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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, The art of War, Eliran Kantor’s Erebus, with Footnotes
In Greek mythology, Erebus is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod’s Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, George Mayer-Marton’s Women with Boulders, with Footnotes
A desolate moorland, scattered with boulders, under a dark sky. A woman in a blue dress is seated, looking at something she holds in the palm of her hand. A… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Lama Sabachthani’s Why have you forsaken me? with Footnotes
A scene of mourning. A group of Jewish men, women and children weep and mourn over a mound of corpses. In the background are further large heaps of corpses and… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Samuel Hirszenberg’s The Black Banner, with Footnotes
The painting shows the funeral of a hassidic rabbi, but simultaneously refers the viewer back to The Wandering Jew in the depiction of “the fearful eyes and bedazzled look among… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, John Olson’s Wounded Marines being evacuated during the Battle of Hue in February 1968, with Footnotes
The fighting in Hue City, Vietnam, was as intense and confusing as anything the Marines there had ever seen. It was mid-February 1968, and American and South Vietnamese forces were… Read more
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04 Works, The art of War, Alan Moore’s Blind man in Belsen and SS guards burying dead, with Footnotes
Figure of a blind man, with head bandaged, walking through the Belsen concentration camp in Germany after liberation… Please follow link for full post Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Jack Leonard Shadbolt’s Behind the Wire, with Footnotes
The impact of war on artists can be profound. Terrible sights and awful experiences are transformed into works of art that honour acts of courage and move the soul, or… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Fausto Zonaro’s Battle of Domokos, with Footnotes
The Battle of Domokos took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Greece. This battle was a part of the Greco-Turkish War (1897). After Greece tried to annex the… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, George Clausen’s Youth Mourning, with Footnotes
A naked young woman, personifying Youth, kneels in a grief-stricken attitude before a wooden cross marking a grave. In the distance are the flooded craters of a battlefield. Youth Mourning… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Walter Bayes’ The Underworld: Taking cover in a Tube Station during a London air raid, with Footnotes
A scene of civilians, predominantly women and children, sheltering in Elephant and Castle tube station. Some civilians sit on the platform seating, whilst others sit or lie on the platform… Read more
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