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Karl Wagner, Venice 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #41
Karl Wagner, (1839 – 1923) Venice Oil on canvas 20”h, 32-1/4”w. Private collection Karl Ludwig Friedrich Wagner , also Carl Wagner (born May 8, 1839 in Karlsruhe , † August 15, 1923 in Dusseldorf ), was a German painter. From 1854 to 1864 he was a student with Ludwig Des Coudres at the Art Academy Karlsruhe…
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Frans van Mieris the Elder, The Serenade 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 21 – With Footnotes
Studio of Frans van Mieris the Elder The Serenade Oil on panel 15 x 11 cm. Private collection Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1635 – 1681, belonged to an illustrious family of goldsmiths and painters. After an apprenticeship with his cousin, Van Mieris studied painting with Gerrit Dou, the first and most famous member of the fijnschilders…
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Pieter COOPSE, Naval PC battle between English and Dutch 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #112
Pieter COOPSE, (active Amsterdam 1668 – 1677) Naval PC battle between English and Dutch Oak panel, three reinforced planks 70 x 108.5 cm – 27 1/2 X 42 3/4 IN. Private collection Pieter Coopse or Pieter Jansz. Coops (ca.1640, – 1673), was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter and draughtsman from Hoorn in the Northern Netherlands.…
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Raphael von Ambros, THE BAKER’S SHOP, CAIRO 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 36
Raphael von Ambros, 1845-1895, AUSTRIAN THE BAKER’S SHOP, CAIRO, c. 1889 Oil on panel 38.5 by 47cm., 15¼ by 18½in. Private collection Von Ambros established his reputation as a masterful observer of scenes of everyday life in Cairo, painted with the greatest attention to verisimilitude and detail. Here, a woman wearing a black niqāb and…
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Ignacio Zuloaga, MADEMOISELLE SOUTY 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #33
Ignacio Zuloaga, 1870 – 1945, SPANISH MADEMOISELLE SOUTY, C. 1915 Oil on canvas 190 by 120cm., 74¾ by 47¼in. Private collection Mlle. Souty was half Spanish, half French. Zuloaga was introduced to Marcelle Souty by his friend the painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue, for whom she also modelled. Attracted to her distinctive, sophisticated elegance she became one…
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Montague Dawson, RACING HOME 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #141
Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A., 1895-1973, BRITISH RACING HOME, THE CHINA CLIPPERS CHRYSOLITE AND STORNOWAY ALMOST NECK-AND-NECK, “The RIVALS”/ The race of the Chrysolite Oil on canvas 28 by 42 in., 71.1 by 106.8 cm Private collection While the majority of Montague Dawson’s works take place on the high seas, Racing Home is a rare composition…
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Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Port de Montréal 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #140
Marc-Aurèle Fortin, ARCA (1888-1970) Port de Montréal, c. 1928 Watercolour 9″ x 9¾”. Private collection The Port of Montreal (French: Port de Montréal) is a port and transshipment point on the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On the Saint Lawrence Seaway 1,600 kilometres inland from the Atlantic Ocean, it is on the shortest direct…
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Eugene Galien-Laloue, Le Marche aux Puces 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 33 – With Footnotes
Eugene Galien-Laloue, French, 1854-1941 Le Marche aux Puces/ Flea market Gouache on thin board 13 x 16 1/8 inches (33 x 41 cm) Private collection Fleas are parasitic insects that have always been assumed, rightly or wrongly, to infest the old clothes full of vermin sold by the scavengers , “fleas included”. The expression “flea market”…
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Alfred Stieglitz, Venetian Canal 01 Photograph of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #40
Alfred Stieglitz, (1864–1946) Venetian Canal or A Bit of Venice, c. 1898 Toned photogravure 7 x 4 3/4 in. (17.7 x 12 cm) Public domain A Bit of Venice was photographed in the early summer of 1894 and published in New York several times later in the same decade. The striking photograph summarizes the results of…
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Peter Paul Rubens, Meleager presenting the head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalant 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 11c
Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640 Meleager presenting the head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalant oil on panel 76 x 57.5 cm Private collection The goddess Artemis or Dianne was infuriated by the King of Calydon’s disrespect for her and had sent an enormous boar to ravage the fields of Calydon. Meleager and Atalanta…
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Max Pietschmann, A Centaur, kidnapping a nymph, fighting with the sea god Triton, c. 1886 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 11b
Max Pietschmann, (1865 – 1952) A Centaur, kidnapping a nymph, fighting with the sea god Triton, c. 1886 Oil on canvas 47,4 x 34,9 cm. Private collection A centaur is a mythological creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. The centaurs were usually said to have been…
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LOO, JACOB VAN, The education of Bacchus 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
LOO, JACOB VAN, (Sluis 1614 – 1670 Paris) The education of Bacchus Oil on canvas. 72 x 66 cm. Private collection The small Bacchus is depicted in the arms of the nymphs on Mount Nysa. Born from the marriage between the royal daughter Sémélé and the god Jupiter, he was taken over by Mercury for…
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Martha Walter, Immigration, Ellis Island 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Martha Walter, American, 1875-1976 Immigration, Ellis Island Oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 40 inches Private Collection Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States’ busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years, from 1892 until 1954. Ellis Island was opened January 1, 1892.…
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School of Paris, Parisian Grand Boulevard 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 30 – With Footnotes
Unknown, School of Paris, 20th CENTURY Parisian Grand Boulevard OIL ON CANVAS 30″ by 40″ Private collection Boulevards of Paris are boulevards which form an important part of the urban landscape of Paris. The boulevards were constructed in several phases by central government initiative as infrastructure improvements, but are very much associated with strolling and leisurely enjoyment in…
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South German School, The scourging of Christ 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 116
South German: around 1500 The scourging of Christ Oil on wood 22.5 x 21.5 cm Private collection The Flagellation of Christ, sometimes known as Christ at the Column or the Scourging at the Pillar, is a scene from the Passion of Christ very frequently shown in Christian art, in cycles of the Passion or the larger subject of the…
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William Blake, Adam Naming the Beasts 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 117
William Blake (1757–1827) Adam Naming the Beasts Tempera on canvas 74.9 cm (29.49 in.), Width: 61.6 cm (24.25 in.) Pollok House – Glasgow (United Kingdom – Glasgow) Genesis 1:24–27 states that God made the land animals, as well as the first man and woman, on Day Six of Creation Week. Genesis 2:18–23 tells us that Adam…
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Jacob Lawrence, Tension on the High Seas 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #96
Jacob Lawrence, 1917 – 2002 Tension on the High Seas – June 22 – 1807. American Sailors of “The Chesapeake” Captured by the British. in pencil on verso. From the series Struggle….From the History of the American People., c. 1954-56. Egg tempera on board 406×305 mm; 16×12 inches. Private collection Tension on the High Seas,…
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