Saturday Salon: A Favorite Painting or Two.....or Three!

Portrait of author and garden expert Vita Sackville-West

The Buffet  

Portrait of Panchita Zorolla

Japanese Fan

Portrait of author John Masefield

Portrait of author Thomas Hardy

Portrait of C.R. Ashbee - charcoal and pastels

Beautiful etching of author Robert Louis Stevenson

Portrait of A Young Girl

William Strang Self-portrait

Willian Strang (1859 - 1921) was a gifted and prolific painter and etcher, born in Dumbarton, Scotland. He was primarily well known for his multiple etchings sometimes done in series to illustrate stories or allegorical poems, but also as solitary portraits. As you can see above, Strang's paintings were also rather fine and unique. To my eye, Strang was a master of psychological intensity, capturing the expression that told a tale if you look closely enough.

I'm new to Strang's work and I'm still researching him online, marveling all the while.

Photo of Wm. Strang at work by E.O. Hoppe - 1909

To learn more about William Strang please use this link. And this one. For whatever reason, there really isn't a tremendous amount of biographical information that I can find online for Strang. If you have a better link, please let me know.

William Strang - Self-Portrait

William Strang - Self-portrait, looking very much like a bemused and maybe disillusioned old man.

Disclaimer: The artwork in this post was culled from various sources online. I do not own any pertinent copyrights nor do I claim to. This post is strictly for educational and artistic enlightenment.