Author: Zaidan Art Blog
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 20, is Thomas the Apostle ‘s Day, With Footnotes – 156
Caravaggio, (1571–1610) The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Jesus Christ & Thomas the Apostle circa 1601 until 1602 Oil on canvas Height: 42.1 ″ (106.9 cm); Width: 57.5 ″ (146 cm) Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Germany The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a painting of the subject of the same name by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, c.…
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Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 04 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Martha Graham, with footnotes # 10
Imogen Cunningham Martha Graham, c. 1931 Gelatin silver print 7-1/2 – 5-5/8 Private collection “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements . . .I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.”…
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Nicholas Harding, Beach Life 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #139
Nicholas Harding (b. 1956) Beach Life (goggles and thong) Etching and aquatint on paper 71 x 50 cm Private collection Nicholas Harding (b. 1956) is a highly regarded British-Australian artist known for his large scale painted portraits and pen and ink drawings. Harding came to Australia from England as a six-year-old. After studying for a BA…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 18, is Saint Sulpitius the Pious’s Day, With Footnotes – 148
Saint Sulpitius Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious (died 17 January 644) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and a saint. Sulpitius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. From his youth he devoted himself to good works and to the study of Scripture, and donated his large patrimony to the…
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Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen, County of Edinburgh 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #130
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)County of Edinburgh Stranded on Point Pleasant Beach, 1900Oil on canvas18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)The Mariners’ Museum A four-masted iron and steel barque built in 1885 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 87,01×12,92×7.38 meters [285’6″×42’5″×24’3], tonnage: 2117 GRT and 1903 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double…
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03 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart, with footnotes #5
Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart, (1883 – 1960)Blue Drape 1919 Pastel on paper 53.5 x 36cmPrivate collection Her pastels are a curious mix of coy, girlish innocence and saccharine sensuality. In many of her pastels, Cumbrae Stewart has taken on the stereotype of the passive female nude and has attempted to rework it within her own…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 15, is Santa Nino’s Day, With Footnotes – 147
Saint Christiana (Nino) and her “living cross”, (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) Saint Christiana (Nino) (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia, that resulted from the Christianization of Iberia. Christiana belonged to a Greek-speaking Roman family from Kolastra, Cappadocia, and was a relative of Saint George. She came to…
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Heywood Hardy, Riding on the Dunes 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dolly Henry, with Footnotes. #50
Heywood Hardy, (British, 1843-1933) “Riding on the Dunes” Oil on canvas 33″ x 30″Private collection Heywood Hardy (25 November 1842 – 20 January 1933) was a British artist, in particular an animal painter and painter of horse riding scenes. He also painted landscapes and portraits, especially equestrian portraits. Heywood Hardy was born on 25 November 1842…
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Marshall Joyce, Rowboat on the shore 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #129
Marshall Joyce, (1912-1998)Rowboat on the shore with boathouses and figure in the distanceOil on board18″ x 24″Private collection Marshall Woodside Joyce, painter and teacher born in Medford , MA in 1912, is best known for his seascapes, ships, landscapes, and coastal scenes. His interest in the sea was nurtured by his sea-captain father and the…
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Gabrielle Bakker, Eurytus and Hippodamia 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #16
Gabrielle BakkerEurytus and HippodamiaPrivate collection The theme of the painting is taken from Ovid. The Lapiths, a peace-loving people of Thessaly, were celebrating the wedding of their king Pirithous to Hippodamia. The Centaurs were invited but they quickly began to misbehave. One of them, Eurytus, full of liquor, tried to carry off the bride and…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 14, is St. Nicasius’ Day, With Footnotes – 147
Mattia Preti (c. 1664-65)St. NicasiusOil on stoneSt. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta Saint Nicasius or Nicaise of Rheims (French: Saint-Nicaise; d. 407 or 451) was a bishop of Rheims. He founded the first cathedral in Rheims and is the patron saint of smallpox victims. Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the invasion of…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 13, is SAINT LUCY’s Day, With Footnotes – 146
Maestro de Borbotó, ACTIVE IN VALENCIA FIRST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURYSAINT LUCYoil on panel10 3/8 by 12 1/2 in.; 26.5 by 31.8 cm.Private collection Saint Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily), virgin and martyr who was one of the earliest Christian saints to achieve popularity, having a widespread following before the 5th…
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Pamela Pindell, A Moment’s Hesitation 02 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 34 – With Footnotes
Pamela Pindell (American, b. 1950)A Moment’s HesitationPastel on paper23″ x 18″Private collection A young woman in the nude seated in front of oval mirror, her face in profile. More on this painting Pamela Pindell was born in 1950 in Elkhart, Indiana. Her initial education was at Syracuse University and the Tyler School of Art in Rome,…
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Theodoros Ralli, Resting in a Greek Monastery 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 33
Theodoros RalliResting in a Greek MonasteryOil on canvas38 x 56 cmPrivate collection A pious young woman wearing colourful clothing, exhibiting human weakness by falling asleep within a cloistered monastery. A passing monk stares disapprovingly at her as several pass, wearing the heavy, sombre robes of their calling. Ralli (1852 – 1909). Sotheby’s, London Théodore Jacques Ralli…
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PAUL DELVAUX, Les baigneuses/The Bathers 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #48
PAUL DELVAUX, (1897-1994) Les baigneuses/The Bathers, c. 1930 Chinese ink and watercolor on paper 55 x 73,5 cm Private collection Paul Delvaux (23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter famous for his paintings of female nudes. He was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico, and was also briefly associated with surrealism. The young…
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