Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael

From Wikipedia (edited):
"Ruisdael's favorite subjects are simple woodland scenes, similar to those of Everdingen and Hobbema. He is especially noted as a painter of trees, and his rendering of foliage, particularly of oak leaf age, is characterized by the greatest spirit and precision."
When I was a child, one of his paintings of a distant view of Haarlem was on the back of a Reader's Digest monthly. I looked for hours at it. As a young adult I travelled to Haarlem to find one of those vistas which where of course long gone by then. What I found, however, clearly made the journey worth it. The small community Vogelenzang south of Haarlem provides access to a huge park that stretches from mainland forests to the North Sea Coast. Have a look if you want:
https://www.google.de/maps/@52.3214881,4.5600984,14z
I don't know any more tranquil and serene place in Holland, it's just beautiful. And finally, here are the pictures:

Edvard Gustav Eisenlohr (1872–1961)

From http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fei02 (edited):

Eisenlohr was of German descent and spent most of his productive years in the United States, in Texas, to be precise. I love Texas, that's one thing and that's how I came upon this great artist. I also love some of his work. Examples of which are hard to come by. So here I show my favourite ones. If anyone sees this and has pictures in high resolution, please share. As I said, he's hard to come by.

Paintings by Édouard Cortès

From Wikipedia (edited):
"Édouard Leon Cortès (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings."
That said, I don't know of much else he painted. All beautiful though, to my taste.

Paintings by Robert Duncan

Duncan paints life as it should be: an often idyllic harmony of man and nature. His painting-technique is convincing, his choice of subjects can be seen as kitschy. Nonetheless, I like what he does. Here are some of my favourite ones:

Here is a link to find out more:
http://www.robertduncanstudios.com/about-robert.html

Paintings by Jacques Joseph Tissot

From Wikipedia (edited)
"Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), who became known as James Tissot by 1854, was a French painter and illustrator.
His series of 365 gouache (opaque watercolor) illustrations showing the life of Christ were shown to critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences in Paris (1894–5), London (1896) and New York (1898–9), before being bought by the Brooklyn Museum in 1900."
Here are just a few of his wonderful illustrations:

Japanese Pottery and Ceramics

Brian Noles is selling fine ceramics designed and produced by Japanese artists. The items do not come cheap, however, they are of the best quality and truely something special. Here are a few examples:

On the web you will find Brian at www.2000cranes.com. For a rough price orientation divide the Yen amount by 150 to obtain a price in Euro. For US-$ that would be 120 Y to the dollar. In the UK divide by 185.

Paintings by Rockwell Kent

From Wikipedia  (edited
"Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer.
He studied with several influential painters and theorists of his day.
A transcendentalist and mystic in the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson, whose works he read, Kent found inspiration in the austerity and stark beauty of wilderness.
When Kent died of a heart attack in 1971 The New York Times described him as "... a thoughtful, troublesome, profoundly independent, odd and kind man who made an imperishable contribution to the art of bookmaking in the United States.""
Kent's  paintings remind me very much of N. Roerichs work which an earlier post dealt with.

Soviet Movie Posters

Not a great many Soviet films made their way into western cinemas, but some did. Here are four original posters of some of my favourite Soviet films. Also find a wikipedia-link to each one of them:

Ivan the Terrible

A sixth of the world

Aleksandr Nevski

Under the white desert sun

Pretty shabby or chic?

My friend Carmen is producing pretty things from flea-market finds and yard-sale items. If you're interested or want more of it: Blue Cottage

Paintings by Nicholas Roerich

From Wikipedia (edited):
Nicholas Roerich (Никола́й Ре́рих) *October 9, 1874 was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices as well as his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression. - See for yourself: