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Victor Huguet, Riders in a Ravine 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 32
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…
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Gyula Tornai, The new necklace 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 30
Gyula Tornai (Hungarian, 1861-1928) The new necklace Oil on canvas 53 3/4 x 83 3/4in (136.5 x 213cm) Private collection It is typically characteristic of Tornai to depict a crowded, richly furnished interior. The sensually stretched out woman, and several types of human characters are also typical of a Tornai composition. More on this painting Harem a…
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Pino Dangelico, Afternoon Stroll 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #134
Pino Dangelico (1939 – 2010) Afternoon Stroll Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas 12×12 Private collection Pino Daeni (November 8, 1939 – May 25, 2010) was an Italian-American book illustrator and artist. He is known for his style of feminine, romantic women and strong men painted with loose but accurate brushwork. Considered one of the highest paid…
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Guillermo Gomez Mayorga 01 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #133
Guillermo Gomez Mayorga, (1887 – 1962) Untitled Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm / 39.3 x 59.9 Private collection Guillermo Gomez Mayorga, (1887 – 1962), was a prominent landscape painter, especially the sea, which he executed with great majesty, marking the bravery of the sea and the areas of sparkling water that provoke a sense…
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#824 + mysecretplaces + Run your fingers through my soul + wonder + AWE + listen
Originally posted on CATHERINE L. JOHNSON: X X X 25 AUGUST 2018 oneofmysecretplaces X X X X X X “Run your fingers through my soul. X X X X X For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once,…
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Thomas Fearnley, GRAVENSFJORD 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #124
Thomas Fearnley, 1802 – 1842, NORWEGIAN GRAVENSFJORD, c. 12 July 1839 Oil on paper laid on canvas 43 by 57.5cm., 17 by 22¾in. Private collection Gravensfjord is the former name for Granvinfjord, a side fjord Hardangerfjord in Hordaland, located on Norway’s south western coast near Bergen. Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic…
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Ferencz Eisenhut, IN THE HAREM 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 29
Ferencz Eisenhut, 1857 – 1903, HUNGARIAN IN THE HAREM, c. 1889 Oil on panel 49 by 32.5cm., 19 by 12¾in. Private collection Harem a sacred inviolable place; for female members of the family. Harem properly refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family and are inaccessible to adult males…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, ALGERIAN SPAHI ON HORSEBACK 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 25
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN ALGERIAN SPAHI ON HORSEBACK, c. 1900 Watercolour and pencil on paper 41 by 30cm., 16 by 11¾in. Private collection Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Following the French occupation of Algiers in 1830, detachments of…
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Ferdinand Leeke, The Mermaid and the Satyr 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 8
Ferdinand Leeke, (1859–1937) The Mermaid and the Satyr, c. 1917 Oil on canvas 39 x 53.1 in. / 99 x 135 cm Private collection A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The…
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Rob Hefferan, Dancing by the Fire 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 20 – With Footnotes
Rob Hefferan, (b. 1968) Dancing by the Fire Hand Embellished Giclee Canvas 20″ x 28.25″ Private collection Born in Manchester in 1968, Rob Hefferan, was a true free spirit from the very beginning. Desperate to follow an artistic career he found discouragement round every corner. Ignoring the advice of his elders, he gained a place at university…
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Michael Rozenvain, Parisian Cafe 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 33 – With Footnotes
Michael Rozenvain Parisian Cafe Serigraph and acrylic on board 14.5in. by 12in. Private collection Parisian cafés serve as a center of social and culinary life in Paris. They have been around since the 17th century, and serve as the meeting place, neighborhood hub, conversation matrix, rendez-vous spot, and networking source, a place to relax or to…
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Oskar Moll, Reader with a red jacket (portrait Ursula Waetzoldt) 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #32
Oskar Moll Reader with a red jacket (portrait Ursula Waetzoldt), 1925 Oil on canvas 100 x 75 cm Private collection This portrait depicts Ursula Waetzoldt (1910-1983), the daughter of the art historian Wilhelm Waetzoldt (1880-1945), who was a friend of the Mollers. Wilhelm Waetzoldt spent his formative years in Berlin, where he worked since 1920 in…
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Giulio Rosati, THE CARPET MERCHANT 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 24
Giulio Rosati, 1858 – 1917, ITALIAN THE CARPET MERCHANT Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper 36 by 25.5cm., 14¼ by 10in. Private collection Giulio Rosati, 1858 – Rome – 1917, specialised in eighteenth century costume pieces, comical scenes of from the life of the clergy and Orientalist subjects. His preferred medium was watercolour, though he also worked…
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Magnus Gjoen, BREAK GLASS FOR RESURRECTION 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 21
Magnus Gjoen, United Kingdom BREAK GLASS FOR RESURRECTION New Media 31.5 H x 21.7 W x 0 in Private collection An image of Christ being resurrected by someone having broken the glass dome within which he has been sealed. The broken glass at the bottom reads backwards ‘so help us God’. The resurrection of Jesus is the…
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UMBRIAN-SIENESE SCHOOL, Paris 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 24
UMBRIAN-SIENESE SCHOOL Paris Oil on poplar panel 48.8 x 28.6 cm.; 19 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. Private collection Paris, also known as Alexander, the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. Probably the best known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being…
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Francesco Lazzaro Guardi, The Madonna Annunciate 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 112
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi The Madonna Annunciate Oil on paper, laid down on canvas 12 x 9 cm.; 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. Private collection The Madonna/ Virgin Annunciate is a painting that shows Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation. The Annunciation referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation…
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Antonietta Brandeis, VENICE, A VIEW OF THE LAGOON 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #39
Antonietta Brandeis, MISKOVICE 1849 – 1926 FLORENCE, VENICE, A VIEW OF THE LAGOON Oil on panel 5 3/4 by 9 5/8 in.; 14.6 by 24.5 cm. Private collection Antonietta Brandeis (also known as Antonie Brandeisova and Antonio Brandeis) (1848–1926), was a Czech-born Italian landscape, genre and portrait painter, as well as a painter of religious subjects…
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Paul Dougherty, Surf in Sunlight 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #131
Paul Dougherty, (1877 – 1947) Surf in Sunlight Oil on panel 13″h x 16″w Private collection Paul Dougherty, (1877-1947) Marine Painter, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1877. Following in his father’s footsteps, Dougherty was trained as a lawyer. Though he passed the New York Bar Exam in 1898, he never practiced law choosing an art…
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EDITORIAL – cultural networking website!
3rd edition of the 2nd year (2018) of the online magazine for cultural networking KURVE. Source: EDITORIAL – cultural networking website!
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