Category: Art
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Installation view of The Space Between by Mahmoud Merjan (image courtesy Galerie Tanit and Kevork Mourad) BEIRUT — When artist Kevork Mourad thinks of his childhood in Aleppo, Syria he talks of the road he walked to reach the church attended by his family, in the city’s old quarter. The buildings lining the way, he…
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema, In the Tepidarium 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 16 – With Footnotes
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (1836–1912) In the Tepidarium, c. 1881 Oil on canvas 24.2 × 33 cm (9.5 × 13 in) Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Village, United Kingdom The tepidarium was the warm bathroom of the Rome, heated by an underfloor heating system.The specialty of a tepidarium is the pleasant feeling of constant radiant heat which directly…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN Almeh Flirting With An Armenian Policeman in Cairo 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 18 – With Footnotes
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN Almeh Flirting With An Armenian Policeman in Cairo Oil on canvas 55.5 cm (21.85 in.), Width: 46 cm (18.11 in.) Private collection Almeh (Egyptian Arabic) was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt, women educated to sing and recite classical poetry and to discourse wittily,…
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07 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 3 – With Footnotes
N. C. Wyeth, 1882 – 1945 UNTITLED (COUPLE AND WAGON), c. 1914 Oil on canvas 44 by 32 inches, (111.8 by 81.3 cm) Private Collection Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 15 – With Footnotes
Guillaume Seignac A la fontaine Oil on canvas 31 3/4 x 22 1/2in (80.5 x 57cm) Private Collection Guillaum Seignac (1870–1924) was a French academic painter, born in Rennes in 1870, and died in Paris in 1924. He started training at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he spent 1889 through 1895. He had many teachers there,…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 25 – With Footnotes
Pierre Bonnard, (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) L’Arc de Triomphe, Planche XI de “Quelques aspects de la vie de Paris” , 1895 Color lithograph Haut. 29,5, Larg. 45, 5 cm Private collection The Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 28 – With Footnotes
FRENCH SCHOOL, (Early 20th Century) Parisian Market Scene Oil on Cardboard 8” by 11”, Private collection Paris markets – the permanent or weekly, covered or street – are fantastic resources and often very beautiful and atmospheric. For food and drink, markets like Bastille and Saxe-Breteuil are a great opportunity to meet producers and sample new flavours,…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #26
Attributed to Pietro Fragiacomo, (1856-1922) Venice Oil on canvas 40×50 cm Private collection Pietro Fragiacomo (14 August 1856 – 18 May 1922) was an Italian painter, depicting sea and land-scapes. He was born in the mainly Italian town of Pirano d’Istria near Trieste, but lived most of his life in Venice. He only studied for a year at…
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15 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 1 – With Footnotes
Max Schwimmer, 1895 – 1960 Das Liebesspiel / The amorous game Watercolor and indian ink on paper H 110 mm, W 157 mm Private Collection Max Schwimmer (* 9. December 1895 in Leipzig ; † 12. March 1960 ) was a German painter, graphic artist and illustrator. He was born in Leipzig as the son of a factory bookbinder.…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #23
Antonietta Brandeis (Czechoslovakian, 1849-1910) Palazzo Albrizzi, Venezia Oil on panel 46.2 x 27.3cm (18 3/16 x 10 3/4in). Private collection Palazzo Albrizzi (or Palazzo Bonomo Albrizzi ) is a palace in Venice , located in the San Polo district , near the Ponte delle Tette and not far from Campo San Polo and Sant’Aponal . Before…
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Art Collector: 10 Ancient Egyptian Engravings & Carvings- With footnotes – 7
Source: Art Collector: 10 Ancient Egyptian Engravings & Carvings- With footnotes – 7
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9 Works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Cleopatra, over the ages, by the artists of their time, with footnotes, #37
Statue of queen Cleopatra VII Ptolemaic Dynasty Basalt h. 104,7 cm Hermitage, Saint Petersburg Cleopatra VII ruled ancient Egypt as co-regent for almost three decades. She became the last in a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy, who served as general under Alexander the Great during his conquest of Egypt in 332 B.C. Well-educated and…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #22
Peter Kuhfeld (British, born 1952) Venetian canal scene Oil on board 24.5 x 62cm (9 5/8 x 24 7/16in). Private collection Peter Kuhfeld (born 4 March 1952) is an English figurative painter. He was born in Cheltenham and is married to the English figurative painter Cathryn Kuhfeld, née Showan. They have two daughters who have often…
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07 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The beautiful and damned women of history
Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856 MARY STUART SWEARING REVENGE Oil on canvas 25 1/2 by 21 1/4 in Private Collection While Chassériau’s precise inspiration for Mary Stuart Swearing Revenge is unknown, it is possible that the work was based on Friedrich Schiller’s play of 1800 or Donizetti’s opera, Maria Stuarda, written in 1845. It has been suggested…
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16 Etching by REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN,
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN 1606 – 1669 SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CLOAK WITH A FALLING COLLAR: BUST (BARTSCH, HOLLSTEIN 15; NEW HOLLSTEIN 98W; HIND 63) Etching with engraving and drypoint, circa 1631, a good impression of this scarce print, the rare second state (of five), a previously unrecorded state between New Hollstein’s fourth and fifth state (of ten),…
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10 Works, The Gunpowder Plot: the conspirators’ last stand at Holbeach House, Guy Fawkes
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. Ernest Crofts, R.A. (1847-1911) On the track of a fugitive, c. 1910 oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x…
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Saturday, March 17, 2018 17 Works of Chinese Antique Ivory
Pair of Chinese Antique Ivory Figures of a Royal Couple, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the emperor and empress each on an octagonal raised base, and wearing a large crown inlaid with lapis, turquoise and coral, the underside of each base bearing a four-character mark in a square cartouche, with carved wooden stands, ivory, h. 28″, overall,…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 20 – With Footnotes
Caspar Netscher, 1639 – 1684 The Hague THE SEDUCTION, c. 1664 Oil on panel 15 by 12 1/2 in.; 38.1 by 31.8 cm Private Collection Scenes of love and gallantry dominate Caspar Netscher’s genre paintings of the mid-1660s. While most are politely circumspect or mildly flirtatious, The Seduction offers a more pointed representation of venal love.…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 23 – With Footnotes
Constantin Kluge, French, 1912-2003 Place des Vosges Oil on canvas 35 x 45 3/4 inches (88.9 x 116.2 cm) Private collection The Place des Vosges, originally Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 20 – With Footnotes
Andre Hambourg, 1909-1999 (French) Dans les Jardins du Luxembourg, 1961 oil on canvas h:20 w: 50 cm. Private collection Le Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de’ Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she…
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