PHANTOM EMPIRES
  • MOVIES
  • OLD TIME RADIO
  • US TV
  • UK-TV
  • MOUNTIE PULP!
  • BOOKS
  • ARTISTS
  • ALMANAC
  • My Fiction
  • contact

Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (1863 – 1935)

1/14/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
It's no secret that I love the Dutch and Flemish art;  they have what it takes to touch my heart.  One of the main reasons, I think,  is that they're masters with light.  Vermeer, of course, gets most of the attention,  but the Dutch in general do magic with the brush when it comes to lighting scenes.  Carl Holsoe is very much at the top of my list in this area.  Born in Arhus, Denmark,  He attended the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen.

Although he did portraits and landscapes,  what I love is his interior paintings.  Usually featuring a woman engaged in some quite activity,  especially reading,  he evokes a wonderfully peaceful atmosphere.  His lighting and muted colours work together to create this tranquility,  and at a level that I believe is unrivaled in the world of representative painters.  He certainly knows how to bring wall to life!  Witness his masterful arrangement of furniture and wall decor (I've never wanted plates on my wall so much as after looking at his art);  he knows what looks good in a home! 

I can't get enough of his wonderful world...he's made me look at my own domicile with an eye for peaceful living,  and it has done wonders.

0 Comments
    Picture

    RSS Feed

    This page is for artists of all kinds; carvers, painters, illustrators, musicians, and whomever I think creates art...whatever that is.

    Picture

    ARTISTS

    All
    3 Vasilis
    Agnes Woodward
    ALBANIAN ART
    Angelo Morbelli
    Antique Musique
    Antonio Rubino
    Anton Pieck
    ART
    Artur Muharremi
    Art Whistling
    Asmahan
    Barry Moser
    California School Of Artistic Whistling
    Cardinals
    Carl Holsoe
    Catholic Art
    Cavaliers In Art
    Charles Dana Gibson
    Cossack Mamay
    Der Kraudn Sepp
    Eduard Von Grützner
    Edwardian
    Evariste Vital Luminais
    Farid Al Atrash
    Fiireplace Screen
    Frans Snyders
    Fritz Eichenberg
    Geert Chatrou
    Gustaf Tenggren
    Hacki Tamás
    HOT STUFF SERIES
    Jim Flora
    Josef Bauer
    K. Sivaprasad
    Margaret McKee
    Monks
    Musicians
    PAINTINGS
    Paul De Vos
    Pipes In Art
    Raden Saleh
    Roger Whittaker
    Roy G. Krenkel
    RUSSIAN ART
    Sibyl Sanderson Fagan
    Sidrit Vaqari
    Swords In Art
    T. F. Šimon
    Vasily Polenov
    Vasily Surikov
    Vasily Vereshchagin
    Victorian
    Whistling Wizards
    Woodcarving
    Zither

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.