Author: Zaidan Art Blog
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 10, is Pope Miltiades’ Day, With Footnotes – 143 Please follow link for full post
Saint Pope Miltiades Museum: St. Demetrios Church, Pomona Pope Miltiades (d. 10 January 314), also known as Melchiades the African , also called Melchiades was the bishop of Rome from July 2, 311 to January 10, 314. His papacy marked the end of the church’s period of persecution under the Roman emperors and the advent of the Christian…
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Dixie Selden, Gloucester Harbor 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #128
Dixie Selden, (1868-1935)Gloucester HarborOil on canvas16×20Private collection Gloucester, on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Massachusetts’ North Shore. An important center of the fishing industry and a popular summer destination, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods. More…
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Pierre Bonnard, AU CAFE, 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 40 – With Footnotes
Pierre Bonnard, (French, 1867–1947) Title:AU CAFE, c. 1900Oil on Panel29.2 x 29.8 cm. (11.5 x 11.7 in.)Private collection Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings…
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Helmut Newton, Big Nude XV: Raquel Hands on Forehead 02 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Raquel Welch, with footnotes # 11
Helmut Newton (Australian/German, 1920–2004) Title: Big Nude XV: Raquel Hands on Forehead, Nice, c. 1993 Gelatin silver print 47 x 37.2 cm. (18.5 x 14.6 in.) Private collection Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which…
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John Charles Allcot, The Pamir in Sydney Harbour 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #127
John Charles Allcot (1888-1973)The Pamir in Sydney Harbour Oil on Canvas Board 50x60cmPrivate collection Pamir, a four-masted barque, was one of the famous Flying P-Liner sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. By 1957, she had been outmoded by modern…
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Ivan Aivazovsky, Rainbow 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #137
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) Rainbow, 1873 Oil, canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, The above artwork is one of the most important by Ivan Aivazovsky – it overviews the major creative periods, and highlights the greatest achievements by the artist. The painting portrays survivors tossed in a tempestuous sea, as their ship sinks in the background after a…
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Jorn Fox 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #126
Jorn FoxUnknownOil on canvas48 x 24 inchesPrivate collection Jorn Fox was exposed to art at an early age by his father, an art instructor and abstract painter. Even through Jorn had studied in College he believes that his real education came from many hours he spent painting in his studio. There his canvases offered him unlimited…
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Javiera Estrada, Sleeping Raven 01 Photograph, a fairy tale, by the Brothers Grimm, with footnotes # 22
A queen wished her naughty daughter would turn into a raven and fly away, so she could have some peace, and her wish was instantly fulfilled. She flew away to a forest. In the forest, a man heard a raven tell him she was an enchanted princess, and he could deliver her if he went…
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Daniel Ridgway Knight, A Cavalier and His Lady 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 35 – With Footnotes
Daniel Ridgway Knight, (American, 1839-1924) “A Cavalier and His Lady” Oil on canvas 29″ x 23-1/2″Private collection Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 – 9 March 1924) was an American artist born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Knight was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of Meissonier.…
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Eugene Segal, Large Café Scene 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 39 – With Footnotes
Eugene Segal was influenced by the works of artists such as Rembrandt, Velasces, Van Deik, France Hals and fellow countrymen Vrubel and Serov. Segal paints with a pallet knife, directly on canvas. Born in 1967 Russia, Segal made the decision to become an artist at the early age of five, and never wavered from his dream. …
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Theodoros Rallis, The Captive (Turkish Plunder), 1885 02 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 32
Theodoros Rallis (1852-1909) The Captive (Turkish Plunder), 1885 Oil on canvas 60 by 81.5cm., 23½ by 32in. Private collection Rallis painted this less than ten years after a Bulgarian uprising against the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The Turks’ bashi-bazouk irregular soldiers were accused of many massacres and other atrocities, including seizing Bulgarian girls to be sold…
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Alphonse Pellet, In the seraglio/ Harem Nude Bathing 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 31
Alphonse Pellet, (French, 19th Century) In the seraglio/ Harem Nude Bathing Oil on canvas 59 x 39in (150 x 99cm) Private collection A seraglio or serail is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in an Ottoman household. The term harem is a generic term for domestic spaces reserved for women in a Muslim…
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