizes options available, go here... GrlFineArt Save                  ... an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, painted from a field I saw while going to visit my daughter in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. $300, 15.3 x 9.5 inches. ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING, 15x10", $300 SIGNED PRINTS PRINT ORDERS ONLINE... Red Poppies Landscapes Flowers Emerald Isle Multimedia Fine Art    (click title above for print-on-demand...) Red poppies... oil on linen, a field of poppies, near emerald isle, North Carolina; painted from a field I saw while going to visit my daughter in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. The art work here is a detail, posterized... The original is not for sale; custom prints are available. SIGNED PRINTS PRINT ORDERS ONLINE... Virginia Farm Countryside Spring.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  ... near Manassas, Virginia, driving south of Leesburg, Virgina, during a trip to North Carolina. Traditional, oil on linen; the original is for sale, 24 x 18 inches $560.

Spring Colors Yellow Mustard Fields Maryland Landscape    (click title above for print-on-demand...) ...a traditional painting, Original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, near Frederick Maryland, spring colors, yellow mustard fields. This is based on pictures that I took while living for a while in Frederick .. accomplished in a traditional-modern style. Price $450 Dimensions 18 x 12 inches ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING, 18x12", $450 SIGNED PRINTS PRINT ORDERS ONLINE... Virginia Farm Countryside Spring (detail).   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  ... near Manassas, Virginia, driving south of Leesburg, Virgina, during a trip to North Carolina. Traditional, oil on linen; the original is for sale, $560. ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING, 24x18", $560 SIGNED PRINTS PRINT ORDERS ONLINE...

Yellow Spring Fields Maryland Landscape Fine Art (detail).   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  ... an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, Maryland, yellow spring fields of flowers, a detail of another painting of a barn near Frederick. This is based on pictures that I took while living for a while in Frederick .. accomplished in a traditional-modern style, spring colors.

Barn Yellow Spring Fields Maryland Landscape Fine Art.   (click title above for print-on-demand...)  an original multimedia acrylic/oil painting, a barn in Maryland, near Frederick, yellow spring fields of flowers. This is based on pictures that I took while living for a while in Frederick. Painted in a traditional-modern contemporary style, spring colors. $370 14.7 x 10.2 inches

PRINT ORDERS ONLINE... Prints start approximately at               "small-medium"       "medium-large"       "large..."                   ~ 12x16                   ~ 16x24                  ~ 24x32                   ~ $15                      ~ $18 to $24            ~ $27 to $37 Additional choices are always available, such as types of prints, mats, frames... Follow the links below for prints...  - ARTFLAKES   - Imagekind   - FineArtAmerica Free downloads of all my own images on this web site are available; see below...

Here are some links to my own work... 03/--/19 Sites...   - Fine Arts Paintings and Digital Art (paintings, prints)   - Original Fine Art Nude Paintings and Digital Art   - Original Fine Art and Home Decor (home decor examples)   - Traditional-Modern Fine Art   - Fine Art Nudes - Original Custom Digital Prints on Sale... Blogs...   - fine arts paintings and digital art   - traditional-modern art   - fine art nude   - fine art nude paintings Online...   - Absolutearts   - FineArtAmerica   - ARTFLAKES   - Imagekind   - Artq   - Picassomio google, facebook   - g. linsenmayer...   - facebook - GRL Fine Art

I am a realist at heart, and enjoy interpreting realistic motifs in color and mood. My style includes traditional methods applied in a casual-realist manner usually a relatively thin underpainting, and using transparent glazes to enrich colors and shadows. Recently I have also been doing some new prints and paintings as mixed-media on paper and as direct original digital images. All images are copyright. Permission is granted to download any images of my own art on this web site provided that downloaded pictures and/o copies are only for personal use. No permission is granted for any commercial use; all other rights reserved.

Fine art paintings, original and classical fine styled paintings, GrlFineArt by G. Linsenmayer. Examples of classical fine art nude paintings, goddess, nudes, and examples of my own original fine art paintings. G. Linsenmayer paintings are for sale, originals and print-on-demand; look here for links.