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Rustam killing the White Demon 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 10
Unknown Rustam killing the White Demon Reverse Glass Painting, c/. 19th c 18 3/4 in. x 13 1/4 in. Private collection Rostam was the mightiest of Iranian holy warriors. He was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. When Kai Kaus’s, the…
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Otto Pilny, The Slave Market 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 40
Otto Pilny, (Swiss artist; 1866-1936) The Slave Market, c. 1910 Oil on canvas 520 x 347 mm, 20.5 x 13.6 in Private collection In an art historical context, Harem scenes depicted domestic spaces for the women in the Muslim societies, the males were only included in barbaric and sexual relations. This painting presents an unspecific Middle…
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J. M. W. Turner, The Fish Market at Hastings Beach 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51c
M. W. Turner, (1775–1851) The Fish Market at Hastings Beach, c. 1810 Oil on canvas Height: 908.05 mm (35.75 in). Width: 1,206.5 mm (47.5 in) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri Hastings and the sea. In the 13th century Hastings had suffered over the years from the lack of a natural harbour. Attempts were made to…
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Edward William Cooke, Vessels on the Sands at Hastings 06 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51b
Montague Dawson, RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME oil on canvas 61 by 91.5cm., 24 by 36in Private collection Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the…
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Montague Dawson, CHARIOT OF FAME 06 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51a
Montague Dawson, RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME oil on canvas 61 by 91.5cm., 24 by 36in Private collection Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 The Art Of The Nude # 01
Stephen Deutch, 1932-1989 Nude Study Photograph Stephen Deutch, Photographer, 1932-1989. Stephen Deutch occupies an unusual place in the history of photography. Deutch is one of the few photographers who succeeded in the highly competitive world of commercial photography while at the same time earning widespread recognition and gaining personal satisfaction in his editorial and artistic photographic work.…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #47
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian/American (1898 – 1980) Seated Nude, circa 1970 Pastel on Paper 20.5 x 18.5 in. (52.07 x 46.99 cm) Private collection Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher of Ukrainian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Born in Odes’ka Oblast, Ukraine, he…
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Sir Edward John Poynter, PSYCHE 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7a
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S., 1836-1919 PSYCHE Watercolour 75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21½ in. Private collection There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus,…
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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Marie Breunig 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #46
Gustav Klimt Portrait of a Lady in Black/Portrait of Marie Breunig, About 1894 Oil on canvas 155 x 75 cm Privately owned, Austria Marie Breunig was born in humble circumstances in one of the crownlands of the monarchy and married a successful Viennese businessman. She was also a client of the Flöge sisters’ fashion salon and…
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Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Paul Delaroche, 1797 – 1856 The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, c. 1833 Oil on canvas 246 × 297 cm National Gallery The Execution of Lady Jane Grey was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage.…
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Kamel Moustafa, Cairo Street Scene 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 2a
Kamel Moustafa, (Egypt, 1917-1982) Cairo Street Scene oil on board, signed lower left 48 x 49cm (18 7/8 x 19 5/16in) Private collection Although this work is undated it has been suggested that it was executed in the early 1950s. Kamel Moustafa belongs to the second generation of Modern Egyptian artists who sit between the Pioneers…
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Clara Morera, Ulysses and the Sirens 01 Painting, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes
Clara Morera, (B. CAMAGÜEY, 1944) Ulices y las cirenas/ Ulysses and the Sirens Mixed media on Wood 182.88 X 219.71 cm (72.00 X 86.50 in) Private collection Ulysses and the Sirens is a large mixed media on wood by the Cuban artist Clara Morera. It depicts the scene from Homer’s Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the…
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, The Young Widow, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, (Russian 1830-1904) The Young Widow, 1867 oil on canvas 60.5 x 45.7 cm (23 3/4 x 18 in.) Private collection Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev (Russian: 1830, Moscow – 3 May 1904, Mogilev Governorate) was a Russian painter who specialized in genre and historical scenes. Nevrev was born to a family of merchants. His first art…
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Ford Madox Brown, LIJAH AND THE WIDOW 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 123
Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893 ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW, c. 1864 Watercolour, heighted with bodycolour and gum Arabic 40 by 26cm., 16 by 10in. Private collection The shadow on the wall projected by a bird returning to its nest, typifies the return of the soul to the body. The Hebrew writing over the door consists of…
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Ivar Arosenius, Leda och svanorna, (Leda and the Swan) 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 27
Ivar Arosenius, (1878 – 1909) Leda och svanorna, (Leda and the Swan), c. 1908 Watercolour on paper 8 x 11 cm. Private collection Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by…
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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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GEORGE MALVA AKA OMAR HAMDI, Snow In Paris, 1995 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 9
GEORGE MALVA AKA OMAR HAMDI, (Lebanese, born 1951), Snow In Paris, 1995 Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. Private collection Omar “Malva” Hamdi was a Syrian Kurdish artist. Born in 1952 in Al-Hasakah, Syria, he worked as a graphic artist for the Syrian Press, where he also wrote articles on an Artistic Criticism. He…
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Jean Kevorkian, Paris, la Seine, vu de Notre Dame 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 37 – With Footnotes
Jean Kevorkian, (French, b. 1933) Paris, la Seine, vu de Notre Dame Oil on canvas 23-3/4 x 28-1/2 inches (60.3 x 72.4 cm) Private collection View from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral showing the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower; and the Notre Dame Bridge over the Seine, constructed in 1919 at the site of the very…
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