November 2009 ~ Blog of an Art Admirer

Thursday

Dmitry Kustanovich. Russian Artist. Rain in Town

Summer Rain

Raining

"Dmitry Kustanovich's paintings are easily recognizable eye due to a special technique...The artist's site

Evening Snowfall

Artworks by Dmitry Kustanovich, Russian Artist.

Cab

Boulvard. Rain

Paintings by Dmitry Kustanovich, Russian Artist.

Painting by Dmitry Kustanovich, Russian Artist.

Evening

Blue Moon

Holiday Rush

Artwork by Dmitry Kustanovich, Russian Artist.

St.Petersburg in Winter

Pink Tram

Christmas Petersburg

Port

Wednesday

Women with Umbrella by Richard Emil Miller (1875-1943) American Impressionist Painter

Paintings by Richard Emil Miller, American Impressionist

Afternoon Tea

Richard Emil Miller (1875–1943), American Impressionist painter, studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and later he left for Paris to study at Academie Julian (1898–1901). He was known as a member of the “Giverny Group” - the second generation of American artists to study and paint near the home of Claude Monet. He lived in France until 1914, working in various Paris studios in the winters, and teaching his own summer classes at Giverny and Normandy. The subjects of his paintings were almost exclusively female, and he usually captured them during a moment of quiet reverie. On his return to America he became a founder, along with Edmund Greacen, of the Provincetown Artists Colony.
Richard Emil Miller, American Impressionist Painter (2)

Reclining Nude

Woman Reading in a Garden

Painting by Richard Emil Miller, American Impressionist

Tea Time, 1914

The Pool

Lady Reading

String Artist

Women in Painting by Richard Emil Miller American Impressionist

Summer Reverie, 1914

The Garden Seat

Girl With Parasol

Grimani Breviary (1490-1510)

Grimini Breviary, The Month of January. Illumination on parchment

The codex is an illuminated manuscript of the Ghent-Bruges school of book illustration, dating from 1490-1510. It contains 831 parchment sheets with illuminations on 1280 pages and 110 pictures all of them in a decorated frame.
The miniatures represent different styles, some of them are attributed to Hans Memling, while others to Alexander and Simon Bening.
The name comes from Cardinal Grimani of Venice, who purchased this beautiful illuminated manuscript in 1520 for 500 golden ducates.
The origin of the codex is unknown and the original can never leave Venice and is housed in the National Library of St Mark's.
Here's more on
Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, In Painting;
Piazza San Marco, Venice, in Painting;
The Doge's Palace, Venice, in Painting