Author: Zaidan Art Blog
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01 painting, Edmund Blair Leighton’s Faded Laurels, with Footnotes
Estimated at 185 000 – 231 000 USD in June 2023 Blair Leighton depicts an aged harpist whose fame has waned and is overshadowed by a younger colleague. The elderly man is shown sitting on the steps in the foreground of the image, and behind him the crowd is gathered outside the church gate to…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Valery Tsarikovsky’s Pont Neuf, with footnotes, Part 97
Estimate at $400-$600 in June 2023 The Pont Neuf (“New Bridge”) is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known…
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13 Works, Today, March 18th. is artist Josephine Hopper’s day, her story, illustrated with footnotes #076
Josephine Verstille Hopper (née Nivison; March 18, 1883 — March 6, 1968) was an American painter who studied under Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and won the Huntington Hartford Foundation fellowship. She was the wife of Edward Hopper… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artist; Paul Emil Jacobs’ the pasha’s favourite, with footnotes, #99
Sold for 16,250 EUR in October 2014 The painting depicts Ali Pasha of Ioannina and Kira Vassiliki; portraying an intimate moment full of tenderness and love. Kira, the daughter of Kitzos Kontaxis, joined the Ali Pasha’s harem at a young age. With her beauty and loyalty she won the love and favour of the powerful tyrant. She kept her…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Francesco Bergamini’s Life of the Party, with Footnotes #97
Sold for 3,528 USD in October 2021 Francesco Bergamini (1851 – 1900) was an Italian painter who specialised in producing genre scenes for an international audience. Born in Rome, he trained at the National academy where he was taught by Giuseppe Diotti, a traditional artist who still often received fresco commissions. Francesco received a wide-ranging pictorial education religious…
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82 Works, The Art of War, Francisco Goya’s “The Disasters of War Series”, with Footnotes
Between 1808 and 1814 the Spanish, the Portuguese and English fought Napoleon’s France in the Peninsular War. In the first part of Goya’s series we witness the scenes of war… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting – Robert Russ’ Boats in the Mist, With Footnotes, #323
Sold for $1,700 USD in June 2022 Robert Russ (1847, Vienna-1922, Vienna) was best known for watercolors, architectural views, urban genre scenes and landscapes with figures painted in the pure, classical style. Russ was born into a family of artists – both his father, Franz Russ and brother, the portrait and genre painter Franz Seraph Russ.…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Oxer’ s Epiphany, with Footnotes. #145
An epiphany is an experience of a sudden and striking realization. Generally the term is used to describe a scientific breakthrough or a religious or philosophical discovery… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Joel-Peter Witkin’s Portrait of Isabelle Huppert, with Footnotes, #143
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as “one of the best actresses in the world”, she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. The recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards, five Lumières Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Cannes Film Festival honors,…
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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Jacob de Backer’s Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen, with footnotes #38
Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and considered in Greek myth to be the most beautiful woman in the world. She was married to Menelaus, King of Sparta. When the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen and carried her off to the city of Troy, the Greeks responded by mounting an attack on the city,…
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02 Paintings by Orientalist Artist; William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Pomegranate Seller, with footnotes, #97
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects… Please follow link for full post
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47
Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans. Sacred art directly relates to religious art in the sense that its purpose is for worship and religious practices. According to one set of definitions, artworks that are inspired by religion but are not considered traditionally sacred remain under the umbrella…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Donato Creti’s The Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes – #211
Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named more than most of the apostles. Based on…
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08 Works, Today, March 2nd. is artist François Paul Auguste Quinsac’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #061
François Paul Auguste Quinsac (2 March 1858, Bordeaux — May 1929, Bordeaux) was a French painter of the French School known as Academic art, a specialist in mythological and allegorical subjects… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, Today, March 2nd, is Holy Martyr Euthalia’s Day, With Footnotes – #60
The Holy Martyr Euthalia was from Sicily, and she had a mother who also was named Euthalia who suffered from a flow of blood. One night the mother beheld the three Holy Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphos and Cyprinus in a dream, who said to her… Please follow link for full post
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Bless and be blessed this Ramadan/ بارك الله فيك وبارك عليك في رمضان
For many, fasting during Ramadan 2025 is a difficult challenge when they can barely afford a meal. Your contribution allows them to break their fast with healthy and fulfilling food. Every meal you help provide is a testament to the strength of compassion and the shared responsibility to support those in need.بالنسبة للعديد من الناس،…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Jean Béraud’s Le Pont Neuf, with footnotes, Part 85
Estimate for 100,000 – 150,000 GBP in December 2009 Here, Béraud captures the spirit of the moment, as workers, bankers in top hats, bakers, an upholsterer carrying a chair on his head, and cabbies make their way across Paris’s oldest bridge, even in Béraud’s day a listed monument. Shoppers flock to the capital’s recently opened retail…
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02 Works, The Art of War, Firelei Báez’s Patterns of Resistance, and Frank Angels’ The Souvenir of Paris, with Footnotes
Works dedicated to the marches and protests that broke out across Europe and North America… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Sir John Everett Millais’ The Order of Release, with Footnotes
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788) was defeated by the English at Culloden on 16 April 1746 and many of his supporters were imprisoned. The subject of this picture is the release of one of these Jacobite rebels from prison. The rebel’s wife, supporting their small child and comforting her exhausted, wounded husband, hands an order of release…
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