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01 Work, The Art of War, Charles Meynier’s Allegory of war, with footnotes
Sold for €20,625 EUR in June 2022 This door top comes from Madame Mère’s Palazzo Rinuccini in Rome. Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris – 1832, Paris) was a French painter… Read more
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Andrea Vaccaro’s Sant ‘Agata, With Footnotes – 123
Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD – 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251.… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Henri Adrien Tanoux, with footnotes, 80
Henri Adrien Tanoux ( Marseille , 18 October as as 1865 – Paris , 1923 ) was a French painter. He dedicated himself to landscapes , nudes and oriental scenes .He studied at… Read more
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01 Marine Art, Marius de JONGERE, With Footnotes, #305
Ponape was a four-masted steel–hulled barque which was built in 1903 in Italy as Regina Elena for an Italian owner. In 1911 she was sold to Germany and renamed Ponape. In… Read more
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11 Works, November 22st. is Consuelo Fould’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #239
Consuelo Fould, born November 22, 1862, in Cologne (Germany), arrived in France in 1864, with her parents, Valérie Simonin and Gustave Fould. She trained very young with her mother, a… Read more
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16 Works, October 15th. is Juan Bautista Maíno’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #223
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and… Read more
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12 Works, September 20th. is Julius Exter’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #207
Musa is such a passionate dancer that when she is not praying she is dancing, she is even dancing prayers. When she is dancing a prayer to the Holy Virgin,… Read more
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11 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #28
Pierre Bonnard , French, 1867 – 1947 The Port Of Cannes, Le Port de Cannes, c. 1926 – 1927 Oil, canvas Private Collection Cannes is a city located on the… Read more
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12 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes. #5
Richard Price, (British, born 1962) April Day in Venice Oil on canvas 51 x 61cm (20 1/16 x 24in). Private Collection The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known… Read more
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12 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 30
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33 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists Goodall, Swoboda, Fromentin, Robertson, Haddon, Courdouan, Ungewitter, Schreyer, Maltese, Colman, Cirou, Keyser, Laporte, Dauzats, Hemsbach, Mancini, Fabbi, Joanovitch, Mann, Flint, Ambros, Makovski, Gustavino, and Eisenhut, with footnotes, #7
Frederick Goodall RA (London 17 September 1822–29 July 1904) was an English artist, born in 1822, the second son of steel line engraver Edward Goodall (1795–1870). He received his education… Read more
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30 works – Art and the Egyptian Woman over the decades
In the winter of 1869–1870, Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann traveled to Constantinople, Athens, Smyrna, Alexandria and Cairo. It was on this trip that she, as one of the first painters ever,… Read more
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Leo Putz’s BACKSTAGE, with footnotes, Part 87
Painted in 1905, this monumental early work of cancan dancers at ease backstage is among Putz’s most ambitious compositions. Inspired by his stay in Paris, Backstage is a masterful evocation… Read more
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Candy Darling, with Footnotes. #141
Candy Darling — 1944–1974 was born into an alcoholic household in Queens, N.Y. where she lived with her mother after her parents’ divorce. Darling, who was assigned male at birth, spent hours… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Shakir Hassan Al-Said’s Untitled (Town), with Footnotes, #55
Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925–2004), an Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer, is considered one of Iraq’s most innovative and influential artists.Born in Samawa, Al Said lived, worked and died in… Read more
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01 Orientalist Painting, Henri-Léopold Lévy’s Phoenix, with footnotes, #108
In Ancient Greek folklore, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes… Read more
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Ruth Bernhard’s Detail; Transparent, with footnotes # 137
Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (born Oct. 14, 1905, Berlin, Ger.—died Dec. 18, 2006, San Francisco, Calif.), celebrated the female form with her light-infused black-and-white nudes, which were distinctive for their… Read more
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11 Works, November 22nd. is Consuelo Fould’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #239
Consuelo Fould, born November 22, 1862, in Cologne (Germany), arrived in France in 1864, with her parents, Valérie Simonin and Gustave Fould. She trained very young with her mother, a… Read more
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