Tag: Art
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Ahmed Moustafa, The Coiling of Day and Night 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 45
Ahmed Moustafa, (Egyptian, b. 1943) was born in Alexandria, Egypt Moustafa studied Fine Arts at Alexandria University, after which he obtained an MA and PhD from the Central School of Art and Design in London, where he still lives and works. Moustafa is a practicing calligrapher and scholar who transforms sacred Qur’anic texts into works of…
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Elizabeth Elkin, Cafe in Montmartre, La Maison Rose 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 67 – With Footnotes
La Maison Rose is a Montmartre canteen frequented by several generations of artists, Picasso, Modigliani, later Piaf, Barbara, Aznavour, Nougaro, Brel, or Camus … This emblematic place of Montmartre opened its doors at the end of 2017, taken over by a new team, as well as Béatrice’s granddaughter, who bought La Maison Rose in 1948. La…
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Zena Holloway, Sea Selkie 01 Painting, and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 10
In Scottish mythology, Selkies, meaning “Seal Folk” are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from Orkney and Shetland. The folk-tales frequently revolve around female selkies being coerced into relationships with humans by someone stealing and hiding their sealskin, thus…
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Giambattista Pittoni, The Sacrifice of Polyxenia 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #40
Polyxena, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and his wife, Hecuba. After the fall of Troy, she was claimed by the ghost of Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors, as his share of the spoils and was therefore put to death at his tomb. In post-Classical times the story was…
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John Lovett; Down River 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #234
John Lovett was born in Cooma, NSW, Australia in 1953, and studied at the National Art School, Newcastle, Australia. He has been painting professionally since 1979. John works in oils, acrylics, watercolor, and mixed media. As John states: “For me, the unpredictability and uncontrollable nature of watercolor make it the most exciting and expressive medium of…
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Frank Eugene; Adam and Eve 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 53
Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman and the ancestors of all humans. The story of Adam and Eve is central to the belief that YHWH created human beings to live in a paradise on earth, although they fell away from that state and formed…
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Marcel Gromaire, Torso with bouquet 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 88
Marcel Gromaire (24 July 1892 – 11 April 1971) was a French painter. He painted many works on social subjects, and is often associated with Social Realism, however, one can say that Gromaire created an independent oeuvre far away from groups and movements Gromaire was born in Noyelles-sur-Sambre, France. He studied classically at Douai, then continued…
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Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey, Boats in the storm 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #233
Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (22 July 1803, in Paris – 25 April 1886, in Montévrain) was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style. He was born to Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a well known painter who enjoyed the patronage of the Imperial Family. Originally, he wanted to be a sailor, but his father insisted that…
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Giambattista Pittoni, King Candaules, 03 Paintings, Olympian deities, with footnotes #38
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters…
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Rodney Winfield, At The Waters Edge 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #232
Rodney Winfield (1925-2017) was born in New York City. From an early age, he was artistically inclined; he composed music, drew and painted, danced, wrote poetry, and created sculptures. As a young man, he studied music composition with composer Carl Ruggles. Choosing to focus on fine art, he attended Cooper Union School of Art in New…
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Ellie Hesse; Breezy Day in St Ives 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #230
St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a…
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Ludolfs Liberts; Carnival, Venice 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, with footnotes, #70
The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world famous for its elaborate masks. Ludolfs Liberts, 1895-1959, Latvian, was born in Tirza, Latvia in 1895. He studied art in Moscow and the Kazan Art School. He was…
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Hendrick Goltzius, Unequal Lovers, 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 55 – With Footnotes
Hendrick Goltzius (January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617), was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated technique and the “exuberance” of his compositions. According to A. Hyatt Mayor, Goltzius “was the last professional engraver who…
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Willy Aractingi, Blue Panther, 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 44
Willy Aractingi, (Lebanese, 1930-2003) was born in New York in 1930, Aractingi was raised in Cairo, studied in Grasse, before finally settling in Beirut in the late 1940s. Aractingi undertook painting at a very young age. His works are often differentiated by his use of unique colour gradations, bold pigments and recurring use of nature. Aractingi’s…
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Albert André, Untitled 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 66 – With Footnotes
Albert André ( 24 May 1869 – 11 July 1954) was a French Post-Impressionist figurative painter. He produced portraits of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his closest friend, and Claude Monet. Born in Lyon, he initially trained there designing patterns for silk. In 1889 he moved to Paris to enroll at the Académie Julian. There he met Paul Ranson,…
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17C French Ivory Relief, Saint Sebastian 02 Ivory Carvings, from Bible stories! 17th Century. With Footnote, # 15
17th century carved ivory relief depicting St. Sebastian being released from the tree. According to tradition, he was rescued by Irene of Rome. In this unusual depiction, he is shown being untied by cherubs. His body shows several puncture marks from the arrows that were shot into him… Please follow link for full…
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Helmut Newton; Portrait of Olga Rodionova 02 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 52
Olga Rodionova (born 25 June 1974) is a Croatian-Russian model, an actress and a TV presenter. As a model, Rodionova has worked with some of the best fashion photographers in the world, including Helmut Newton, David LaChapelle, Peter Lindbergh, Terry Richardson, Sante D’Orazio, Bettina Rheims, Ellen von Unwerth, John Rankin, Jean-Daniel Lorieux, Marino Parisotto, Guido Argentini…
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Per Anders, Baywatch 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #231
This painting shows more or less my surroundings where I live at the southern edge of Denmark. The Baltic Ocean (or more correctly the fjord called Flensburg Fjord where Denmark is situated on the north side and Germany is situated on the other side, about 2 miles away) is right outside my windows and sailing…
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