Category: 365 Days
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29 Works, December 14th. is Károly Lotz’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #250
Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833–13 October 1904) was a German-Hungarian painter. Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, the 7th and youngest surviving child of Wilhelm Christian Lotz and Antonia Höfflick. His father was a valet of Prince Gustav zu Hessen-Homburg at the time when…
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10 Works, December 114th. is Viktor Madarász’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #249
Isabella Jagiellon was the oldest child of Polish King Sigismund I the Old, the Grand Duke of Lithuania and his Italian wife Bona Sforza. In 1539, she married John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania and King of Hungary, becoming Queen consort of Hungary. At the time Hungary was contested between Archduke Ferdinand of Austria who wanted…
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20 Works, December 12th. is Karl Bryullov’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #248
Having become close in Italy with the Tittoni family, Bryullov created portraits of almost his entire family, and in 1852 he painted a portrait of Juliet Tittoni. Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (12 December 1799–11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau, also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure…
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26 Works, December 11th. is Johann Michael Rottmayr’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #247
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare’s first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting. The poem is pastoral,…
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24 Works, December 9th. is Leopold Müller’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #246
Leopold Carl Müller (9 December 1834–4 August 1892) was an Austrian genre painter noted for his Orientalist works. Born in Dresden to Austrian, he was a pupil of Karl von Blaas and of Christian Ruben at the Academy in Vienna. Obliged to support his family after his father’s death, he worked eight years as an…
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28 Works, December 5th. is Edward Henry Corbould’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #245
The curious painting was inspired by an apocryphal episode in the life of the gallant and unfortunate Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey — courtier, soldier and poet at the court of Henry VIII, who was captivated by the childish beauty of Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, known as ‘the fair Geraldine’, and to whose service he had devoted his…
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26 Works, December 3rd. is Frederic Leighton’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #244
This is one of the most dramatic and powerful works, painted in the dark and solemn style of Leighton’s late career. Leighton’s tondo shows the resurrection of the dead, as described in the Book of Revelation: ‘And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead…
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28 Works, November 26th. is Zinaida Serebriakova’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #243
Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (30 November] 1884–20 September 1967) was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov (now Ukraine) into one of the most refined and artistic families in the Russian Empire. Her earliest works, Country Girl (1906, Russian Museum) and Orchard in Bloom (1908, private collection), speak eloquently of her acute awareness of the…
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17 Works, November 26th. is Giuseppe Bezzuolis day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #242
The painting depicts a scene from Florentine history. On the 17th of November 1494, following his conquest of the Kingdom of Naples, King of France Charles VIII made his entrance into Florence as ruler. Because of his isolation and lack of allies, Piero de’ Medici, the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent who ruled the city…
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14 Works, November 26th. is Antonio Carneo’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #241
Depicting a young man who compresses his bowels in the presence of a group of bystanders who follow his spasms with apprehension or try to help him, it is described ab antiquo with the title with which it is still remembered today. However, since it is difficult to represent a generic poisoning scene (provoked or…
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12 Works, November 22st. is Charles Meynier’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #240
Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris — 1832, Paris) was a French painter of historical subjects in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a contemporary of Antoine-Jean Gros und Jacques-Louis David… Please follow link for full post
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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 former actress who practiced sculpture with Mathieu-Meunier, also professor of Sarah Berhnardt… Please follow link for full post
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12 Works, November 21st. is Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #238
The picture is a concentrate of observations on travels 1869–70 and 1874–75 to Turkey, Greece and Egypt and must be described as one of Jerichau Baumann’s masterpieces. It is carried by a sensuality and coloristic boldness that is atypical of the Danish art of the period, but less marked by the pointed ethnocentrism that characterizes…
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19 Works, November 19th. is Louis de Boullogne’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #237
This painting illustrates an episode taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (I, 464–577). Falling in love with the nymph Daphne, determined to remain chaste, Apollo pursues her in the woods. Begging her father, the river god Peneus, to deliver her, Daphne is then transformed into a laurel. Louis de Boullogne produced a first illustration of the theme,…
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20 Works, November 17th. is Pierre Mignard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #236
The sea occupies the background of a winter landscape. Time or Saturn, accompanied by the Winged Genii, throws rain and ice from the top of the clouds. Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612–30 May 1695), called “Mignard le Romain” to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known…
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19 Works, November 15th. is Aniello Falcone’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #235
Aniello Falcone (15 November 1600–1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes. Some sources refer to him as Ancillo Falcone… Please follow link for full post
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26 Works, November 13th. is Byam Shaw’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #234
107 famous historical and literary figures are indicated and are represented in the painting, all belonging to the army of the Conqueror Love. John Byam Liston Shaw (13 November 1872–26 January 1919), commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher… Please follow link for full post
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25 Works, November 12th. is William Turner’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #233
This is Turner’s only work by ‘royal command’ and the largest and most publicly controversial painting of his career. George IV gave him the commission late in 1822 on the advice of Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy. It was to form a naval pair with Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg’s 1795 view of The…
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30 Works, November 9th. is Pere Creixams’ day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #232
The only son of a poor family, Pere Creixams was born on 9 November 1893 in Barcelona: «I come out of the pavement, the Mediterranean pavement…». In 1906, following the death of his father, he lived with his mother. He took on a series of odd jobs and later became a printer. In the evenings,…
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17 Works, November 7th. is Paul Baudry’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #231
In Greek and Roman mythology, the god Saturn was warned that one of his offspring would overthrow him, so he ate his children at birth. To protect their son, his wife Ops took the infant Jupiter to the island of Crete to be raised by the Corybantes, who used the rhythm of their dancing and…
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