Category: Art
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 16
Léon François Comerre (10 October 1850 – 20 February 1916) An Eastern Beauty oil on canvas 44 x 28 ¾ in. (111.8 x 73 cm.) Private Collection Léon François Comerre (10 October 1850 – 20 February 1916) was a French academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women. Comerre was born in Trélon, in the Département…
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15 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #29
Henri Le Sidaner, 1862 – 1939 BATEAUX DANS LA LAGUNE/ BOATS IN THE LAGOON, ETAPLES, c. 1885 Oil on wood panel 6 1/4 by 10 1/2 in., 15.9 by 26.7 cm Painted in 1885. Private Collection Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on…
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10 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #9
Simeon Solomon, 1840–1905 Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, c. 1864 Watercolour on paper 330 x 381 mm Tate Britain The picture depicts Sappho embracing her fellow poet Erinna in a garden at Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho was born at Lesbos in about 612BC. After a period of exile in…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 49
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, circa 1600 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST oil on panel 33 1/2 by 24 1/8 in.; 85.1 by 61.3 cm. Private collection The composition derives from Hieronymus Bosch’s Christ Mocked (circa 1510, National Gallery, London). Other versions can be found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Museum of Fine…
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11 Paintings, Streets of Paris, by its Artists from 1850-1910 – Part 8 – With Footnotes
Claude Monet, (1840-1926) The Rue Montorgueil in Paris. Celebration of 30 June 1878, c. 1878 Oil on canvas H. 81; W. 50 cm Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay), Paris The Rue Montorgueil, like its twin painting The Rue Saint-Denis (below), is often thought to depict a 14 July celebration. In fact it was painted on 30…
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10 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #28
Adolf Fessler, 1826 – 1885, RUSSIAN THE ENTRANCE TO THE GOLDEN HORN, CONSTANTINOPLE Oil on canvas 44.5 by 97cm., 17½ by 38¼in. Private Collection Fessler Adolf Ivanovich, 1826 – 1885 was born in Bohemia, but began studying in Feodosia Aivazovsky. After graduating from the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture never returned to the city.…
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10 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 21
Willem Wissing, 1656 – 1687 LADY ALICE BROWNLOW NÉE SHERARD (1659-1721), c. 1680 Oil on canvas 103 cm x 127 cm Private collection Alice Sherard was born in 1656 She was the daughter of Richard Sherard and Margaret Dewe.1,3 She married Sir John Brownlow in 1676, and they quickly inherited the Brownlow fortune and Belton…
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11 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 20
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, American (1873-1952) Portrait of a Lady, c. 1902 Oil on canvas 73 1/2 x 36 inches Private Collection Howard Chandler Christy (January 10, 1872 – March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator, famous for the “Christy Girl” — a colorful and illustrious successor to the “Gibson Girl” — who became the…
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13 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 2 – With Footnotes
Johannes Vermeer, (1632–1675) Officer and Laughing Girl, circa 1657 Oil on canvas Height: 50.5 cm (19.9 in). Width: 46 cm (18.1 in). Frick Collection, Manhattan, New York City Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial…
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10 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 17
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) La bohémienne (Lise Tréhot), c. 1868 Oil on canvas Height: 85 cm (33.5 in). Width: 59 cm (23.2 in). Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin Lise Tréhot was Renoir’s companion from about 1866 to 1871. He painted her at least 23 times, including Lise with a parasol (below) , painted in 1867, Renoir’s first…
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10 Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #14
Italian School, 15th Century A Crucifix Tempera on gold ground panel 93.1/8 x 71½ in. (236.5 x 181.7 cm.) Private collection French School, 1501 Christ on the cross between two angels bearing the arms of the kingdom of France Oil on board h: 233 w: 132 cm Private collection The Latin quotation inscribed at the…
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, #13
Victor Huguet, 1835 – 1902, FRENCH RIDERS IN A RAVINE Oil on canvas 118 by 100cm., 46½ by 39¼in Private Collection Victor Pierre Huguet , born Lude the 1 st May 1835 and died in Paris August 16, 1902, was a French, landscape and genre painter.. He was a pupil of Emile Loubon in Marseille and received advice from…
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 12
Victor Huguet, 1835 – 1902 MARKET IN THE DESERT Oil on canvas 66 by 86.5cm., 26 by 34in. Private Collection While Huguet’s desert scenes typically depict riders advancing through the landscape, or pausing briefly for a drink at a wadi, this particularly atmospheric, impressionistic example evokes the bustle of a gathered crowd. Clothed in burnous…
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12 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes
This post you are about to view contain some nude photographs. If you are offended by nudity, if you are younger than 18 years of age, or if viewing nude images is not legal where you live, please go back. Cesar Santos, (b. 1982) Three Graces (aka the Charities) Oil on linen 48 x 40 in…
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11 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 13
The Hon John Collier, (British, 1850-1934) Mrs Dalahaye Oil on canvas 131 x 84cm (51 9/16 x 33 1/16in) Private collection Ina De La Haye, neé Fedosia Merkel, was a Russian born actress and singer. Born in St, Petersburg in 1906, Fedosia and her younger brother Ilya fled Russia following the Revolution. By 1921 she…
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14 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 12
Adam de Coster, MECHELEN, 1585/6 – 1643 ANTWERP A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A DISTAFF BEFORE A LIT CANDLE oil on canvas 52 3/4 by 37 3/8 in.; 134 by 94.9 cm. Private Collection Adam de Coster (c. 1586 in Mechelen – 4 May 1643 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter who was a prominent member…
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11 Paintings, Olympian deities in classical Hellenic Mythology, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #9
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882 PANDORA, c. 1869 Model: Jane Burden Morris Faringdon Collection Trust, Buxted Park The Titan Prometheus was once assigned the task of creating the race of man. He afterwards grew displeased with the mean lot imposed on them by the gods and so stole fire from heaven. Zeus was angered and commanded…
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