by David Clayton on May 17, 2013
Two years ago, I wrote a feature on the American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). What has prompted me to look at his work again is the publication of a beautiful book of his work called Carl Schmitt, The Vision of Beauty. Schmitt was a classically trained American artist who was a friend of Hilaire Belloc, who [...]
by David Clayton on March 11, 2011
Manuel Farrugia, who painted these, is a young man just 22-years old from Gozo, Malta. Most of the skilled naturalistic painters today have received the traditional academic training in a form that resembles that offered in the ateliers of the 19th century. This is an excellent training for portraiture and still lives particularly, but it [...]
by David Clayton on April 15, 2010
This article arose from a conversation with Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement website who mentioned to me that he felt that many of the best examples of sacred art in the naturalistic style that we are being painted today lack something when compared with the baroque masters of the past. He felt that [...]
