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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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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Ruth Bernhard’s Knees and Arms, with footnotes # 130
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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01 Marine Painting – Edwin Henry Eugene Fletcher’s Leaving Port, wth Footnotes, #333
Edward Henry Fletcher was born in Hammersmith on the 23rd July 1857. He was the son of a Bengal river pilot, and having spent his early years in India, the… Read more
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This Day in History, September 8, Paris was attacked by Joan of Arc. 38 Artists Embedded in her Military Campaign, With Footnotes
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. The following works cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of… Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Winifred Knights’ The Deluge, with Footnotes – #193
You can see Noah’s Ark in the distant right while figures in the foreground scramble for higher ground. Steely gray water fills up the scene and dulls the landscape; keep… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Christina Robertson’s Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova, with Footnotes. #133
Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova (2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939) was an Imperial Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia’s largest private fortune of her time. Famed for her beauty… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Nabil Nahas’s COLOR BLIND, with Footnotes, #53
Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas has firmly established himself as a pioneer of abstraction through his unique use of color, texture and complex composition to create spellbinding canvases. Nahas received his MFA from… Read more
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02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Paul Guiragossian’s Mother and Child in Mandorla, with Footnotes, #48
Child in Mandorla by Modern master Paul Guiragossian represents the artist’s quest to find harmony in both his works and his life. Seeking a balance between an expressionist touch that… Read more
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01 Marine Painting, Edwin Henry Eugene Fletcher’s On the Thames at Blackwall, with Footnotes, #332
Blackwall is a locale in East London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and also forms part of the Port of London and the conservation area of Coldharbour. Blackwall’s… Read more
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Jack Lestrade’s Venice, with footnotes. #99
Jack Lestrade was born in South West France, in Gascony, in 1932 He has always been attracted to traveling to special places to do what he likes the most, painting. Self-taught,… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Conor’s MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, with Footnotes. #126
William Conor OBE RHA PPRUA ROI (1881–1968) was a Belfast-born artist. Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of… Read more
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