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04 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Jurij Frey’s Cafe, Paris, with footnotes, Part 89
Parisian cafés are a type of café found mainly in Paris, where they can serve as a meeting place, neighborhood hub, conversation matrix, rendez-vous spot, and a place to relax or to refuel for Parisian citizens… Please follow link for full post
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02 paintings, The amorous game, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s Welcome Footsteps and A Foregone Conclusion, with Footnotes #103
Welcome Footsteps, also known as Well-Known Footsteps, was painted in November 1883 and debuted the following month at the inaugural exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil Colour, founded in London the previous year… Please follow link for full post
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01 Religious Icon, Matteo di Pacino’s Saint Ivo with a supplicating donor, with footnotes #53
Estimated for 80,000 – 120,000 USD in January 2023 Matteo di Pacino depicts a genuflecting donor, almost certainly the original patron, and Saint Ivo of Kermartin, a thirteenth-century canon lawyer and the patron saint of judges, notaries, and lawyers. Matteo took great care to render each man’s highly particularized physiognomies and the almost ogival folds of…
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15 Works, Today, March 27th. is artist Per Aass Deberitz’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #85
Per Aass Deberitz (also Peder Deberitz, 27 March 1880–14 October 1945) was a Norwegian painter. He was regarded as a neo-impressionist and was also a pupil of Henri Matisse during the years of his stay in Paris from 1909 to 1910…. Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Sir John Everett Millais’ The Order of Release, with Footnotes
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788) was defeated by the English at Culloden on 16 April 1746 and many of his supporters were imprisoned. The subject of this picture is the release of one of these Jacobite rebels from prison. The rebel’s wife, supporting their small child and comforting her exhausted, wounded husband, hands an order of release…
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01 Painting, The Artist’s Studio, Jean Georges Vibert’s A Break in the Studio, with footnotes
Estimate at 20,000 – 30,000 USD in May 2023Jehan Georges Vibert or Jean Georges Vibert (30 September 1840 – 28 July 1902) was a French academic painter. He was born in Paris, the son of engraver and publisher Théodore Vibert, and grandson of the influential rose-breeder Jean-Pierre Vibert. He began his artistic training at a young…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Stani Nitkowski’s Untitled, with Footnotes
Stani Nitkowski (La Pouëze, 29 May 1949 – id., 2 April 2001) was a French painter. Born to a father of Polish origin, he arrived in Anjou to work in the slate quarries. Stani Nitkowski found himself, at 23, in a wheelchair due to myopathy. Quickly abandon abstraction and start drawing in ink. He exhibited for…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Margaret Gillies’ Sorrow and Consolation, with Footnotes
Sold for GBP 2,750 in Nov 2010 In the 1820s Margaret Gillies (1803-1887), was a pupil of Frederick Cruikshank, a Scottish miniature painter. During the first two decades of her career Gillies made large miniature portraits, and some subject compositions, that were exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists. She produced…
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01 Work, Merry Christmas to all, Per Breiehagen’ The Reluctant Reindeer, with Footnotes
Merry Christmas Wishes for the festive season! Christmas is a season of joy, love, and togetherness, making it the perfect time to spread festive cheer with thoughtful wishes… and prayers for the people of Gaza! They need at least that… Per Breiehagen: “I grew up in Ål, a small mountain town in southern Norway, surrounded…
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01 Work, Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Triptych of Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, with Footnotes
This print shows a mythical episode in which the emperor’s official, Mitsukuni, comes to search for surviving insurrectionary conspirators. In the image, the princess recites a spell written on a handscroll, summoning a giant skeleton. It rears out of a black void, crashing its way through the tattered palace blinds with its bony fingers to…
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1 Work , The Art of War, Philip Francis Stephanoff’s An armourer’s shop, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 1,008 in Jul 2022 Philip Francis Stephanoff, sometimes Francis Philip Stephanoff (1787/88–1860) was an English painter. He was born in Brompton Row, London. His father, Fileter N. Stephanoff, was a Russian who settled in England and worked painting ceilings and stage scenery, until he committed suicide around 1790; his mother Gertrude Stephanoff…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Kent Monkman’s Welcoming the Newcomers, with Footnotes
The truism that (art) history is written by the victors has a particular relevance to the narratives and images created during the heyday of European colonial empires in the Americas. Sculptures and paintings made from the beginning of contact through to the twentieth century show Indigenous North Americans as figures who are destined to fade…
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01 Work, Jan Sluijters Junior’s Cairo Market in Centrum , with footnotes
Estimated for Estimate $2,700-$3,400 in Jun 2023 Traffic congestion is a serious problem in Cairo with large and adverse effects on both the quality of life and the economy. In addition to the time wasted standing still in traffic, time that could be put to more productive uses, congestion results in unnecessary fuel consumption, causes additional…
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03 Works , Pal Fried’s Spanish Dancers, with footnotes
Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work The Artist’s Studio, Eduardo Sívori’s In the workshop, with Footnotes #90
Eduardo Sívori (October 13, 1847 – June 5, 1918) was an Argentine artist widely regarded as his country’s first realist painter. Sívori ha arbored artistic leanings during childhood that, for family reasons, went unfulfilled. Asked by his father to join him on a business trip to Paris in 1874, Sívori took the opportunity to frequent Parisian…
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1 Painting, Camille Hilaire’s The clown Auguste on the track, with footnotes
For sale for 1850 € in Nov 2024 The Auguste clown character-type is often an anarchist, a joker, or a fool. He is clever and has much lower status than the whiteface. Classically the whiteface character instructs the Auguste character to perform his bidding. The Auguste has a hard time performing a given task, which…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – After Gérard Seghers’ Christ at the column, With Footnotes – #137
Sold for 7,560 EUR in November 2022 The painting shows the flagellation of Christ following his arrest and trial and before his crucifixion. The scene was traditionally depicted in front of a column, possibly alluding to the judgement hall of Pilate. This painting may be compared with Preparations for the Flagellation of Christ by Gerard Seghers.…
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04 Works, The Art of War, Ana Dias’s Native American Women Warrior’s Headdress, with footnotes
One of the most recognizable symbols of Native American Indian culture is the traditional Indian headdress, also known as a feathered war bonnet. Although it is easily recognizable, it is important to note that not all Native American tribes created or wore headdresses… Please follow link for full post
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