Piero di Cosimo

Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521)

The Forest Fire (c. 1505) Oil on panel, approximately 28 inches x 79.5 inches. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Gerard David

Gerard David (c. 1460 – 1523)

Three Legends of Saint Nicholas circa 1500-20. Oil on panel, 3 panels each: 55.90 by 33.70 cm

If you ever get the chance to watch Sister Wendy talk about this painting, she will MAKE you love it. (Sister Wendy's Odyssey? Grand Tour?... can't remember which series.)

Maira Kalman

Ottoman Breakfast, 2008
gouache on paper 14 x 10 1/4”

www.mairakalman.com

I love her children's books too. Especially this one which uses the lyrics from a Talking Head's song.

Isaac Levitan

The Lake. Study. 1898-99. Oil on canvas mounted on panel.

The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) was a classical Russian landscape painter.  This particular painting was one of his last, unfinished paintings.  If it is unfinished, it looks perfect to me!  I love the colors and the lightness.  There is an interesting summary of the artist here.  Galleries of his work can be found here or here.

I have been fascinated by Russian art ever since an art history class that briefly covered Soviet art in modern art discussions.  Some things are similar to Western art and some things are uniquely Russian.  Check out The Russian Art Gallery to see more.

Laurie Skantzos

I like the big abstract shapes with a nod to nature.

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