Eye Candy for Today: Godward’s Under the Blossom…

Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough, John Willian Godward, oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81 cm). Link is to file page on Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection.

Neo-Classical Victorian painter John William Godward was known for his portrayals of beautifully dressed women lounging amid idyllic classical architecture, much in a similar vein to Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

Here the model is surrounded by blossoms, both in the tree overhead and the irises in the foreground. I like the little touches of fallen blossoms at the base of the structure under the urn.

Lines and Color

Posted at 2026-07-01 10:46:56 | Illustrations | read on

Horace Knowles

Horace J Knowles was a British writer and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his illustrations for fairland and fairy tales, as well as biblical illustrations and pieces to accompany poetry.

He worked in black and white, in a style that shows the influence of Art Nouveau as well as that of other Golden Age illustrators.

I couldn’t find many sources of his work online, and a number of the available reproductions are uncorrected scans from pages that have yelklowed, Still, they can be quite beautiful, ranging from delicate landscapes to bold figures.

Eye Candy for the Summer Solstice: Waterfall in Summer Mountains

Waterfall in Summer Mountains, Nakabayashi Chikuto, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 50 x 17 inches (126 x 43 cm), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

19th century (Edo period) Japanese artist Nakabayashi Chikuto paints a beautifully subtle and evocative mountain scene with a strong, eye-leading composition.

My eye goes to the crest of the mountain, follows the verdant landscape down through the mist and cascades with the waterfall, leading me to the small lone figure sitting on a bridge in apparent contemplation of nature.

The small size of the figure in relation to the...

Florist by Daniele Turturici

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Ambush by Daniele Turturici

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Chilling on the Terrace by Daniele Turturici

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"The Ring" by Artem Chebokha

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We're just looking by Alex Andreev

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Eye candy for today: Johannes Verspronk portrait

Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer, Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, oil on canvas, 41 x 31 in. (104 x 79 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the image.

I hadn’t heard of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Verspronk until I came across this painting while browsing the National Gallery site.

The portrait grabbed my attention with its striking persence and dimenaionality, the latter largely accompished by the extended elbow and the overall value structure, which thrusts the figure forward into the light out of the dark...

Ceramic prints by Sheng Lam

Something a bit different, I opened up a print shop!

https://www.blueduckleaf.com/

Was a fun personal project going doing more marketing and setting things up. Thanks to https://www.artstation.com/aureliahilary for helping out with everything!

Currently only shipping to UK/EU and USA/CA, because shipping to other places is expensive at the moment, but I'm actively working on a way to ship it to other countries for a lower price.
I will make an announcement in the next few weeks when it's ready.

Thanks for checking it out!

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