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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 Work, MIDDLE EAST ARTISTS, The art of War, Mahmoud Sabri’s Jnazet (Funeral), with Footnotes
Sold for 346,000 GBP in October 2018 The painting Jnazet is the peak of a multifaceted representation of the artist’s political and social ideologies that were intensified following the Ba’athist Coup.… Read more
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01 Work, MIDDLE EAST ARTISTS, The art of War, Maher Attar’s Samar Baltaji, with Footnotes
Samar Baltaji is the one-legged mother in the photo, holding the hand of her maimed daughter, Nisrine, as they walked through a landscape of Beirut at war. In June 1985,… Read more
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01 Work, MIDDLE EAST ARTISTS, The art of War, Suleiman Mansour’s Motherhood, with Footnotes
Sold for 63,500 GBP in Oct 2023 An impassioned and tender depiction of the relationship between mother and child, Motherhood represents Mansour’s natural tendency towards familiar subjects, here both familial and… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Oussama Diab’s Monroe Al Jadida (The New Monroe), with Footnotes #92
Sold for USD 10,000 in Nov 2013 Born in 1977, in Damascus, Oussama Diab is a Palestinian contemporary artist based in Lebanon. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, El Hussein Fawzi’s A Glimpse from History of the Channel Crossing, with Footnotes #87
The Crossing of the Suez Canal by Egyptian troops in October 1973 to attack Israeli forces; and the signing of the “Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Louay Kayyali’s Untitled, with Footnotes #93
Sold for USD 161,000 in Oct 2014 1952 marks the year during which the present untitled battle scene was depicted as well as the first public appearance of Kayyali’s work, an event… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Mahmoud Sabri’s Al Mawt al-Tafl (The Death of a Child), with Footnotes #86
The Death of a Child, painted during Sabri’s earlier artistic phase in the 1960s, stands as an epitome for his artistic openness which was exacerbated by a career in exile.… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Ayman Baalbaki’s Untitled, with Footnotes #85
Ayman Baalbaki’s untitled artwork represents a bust view portrait of a fida’i (freedom fighter) wearing a keffiyeh, and a Guy Fawkes mask, set against a colorful background of acrylic in… Read more
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01 Work, MIDDLE EAST ARTISTS, The art of War, Abed Abdi’s Expulsion from the Homeland, with Footnotes
Palestinian art history is largely characterized by fragmentation, both in style and content, which is a result of ongoing wars and displacement of people. Despite historical ruptures in time and… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Badie Jahjah’s The dervish liberated me from war and violence, with Footnotes
Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity, or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage… Read more
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