IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY1817-1900 SAILING SHIP ON A CALM SEA BY MOONLIGHTsigned with initial l.r.; further

Moonlight Waterfall, 1887 by Herman Herzog

The illustrator Dean Cornwell was so damn good that when he painted a moonlit scene, he didn't need to show the moon, or the night sky, or any sky at all. Instead, he was able to convey moonlight using his exquisite control over the hue of skin: And the reflections on those bracelets: and even his treatment of shadow: Photos courtesy of the Kelly Collection of American Illustration Cornwell wasn't following any formula. You'll never find a tube of paint labeled "moonlight." For a different…

1. Detail, edit: The Flight into Egypt, 1609, by the German artist Adam Elsheimer. 2. Detail, edit: ٭ Spirit of the Night ٭ by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893).