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05 Mexican Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 & 16th Century. With Footnotes -# 9
SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA MÆ’XICO, SIGLO XIX Wood carving with glass eyes. Satin dress. Height: 61cm Private Collection Saint Anthony of Padua (Portuguese: Santo António), born Fernando Martins de Bulhões (1195 – 13 June 1231), also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born…
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15 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 1 – With Footnotes
Max Schwimmer, 1895 – 1960 Das Liebesspiel / The amorous game Watercolor and indian ink on paper H 110 mm, W 157 mm Private Collection Max Schwimmer (* 9. December 1895 in Leipzig ; † 12. March 1960 ) was a German painter, graphic artist and illustrator. He was born in Leipzig as the son of a factory bookbinder.…
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08 Paintings, Hellenic Mytheology by Wilhelm Trübner (German, 1851–1917), with footnotes 2
Wilhelm Trübner, 1851 – 1917 The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, 1877 Oil on cardboard Height: 94 cm (37.01 in.), Width: 79 cm (31.1 in.) The theme of the painting is taken from Ovid. The Lapiths, a peace-loving people of Thessaly, were celebrating the wedding of their king Pirithous to Hippodamia. The Centaurs were…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #88
Lucien Delarue, (1925 – 2011 French) “Harbor Monte Carlo” Oil on canvas laid to waxed canvas 18.25″ H x 22″ W Private collection By 1901 it became apparent that the Principality of Monte Carlo needed a harbour able to accommodate the large number of yachts that visited the Côte d’Azur and to help open up the commerce of…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #29
Paul Augustin Aïzpiri, 1919-2016 LA SALUTE AU LOIN DU QUAI DE SCHIAVONE, VENISE Oil on canvas 25 3/4 by 36 1/4 in., 65.5 by 92 cm Private Collection The Riva degli Schiavoni (Shore of the Slaves) is the most beautiful among the localities of Venice ; it is the most delightful esplanade that can be imagined,…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #86
Winslow Homer, (1836–1910) The Fisher Girl, c. 1894 Oil on canvas 71.8 × 71.8 cm (2.3 × 2.3 ft) Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #85
Oswald Achenbach, (German, 1827-1905) View of Ischia with the Aragonese castle Oil on canvas 64.5 x 89cm (25 3/8 x 35 1/16in). Private collection Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the city of Naples. It is…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #84
Samuel Owen, (1769 – 8 December 1857) Unloading the catch Watercolour 14 x 19cm; 5½ x 7½in Private collection Samuel Owen (1769 – 8 December 1857) was an English marine painter and illustrator. Nothing is recorded of him before 1791, when he exhibited “A Sea View” at the Royal Academy. This was followed in 1797,…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 16
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, (FRENCH 1824 – 1888) Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, c. 1869 Oil on canvas 73 x 50cm Private collection Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – October 1888) was a French figure painter known for his classical and Orientalist subjects. He was born at Paris in 1824, and orphaned at age…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #83
Edward William Cooke A pilot boat off the North Foreland Oil on board 18 x 29cm; 7 x 11½in Private collection A pilot boat is used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. North Foreland[ is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England;…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #82
Lionel Percy Smythe, RA, RWS, RI, ROI (British, 1839-1918) The mussel gatherer, c. 1876 Oil on canvas 92.1 x 64.2cm (36 1/4 x 25 1/4in). Private collection The best moment to do gather mussels is during a low spring tide. When the water goes as low as a meter under, the surf rocks will be exposed…
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05 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hélène Vary and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, with Footnotes. # 19
During the seven years that Toulouse-Lautrec lived on rue Fontaine, in the company of Dr. Bourges, he felt a special admiration for his neighbor Hélène Vary. Henri photographed her several times to take these snapshots as a model of her works. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864 – 1901 Hélène Vary, c. 1888 Oil on wood 75 x…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #25
Antonietta Brandeis, (Czech, 1849-1926) Manin Palace, Venice Oil on panel 23.5 x 14cm (9 1/4 x 5 1/2in). Private collection Palazzo Dolfin Manin is a palace in the sestiere of San Marco on the Canal Grande of Venice, northern Italy. It is located near the Palazzo Bembo, not far from the Rialto Bridge. It was built by…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #81
Nicola D’Ascenzo (Pennsylvania / Italy, 1871-1954) Harbor scene, c. 1904 Watercolor 17 x 13 in. Private collection Nicola D’Ascenzo (September 25, 1871, Torricella Peligna, Italy – April 13, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an Italian-born American stained glass designer, painter and instructor. He is best known for creating stained glass windows for the Washington Memorial Chapel in…
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08 Painting by The Old Masters, Michael Pacher, Altarpiece of the Church Fathers. 30
Michael Pacher, (1430–1498) Altarpiece of the Church Fathers, c. 1471-1475 Fathers of the Church: Jerome , Augustine , Gregory , Ambrose Color on wood 103 × 91 cm (40.6 × 35.8 in) Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany The picture shows the internal panels of the Altarpiece of the Doctors of the Church: Sts Augustine and Gregory on the…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #80
William Edward Webb, (1862 – 1903) Rough seas near the coast Oil/Canvas 19.25 x 29.25 in Private collection William Edward Webb (British, 1862-1903). A permanent resident of Manchester, he widely frequented the coasts and ports of Great Britain, producing an impressive output of active scenes celebrating the challenges faced by those who plied their trades…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #24
Antonietta Brandeis, (Czechoslovakian, 1849-1910) The Dogana, Venezia Oil on panel 12 x 21.4cm (4 3/4 x 8 7/16in). Private collection During the fifteenth century, developments in Venice’s commercial activities led to the Sea Customs House, which had previously been near the Arsenal, being transferred to the western point of Dorsoduro. The building as it stands…
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