Sunday, January 15, 2012

Ken Hamilton's Portraits

Ken Hamilton -- this Ken Hamilton, anyway, since there are at least two other Ken Hamiltons who show up when you search for "Ken Hamilton artist" -- is a contemporary Irish painter born in 1956. He is a scholar of the old masters who has done research on the techniques of 17th-century painting.  A strident anti-modernist, his works are all portraits or still lifes. His success seems to be a fairly recent thing, since everything I have found about him on the web is from 2007 or later. Above, Aurelia.

The Veil.

The Card Player.

The Pearl Earring.
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3 comments:

  1. madpaperbagMay 14, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    where did you come across the Card Player, that is a beauty. Very Vermeer. Is it on view anywhere?

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  2. JohnMay 14, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    Probably not, since I found it in listed for sale on some gallery web site. You can see more of his stuff at

    http://www.lanesidegallery.com/searchresults.asp?ArtistID=139

    and

    http://www.apollogallery.ie/store/category/376/124/Ken-Hamilton/

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  3. EllenMay 24, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    His work is magnificent !
    See this gorgeous painting entitled "Stillness"; available for sale !
    http://www.splendorintheglass.net/Ken_Hamilton_Original_Oil_Painting_Stillness_p/khp.htm

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