By guest author ClassicBecky
http://www.classicbeckybrainfood.blogspot.com/
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| John White Alexander |
I had never heard of the artist John White Alexander (1856-1915) until Yvette, a blogger friend of mine, highlighted some of his paintings on her site.
(See below for information to visit Yvette's lovely site.) His work is stunningly beautiful, specializing in portraiture, and I plan to try to obtain at least one print for myself. Alexander was a very popular artist of his day, and he did portraits of many famous people, including Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Walt Whitman. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alexander was quite celebrated, accepted into the famous Beaux Arts Salon in Paris, and his paintings now hang in museums, including The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Library of Congress. I find it strange that his work was not known to me, but here for your enjoyment is a selection of some of my personal favorites:
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| Juliette |
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| Portrait in Gray |
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| Young Girl in Rose |
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| Portrait of Mark Twain |
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| A Ray Of Sunlight (the Cellist) |
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| Althea |
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| Isabella and the Pot of Basil |
If you could choose one painting from this selection, which would it be? For me, it is the lovely Isabella ... and now I'm getting greedy ... I want The Cellist too!
(Visit Yvette's blog, in so many words..., to see more of John White Alexander, and to enjoy her offerings of art, literature and classic film reviews. Click on http://www.yvettecandraw.blogspot.com. )
