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This Week’s Art: Levêque’s “La Parque (The Fates)”
Auguste Levêque, La Parque (The Fates)

This Week’s Art: Levêque’s “La Parque (The Fates)”

Levêque was really hitting all manner of emotions with this piece.He painted the Roman versions of the fates, the Parcae. Rather, while I think he captured the essence of the Parcae, what he really captured here was existence itself. This is the spectacle of fate, on hand to show life and death in action.
Feb. 24, 2018
This Week’s Art: Schoonover’s “Hopalong Takes Command”
Hopalong Takes Command, Frank Earle Schoonover

This Week’s Art: Schoonover’s “Hopalong Takes Command”

I’ve always loved this piece by Frank Schoonover, though that can be said for many of the pieces I’ve seen by the artist. He was one of the classic illustrators, and being primarily an illustrator myself it’s easy to see why he’s always been one of my favorites. Hopalong Takes Command is an exceptional example of Schoonover’s […]
Feb. 24, 2018
This Week’s Art: Yaroshenko’s “The Prisoner”
The Prisoner, Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko

This Week’s Art: Yaroshenko’s “The Prisoner”

There’s probably something to be said about me when it comes to the reasons why I like “The Prisoner” by Yaroshenko. Maybe I’m a darker soul, a lonely one, or even just someone who contemplates life frequently, but this type of image really speaks to me. It’s not that this painting is particularly complex, either. […]
Feb. 24, 2018