Love these trompe l’oeil paintings by 17th century Dutch artist Edward Coiller. It’s mind blowing to think that they were painted so long ago and yet their depth and composition remain striking hundreds of years later. Pity I can’t snag one for our apartment : )
This is amazing! It reminds me of a trompe l’oeil painting I saw by a Georgetown professor… makes me want a s’more.
http://www.sharonmoody.com/pgs/Hershey's.html
Kate — The link doesn’t work! I want to see!
Goodness! This is amazing!!! Art just never ceases to amaze me. I would hang this in my living room in a Dutch nano second.
I stood in the Rijksmuseum for hours, open-mouthed looking at trompe l’oeil paintings-weeks later, I learned my dearest friend Quill was taking an amazing seminar on the Dutch realists, so she would send me amazing little tidbits!
try this again… it’s the second in the top row:
http://www.sharonmoody.com/pgs/galleryone.html
but seriously… who wouldn’t want a s’more after this?
Lena — You have a friend named Quill? I’m jealous.
Kate — CHOCOLATE!! Love it. Modern day trompe l’oeil at its best!
The symbolism in the Dutch masters’ works is amazing! That is something fun to look into.
AH-MA-ZING!!
its amazing how current they look!
Katie when you are in NYC again you must go to the Frick Collection and see an amazing little Trompe L’oeil by a Swiss artist, Liotard. It is truly amazing in depth and detail.
Leslie — I love the Frick! Used to be a member so I could go all the time : ) Will have to look for this piece—what fantastic, art savvy readers I have! xx
Wow. The fact that it was painted so long ago and yet it still looks as if it couldve been painted today is so intriguing, I love it.
Honest to goodness, before I read the post, I thought the top painting was a photo. You share such great finds!
17th century?
Mine the paintings look so actual… :swoon:
The second one would do wonderfully in your future Nigela’s Library :)