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Meindert Hobbema studied under the noted landscape artist Jacob van Ruisdael, and quite a few of his compositions evolved from the work of his erstwhile master. Hobbema approached nature in a straightforward manner, depicting picturesque, rural scenery enlivened by the presence of peasants or hunters.
London, 2003: 2:202-203. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Van Gogh found inspiration for this portrait in the bold complementary colors and contrasting patterns of the Japanese woodblock prints he collected. He fantasized about Japan as a utopia of bright light and color different from the dark, crowded western capitals he lived in.
F 431 JH 1519. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Homer developed a penchant for forceful realism early in his career. Following an apprenticeship in a Boston lithography shop, he supported himself as a freelance illustrator, creating a wide variety of popular images that subsequently were published as wood engravings in national periodicals like Harper’s Weekly .
Berkeley, 2003: 42-43, 321, fig. 13. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Washington, D.C., 2003: 70-74, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
When The White Girl debuted in London in 1862, it puzzled viewers. At the time, portraits of this scale usually featured well-known people.
Paris, 2001: 35. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
In the Low Countries, the Feast of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, is known as Driekoningen (Three Kings). The Christian holiday is traditionally celebrated on January 6th with a festive meal at which friends and relatives gathered to eat, drink, and be merry.
Amsterdam, 1997: 95, 208, cat. 76, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Crawford Notch, a deep valley in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, gained notoriety in 1826 when nine lives were lost in a catastrophic avalanche nearby. Cole’s painting depicts the site of an earlier landslide whose destruction prompted the victims—Mr.
Washington, D.C., 1996: 87-95, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
peacock’s beak, is complemented by an array of foods, including a roasted pheasant, olives
This group portrait represents George Washington’s military, political, and family life. The president, in a Revolutionary War uniform, rests his hand on a plan for Washington, DC, the site for the new US capital.
Washington, D.C., 1995: 146-158, color repro. 147. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
In 1632 Anthony van Dyck was invited to England to work at the court of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria. In Van Dyck, the royal couple and the English aristocracy found an artist whose gifts perfectly matched their artistic sensitivities as well as their political needs and aspirations.
New Haven, 2004: IV.119 Hand, John Oliver.
