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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 20th C., with Footnotes. #32
Harry A Davis (IN, 1914-2006) The Refugeesas, c. 1957 Pastel 18×24 Private collection Hungarian Refugees 1956. The largest wave of refugees in Europe’s post-WWII history were the Hungarians fleeing the country after the crushing of the revolution and freedom fight in 1956. In the weeks after the second, overwhelming, Soviet military intervention on November 4,1956, 200,000…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #31
Raoul Dufy, 1877 – 1953 SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, VENISE, c. 1938. Watercolor and gouache on wove Arches paper 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 in., 50 by 65.5 cm Private Collection Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at…
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07 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 3 – With Footnotes
N. C. Wyeth, 1882 – 1945 UNTITLED (COUPLE AND WAGON), c. 1914 Oil on canvas 44 by 32 inches, (111.8 by 81.3 cm) Private Collection Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 19
Charles Wilda, 1854 – 1907, GERMAN A SOUK IN CAIRO, c. 1887 Oil on panel 63 by 47cm., 25 by 18½in. Private collection Open air markets in Old Cairo are called a “souk” in Arabic. You’ll find these types of markets in all Middle Eastern countries. The tradition of buying and selling, haggling and bargaining among the crowds…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 15 – With Footnotes
Guillaume Seignac A la fontaine Oil on canvas 31 3/4 x 22 1/2in (80.5 x 57cm) Private Collection Guillaum Seignac (1870–1924) was a French academic painter, born in Rennes in 1870, and died in Paris in 1924. He started training at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he spent 1889 through 1895. He had many teachers there,…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 27 – With Footnotes
Eugène Galien-Laloue, (French, 1854-1941) Théâtre du Châtelet Gouache over traces of pencil 19 x 30.5cm (7 1/2 x 12in) Private collection The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The theatre is one of two apparent twins constructed along the…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #94
PIERRE GAILLARDOT (French. 1910-2002) St. Raphael Watercolor on Paper 18 ½” by 23 ½” Private collection The Port of Saint -Raphael, also known as the “Vieux Port” and its small coastal town, are located directly to the West of the Esterel mountains and lie to the East of the Massif des Maures. The village of Saint…
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #31
Charles Haigh-Wood, (British, 1856-1927) Portrait of Mrs. Charles Haigh-Wood Oil on canvas 77.5 x 52.1cm (30 1/2 x 20 1/2in) Private collection Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (28 May 1888 – 22 January 1947) was an English governess and writer, who became known for her marriage in 1915 to the American poet T. S. Eliot. Her legacy, and…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #30
After Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, 1697-1768) Piazza San Marco Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.0 cm) Private Collection Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice. The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #91
18TH CENTURY PAINTER Naval battle in front of San Fruttuoso Oil on canvas 142X190 Private collection The painting depicts a naval battle between Genoese and Ottoman ships. In the background is the bay and the abbey of San Fruttuoso di Camogli. In this case there are very few real views in the area of ancient…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #94
William Skilling, after Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, British/American (18?? – 1964) Afternoon on the Beach (Beach at Zarauz), circa 1955 Oil on Canvas, signed 48 x 60 in. (121.92 x 152.4 cm) Private collection Zarautz Beach is the largest in Gipuzkoa and its 2,500 metres make it a multidisciplinary space, with different aspects and people. Families, surfers…
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 C
Circle of Sir John Hoppner, (British, 1758–1810) Portrait of Lady Mackintosh Oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) Private collection Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723–1784) was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. The Jacobite were a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 B
Charles Sprague Pearce, 1851 – 1914 BEATRIX Oil on canvas 21 7/8 by 18 inches, (55.6 by 45.7 cm) Private Collection Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 – May 18, 1914) was an American artist. Pearce was born at Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris, and after 1885 he lived…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 A
John Hoppner R.A., 1758-1810 PORTRAIT OF A LADY AS EVELINA Oil on canvas 68.5 by 53.5 cm., 27 by 21 in Private Collection The traditional title for the portrait is ‘Portrait of a Lady as Evelina’. Evelina or A Young Lady’s Entrance into the World was a novel by Fanny Burney published in 1778. It…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #18 G
George Wesley Bellows, 1882 – 1925 APPROACH OF RAIN, c. 1913 Oil on panel 13 1/4 by 19 1/2 inches, (33.7 by 49.5 cm) Private Collection George Wesley Bellows, (born Aug. 12, 1882, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died Jan. 8, 1925, New York, N.Y.) American painter and lithographer noted for his paintings of action scenes and for his…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #18 F
Renat Ramazanov Near the sea Oil, Canvas 90 × 100 cm Private collection Renat Ramazanov was born on September 15, 1978 in the town of Vyshniy Volochek in the Kalinin Region of Russia. The naturally-gifted artist entered art school in Alushta, Ukraine in 1988, studying under Gleba Nikolai, and finishing in 1993 with honors. He…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #18 E
James Edward Buttersworth, 1817 – 1894 U.S.S. CONSTITUTION (OLD IRONSIDES) OFF SANDY HOOK, circa 1870 (3 MASTER FORTY GUNS) Oil on board 8 by 10 inches. (20.3 by 25.4 cm) Painted . USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America.…
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