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Mythology: 27 Classic Works of Art, John William Waterhouse’s Marine Paintings of Mermaids – 3
John William Waterhouse (April 6, 1849 – February 10, 1917) was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He work… Source: Mythology: 27 Classic Works of Art, John William Waterhouse’s Marine Paintings of Mermaids – 3
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Mythology: 6 works depicting the life and times of Nusaybah Bint ka’ab – The Woman Warrior of Arabia
Nusseibeh bint Ka’ab (also Umm Ammarah), a member of the Banu Najjar tribe living in Medina , was an early convert to Islam . She … Source: Mythology: 6 works depicting the life and times of Nusaybah Bint ka’ab – The Woman Warrior of Arabia
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Montague Dawson, British Submarine H.M.S. SEALION 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #40c
Montague Dawson, British (1895-1973) British Submarine H.M.S. SEALION Rescues a P-51 Mustang Pilot , 1944 Oil on masonite 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches Private collection Royal Navy S-class submarine, H.M.S. SEALION (72S), braves artillery fire to surface and rescue the pilot of a downed R.A.F. P-51 Mustang fighter. H.M.S. SEALION was launched on 16th March 1934, though…
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MANNER OF HENRY SCOTT TUKE, TUG BOAT AND SAILING VESSEL 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #40b
MANNER OF HENRY SCOTT TUKE (1858-1929) TUG BOAT AND SAILING VESSEL Watercolour 14.5cm by 22cm Private collection Henry Scott Tuke RA RWS (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929), was an English visual artist; primarily a painter, but also a photographer. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style. He was born into a Quaker…
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Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyrie’s Death 01 Works – RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from Norse mythology, with footnotes – 1
Peter Nicolai Arbo, (1831-92) Valkyrie’s Death, 1880 Oil on canvas 1200X675 Private collection A 10th century Viking unearthed in the 1880s was an elite warrior buried with a sword, an ax, a spear, arrows, a knife, two shields, and a pair of warhorses. And like a mythical valkyrie, a new study published finds that the…
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Circle of Nicolas Poussin, Venus and Cupid 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 22
Circle of Nicolas Poussin, (1594 – 1665) Venus and Cupid Oil on canvas 33 x 42.5 cm.; 13 x 16 3/4 in. Private collection Venus and Love/ Venus and Cupid. Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god…
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 7
Fernando Botero Prisoner With Thorns in the manner of Fernando Botero “Prisionero Con Espinas” pastel on paper circa.2002, private collection Approx. 50x35cm. in the manner of Fernando Botero is a Colombian artist known for creating bloated, oversized depictions of people, animals and elements of the natural world. Botero left matador school to become an artist,…
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The Best Of Times
The Best Of Times is a memorable look back at the 1950’s and 1960’s and should be entertaining to watch for anyone that grew up in that era. Source: The Best Of Times
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Italian School, Sleeping Venus with Cupid 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 23
Italian School, c. 1660 Sleeping Venus with Cupid Oil on canvas 75 x 130 cm Private collection This “Sleeping Venus” has not yet been assigned an author. The motif, with the goddess here depicted life-sized in an elongated landscape format, derives from the works of 16th century Venetian artists such as Giorgone and Titian. Paris…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, WOMEN OF BLIDAH ON THE DAY OF THE PROPHET 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 27
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN WOMEN OF BLIDAH ON THE DAY OF THE PROPHET, c. 1900 Oil on canvas 66 by 54.5cm., 26 by 21½in. Private collection The Day of the Prophet, known as Mawlid, is celebrated on either the twelfth or seventeenth day of Rabia al Awal, the third month of the…
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Gustavo Simoni, THE CARPET SELLER 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 26
Gustavo Simoni, 1846 – 1946, ITALIAN THE CARPET SELLER, c. 1893 Watercolour and pencil on paper 57 by 86.5cm., 22¾ by 34in. Private collection Arab Market Scene is the type of on-site composition that Simoni developed into paintings in his studio from travel sketches in North Africa and the Middle East. Although best known for his…
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Jules van Biesbroeck, THE CARAVAN, EL KANTARA 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 23
Jules van Biesbroeck, 1873 – 1965, BELGIAN THE CARAVAN, EL KANTARA Oil on board 99 by 122cm., 39 by 48in Private collection El Kantara is a town and commune in Biskra Province, Algeria. The 1911 Baedeker travel guide described it as “one of the most important caravan-stations in E. Algeria.” The town is well known for the eponymous…
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Manfred Lindemann-Frommel, THE PORTE SAINT MARTIN 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 31 – With Footnotes
Manfred Lindemann-Frommel, 1852 – 1939, GERMAN THE PORTE SAINT MARTIN, c. 1891 Oil on canvas 59 by 73.5cm., 23 by 29in. Private collection The Porte Saint-Martin is a Parisian monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg…
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Alberto Pasini, SHIP AT ANCHOR, CONSTANTINOPLE 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #130
Alberto Pasini, 1826 – 1899, ITALIAN SHIP AT ANCHOR, CONSTANTINOPLE Oil on canvas 37.5 by 29.5cm., 14½ by 11½in. Private collection Alberto Pasini (Busseto, 3 September 1826 – Cavoretto, 15 December 1899) was an Italian painter. He was enrolled at the age of 17 years, in the Academy of Fine Art of Parma, studying landscape painting…
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George Willem Opdenhoff, FISHING BOATS ON SCHEVENINGEN BEACH 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #129
George Willem Opdenhoff, 1807-1873, DUTCH FISHING BOATS ON SCHEVENINGEN BEACH Oil on canvas 48 by 68.5cm., 19 by 27in. Private collection Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands. The earliest reference to the name Sceveninghe goes back to around 1280. The village was continuously hit by storms. After this last storm, the villagers decided to…
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Léon Comerre, JUDITH 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 107
Léon Comerre, 1850 – 1916, FRENCH JUDITH Oil on canvas 49 by 26.5cm., 19 by 10½in. Private collection The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their…
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