Category: Art
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Thomas Saliot, Lips and tongues 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 46 – With Footnotes
Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…
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Pascale Taurua, Warm evening 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 45 – With Footnotes
Pascale Taurua , born in 1961 is a French painter elected Miss New Caledonia 1977 , then Miss France 1978 . She succeeds Veronica Bundle, Miss France 1977. She is the 48 th Miss France. A few months after her election, she prefers to return to New Caledonia rather than ensure her role as Miss France…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 44 – With Footnotes
Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…
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Gerard ter Borch the Younger; A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 42 – With Footnotes
Ter Borch was an astute observer of social behavior as well as the physical environment. In this intimate courtship scene, fine fabrics, silver objects, wood, paper, light, and shadows all reveal their distinctive qualities. The woman strums a theorbo and the man appears to sing, a duet that resonates with the heartstrings. More on this painting…
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Filippo Indoni, Two ladies and two gentleman 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 41 – With Footnotes
Filippo Indoni, Italian (1800 – 1884). In a reaction against the frivolous and unrealistic images of early 19th century Romanticism, artists turned to less glamorous aspects of life and society in search of a direct experience. By 1850, they had formed a relatively cohesive movement that battled for popularity with Romanticism, a far more widespread…
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Thomas Saliot, Little black dress 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 43 – With Footnotes
Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…
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Filippo Indoni, Two Peasants 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 40 – With Footnotes
Filippo Indoni, Italian (1800 – 1884). In a reaction against the frivolous and unrealistic images of early 19th century Romanticism, artists turned to less glamorous aspects of life and society in search of a direct experience. By 1850, they had formed a relatively cohesive movement that battled for popularity with Romanticism, a far more widespread…
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Pino Dangelico, Sensuality 02 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 39 – With Footnotes
Pino Daeni (November 8, 1939 – May 25, 2010) was an Italian-American book illustrator and artist. He is known for his style of feminine, romantic women and strong men painted with loose but accurate brushwork. Considered one of the highest paid book illustrators of his time, he created over 3,000 book covers, movie posters and magazine…
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Achille Mollica, Playing hard to get 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 37 – With Footnotes
Achille Mollica (Italian 19th Century) Playing hard to get Oil on canvas 52.1 x 73.7cm (20 1/2 x 29in). Private collection Achille Mollica (1832-1885) was an Italian painter of both canvases and ceramics. Achille was born to a family who manufactured maiolica ceramics. His father, Giovanni, had established the factory of “Mollica Ceramiche”, which employed Achille’s…
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Pamela Pindell, A Moment’s Hesitation 02 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 34 – With Footnotes
Pamela Pindell (American, b. 1950)A Moment’s HesitationPastel on paper23″ x 18″Private collection A young woman in the nude seated in front of oval mirror, her face in profile. More on this painting Pamela Pindell was born in 1950 in Elkhart, Indiana. Her initial education was at Syracuse University and the Tyler School of Art in Rome,…
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Daniel Ridgway Knight, A Cavalier and His Lady 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 35 – With Footnotes
Daniel Ridgway Knight, (American, 1839-1924) “A Cavalier and His Lady” Oil on canvas 29″ x 23-1/2″Private collection Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 – 9 March 1924) was an American artist born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Knight was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of Meissonier.…
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Pascale Taurua, Warm evening 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 33 – With Footnotes
Pascale Taurua Warm evening Oil on Canvas 51.2 H x 35 W x 1.6 in Private collection Pascale Taurua , born in 1961 is a French painter elected Miss New Caledonia 1977 , then Miss France 1978 . She succeeds Veronica Bundle, Miss France 1977. She is the 48 th Miss France. A few months after…
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Jack Vettriano; Heaven or Hell: The Sweetest Choice 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 32 – With Footnotes
Jack Vettriano Heaven or Hell: The Sweetest Choice Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Private collection Jack Vettriano, otherwise known as Jack Hoggan, was born on 17. of November 1951 in Methil, Fife, Scotland. His parents are of Italian origin. Jack Vettriano has been working for the last two decades as a very successful painter. The…
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Eugen von Blaas, FLIRTATION, c. 1894 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 22 – With Footnotes
Eugen von Blaas, 1843 – 1931, AUSTRIAN FLIRTATION, c. 1894 Oil on canvas 41 1/2 by 52 in., 105.4 by 132.1 cm Private collection Flirtation depicts three young women gathered around a vera da pozzo, the stone structure that protects the opening of a well. The carefully observed coat of arms represents the wealthy Venetian family who donated…
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Mario Tozzi, La Margherita 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 21 – With Footnotes
Mario Tozzi (1895 – 1979) La Margherita, c. 1950 Oil on canvas 174×68 cm Private collection Mario Tozzi (30 October 1895 – 8 September 1979) was an Italian painter. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government. Tozzi studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in Italy where he met Giorgio Morandi…
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Frans van Mieris the Elder, The Serenade 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 21 – With Footnotes
Studio of Frans van Mieris the Elder The Serenade Oil on panel 15 x 11 cm. Private collection Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1635 – 1681, belonged to an illustrious family of goldsmiths and painters. After an apprenticeship with his cousin, Van Mieris studied painting with Gerrit Dou, the first and most famous member of the fijnschilders…
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Rob Hefferan, Dancing by the Fire 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 20 – With Footnotes
Rob Hefferan, (b. 1968) Dancing by the Fire Hand Embellished Giclee Canvas 20″ x 28.25″ Private collection Born in Manchester in 1968, Rob Hefferan, was a true free spirit from the very beginning. Desperate to follow an artistic career he found discouragement round every corner. Ignoring the advice of his elders, he gained a place at university…
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Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter | The Art Newspaper
Pierre Bonnard Dining Room in the Country (1913) Minneapolis Institute of Art Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter | The Art Newspaper: Next January, Tate Modern will hold the first major exhibition of the work of Pierre Bonnard in Britain for 20 years. Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory is…
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Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths – Artsy Please click on link for the full post!
Paul Cézanne The Large Bathers, 1900–06 Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths – Artsy: It’s one of the most common human activities—yet artists from the ancient Greeks to the Surrealists and beyond have been fascinated by bathing. The figure of the bather is one of…
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Taeil Kim, South Korea, Waiting 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 19 – With Footnotes
Taeil Kim, South Korea Waiting Oil on Canvas. 20 H x 16 W x 0.7 in Private collection Taeil Kim begins his art by thinking, “how will I observe and re-create the figure?” Influenced by his observations of peoples’ daily interactions with nature, he is able to create moving and unique portraits. Kim is heavily influenced by…