Category: Art
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11 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #32
Frederick Judd Waugh, American, 1861–1940 Mid Ocean Oil on canvas 40 × 50 1/4 in. (101.6 × 127.6 cm) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Frederick Judd Waugh (September 13, 1861 in Bordentown, New Jersey – September 10, 1940) was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship…
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12 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 17
Arthur Melville, (1858–1904) A Moorish Procession, Tangier, c. 1893 Watercolour on paper 59.30 x 79.80 cm National Galleries of Scotland Melville conveys the atmospheric clamour of a local parade led by drummers and pipers. He evokes its exotic character, underlined by the colourful clothes and hooded cloaks of the participants, with his ‘blottesque’ technique. The resulting…
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08 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 18
Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter,1844 – 1913 Scheherazade Oil on canvas Height: 151 cm (59.45 in.), Width: 211.5 cm (83.27 in.) Private collection Scheherazade is a character and the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. This book includes the tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba and many more. The story goes that Shahryar found out one day…
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11 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary, Haitian Art, & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 8
Roy Newell, 1914 – 2006 THE HOLY LAND, c. 1952 Oil on panel 4 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches (11.4 by 29.2 cm) Private collection An American abstract painter, Roy Newell was born in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on May 10, 1914, and died of cancer on November 22, 2006, in Manhattan. His paintings are typified…
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13 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 23
Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) Portrait of Baroness Elisabeth Bachofen-Echt, c. 1914-1916 Oil on canvas 180 × 126 cm (70.9 × 49.6 in) Private collection Elisabeth Bachofen-Echt was the daughter of August and Serena Ledere (below), Klimt’s most important patrons. The family’s collection eventually grew to include some fifteen canvases by the artist, among them an 1899 portrait…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 53
Florentine School, 17th century QUEEN OF SHEBA Oil on canvas 71,5 x 149 cm ; 28 by 58 3/4 in Private Collection The Queen of Sheba is a Biblical figure. The tale of her visit to King Solomon has undergone extensive Jewish, Arabian and Ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most…
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09 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 13
Rhine-mosan region, end of the 16th century The Virgin with the grape Walnut wood H. 103 cm (40 1/2 in.) l. : 26 cm (12 ¼ in.) Private collection A walnut wood statue with The Virgin depicted sitting and handing a bunch of grapes to the Child standing on Her left knee, his finger extended…
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13 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #31
FOLLOWER OF ANGE-JOSEPH-ANTOINE ROUX, (french 1765-1835) “ACTION BETWEEN H.M FRIGATE ”AMBUSCADE” AND THE FRENCH FRIGATE ”BAYONNAISE”” Oil on canvas 23 3/8 x 30 in. (59.4 x 76.2cm) Private Collection HMS Ambuscade was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in 1803.…
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13 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #30b
Charles Dixon, 1872 – 1934 The Pool, 1928 Watercolour and gouache 430 mm x 750 mm Private collection The Pool of London is a stretch of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Limehouse. Part of the Tideway of the Thames, the Pool was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal and later overseas goods—the wharves there…
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11 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #8
Sandro Botticelli, 1445 – 1510, and workshop Venus, c. 1484-1490 Tempera on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin One of only two extant versions of Venus that Botticelli painted after his famed Birth of Venus (1486) (below), which hangs at the Uffizi, the painting features the sole figure of Venus against a simple black background, striking her familiar…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 55
ITALIAN SCHOOL, (17th century) MAGDALENE Oil on panel 12 x 9 1/8 in. (30.5 x 23.2cm) Private collection Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’…
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43 Works, Leda and the Swan, art from a Greek myth, with footnotes
After Michelangelo (1475–1564) Leda and the Swan, c. 1530 copy of a lost painting by Michelangelo Oil on canvas National Gallery The design appears to derive from a classical motif known from copies after sarcophagus reliefs and gems. The pose is similar to that of Michelangelo’s ‘Night’ (Medici Chapel, Florence). The work is probably an…
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12 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 7
Jeff Dizon, (b.1954) Pieta, c. 1986 Mixed media 29” x 37” (74 cm x 94 cm) Private Collection The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from…
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13 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #31
FOLLOWER OF ANGE-JOSEPH-ANTOINE ROUX, (french 1765-1835) “ACTION BETWEEN H.M FRIGATE ”AMBUSCADE” AND THE FRENCH FRIGATE ”BAYONNAISE”” Oil on canvas 23 3/8 x 30 in. (59.4 x 76.2cm) Private Collection HMS Ambuscade was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in…
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09 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #30
Joseph Mallord William Turner Ships a Sea, getting a Good Wetting, 1844 Oil on canvas J. Paul Getty Museum Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (baptised 14 May 1775 – 19 December 1851) was an English Romanticist landscape painter. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated…
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15 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes. #6
Apollonio Facchinetti, called Domenichini, VENICE 1715 – 1757 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE GRAND CANAL oil on canvas 11 1/2 by 18 1/8 in.; 29.2 by 46.1 cm. Private collection Apollonio Domenichini, alternatively referred to as the Maestro della Fondazione Langmatt, or Menichini or il Menichino (Venice, 1715 – c.1770) was an Italian painter of vedute,…
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8 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 54
Alfred-Pierre Agache, 1843 – 1915, FRENCH L’ANNONCIATION, c. 1891 Oil on canvas 55 7/8 by 41 1/2 in., 141.9 by 105.4 cm Private Collection The Annunciation referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 50
Maestro de Borbotó, ACTIVE IN VALENCIA FIRST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY SAINT LUCY oil on panel 10 3/8 by 12 1/2 in.; 26.5 by 31.8 cm. Private collection Saint Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily), virgin and martyr who was one of the earliest Christian saints to achieve popularity, having a widespread following…
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