Josef Willroider - German 1838-1915

17 x 32 cm

The brushwork in this little piece (stumbled upon on an art auction website) is wonderfully eloquent and efficient (how German). Right-leaning diagonal marks in the sky balance the left-leaning reeds.

Complementary Colours

George Carlson, American, In the Shadow of the Sun, 42 x 42 inches

Subtle hints of pink lend radiance to the predominantly green palette. There's just the right amount of the complementary colour to create a vibration. Too much and the vibration becomes oscillation, and the sense of peace in the work is lost. The square format enhances the abstract qualities of the piece.
Here's a link to the artist's biography.

Klimt and Schiele Urban Studies

Greek Landscape Painting

Vikentios Bokatsiambis, View of the Church of St Nikolas, Athens, 28.3 x 58 cm














Michalis Economou, 1888-1933, Les Buissons, 38.5 x 46 cm

Ivan Aivazovsky - Armenian/Russian

Daryal Gorge

In Aivazovsky's landscapes light penetrates shadow and mist, conveying a sense of mystical grandeur.

Thomas Paquette - American

These works have a wonderful mystical feel. I think the medium is oil, but, if I remember correctly, this artist also uses pastels, and may have wanted to bring something of pastel technique into oil painting. Some oil painters squeeze their paint out onto absorbant paper to take out as much oil as possible, this gives their work a chalkier appearance. I believe Monet did this.

Albert Goodwin - British

The Sultan and his Camp by the Enchanted Lake 1888









I think this work is hanging in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.