Informative Comparative Look

To some followers of Mucha, these images won't be new. But to others, it could be an informative comparative look at Mucha's reference photos and the resulting works.

Mucha

— Poster for The Spring Festival of Song & Music in Prague —

1914

Mucha — Emerald — 1909

Mucha — Poster for The Regional Fair at Ivančice — 1912

Mucha — A plate from Documents Décoratifs — 1899

Mucha — study for the cover of Cloches de Noël et de Pâques —1900

Hey Larry!

Vice Squad

Here's a guy gettin' picked on by a squad of vice. Leave him alone you goons! Can't you see he just wants to enjoy your company in peace?! Can't a guy just have a little fun?!

Correggio — Allegory of Vice — tempera on canvas

Correggio — study for Allegory of Vice — red chalk

Mediterranean Beach

Time for another watercolor by Sir William Russell Flint, this one combining his love for figure studies and the life Mediterranean. Flint was so prolific, over his many years, with his watercolor studies that I suspect there are many out there still waiting to be uncovered.

Sir William Russell Flint — Bathers on a Mediterranean Beach

Day & the DawnStar

While we're on the subject of Draper's figure studies, here's a classic sketch for his painting Day & the Dawnstar. I've posted that painting and its oil study before, but I'm including the oil study again, for comparison.

The Draper Method

Herbert Draper is a favorite artist of many. His figure studies are appreciated nearly as much as his full-blown paintings. Here are a few for those of you who are fans of the Draper method.

Study for The Evening Hours

Study for The Vintage Morn

Study for Chariot of the Dawn

Study for Literature

Study for Science

Figure study

Study for an Elf

Study for Tristam and Yseult

Study for A Vintage Morn

Study for The Mountain Mists