Tag: Art
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John William Waterhouse, Diogenes 01 Paintings, Athenian philosophers, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 32
John William Waterhouse, (1849–1917) Diogenes, c. 1882 Oil on canvas 208,3 × 134,6 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BC…
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Jakub Schikaneder, All Souls’ Day 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 126
Jakub Schikaneder, (1855–1924) All Souls’ Day, c. 1888 Oil on canvas Height: 139.5 cm (54.9 in); Width: 220 cm (86.6 in) National Gallery in Prague All Souls’ Day, Saturday of Souls, Thursday of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Samhain, Totensonntag, Blue Christmas. In Christianity, All Souls’ Day commemorates All Souls, the Holy…
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Jakub Schikaneder, Utonulá/Drowned, 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #116
Jakub Schikaneder Utonulá/Drowned, c. 1893 Pastel height 455 mm, width 880 mm National Gallery in Prague Jakub Schikaneder (February 27, 1855 in Prague – November 15, 1924 in Prague) was a painter from Bohemia. Schikaneder came from the family of a German customs office clerk. Despite the family’s poor background, he was able to pursue his…
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Charles Ernest Cundall, REGATTA 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #119
Charles Ernest Cundall REGATTA Oil on canvas 24 2/5 × 40 1/5 in; 62 × 102 cm Private collection A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround the racing event, and except in the…
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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 30
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA Oil on canvas 41 by 24cm., 28¼ by 10in. Private collection The style of the picture suggests that it was painted in the late 1860s as Burne-Jones transitioned from the Medievalism of his earlier watercolours to the more Aesthetic style of his oils.…
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Rustam killing the White Demon 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 10
Unknown Rustam killing the White Demon Reverse Glass Painting, c/. 19th c 18 3/4 in. x 13 1/4 in. Private collection Rostam was the mightiest of Iranian holy warriors. He was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. When Kai Kaus’s, the…
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Otto Pilny, The Slave Market 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 40
Otto Pilny, (Swiss artist; 1866-1936) The Slave Market, c. 1910 Oil on canvas 520 x 347 mm, 20.5 x 13.6 in Private collection In an art historical context, Harem scenes depicted domestic spaces for the women in the Muslim societies, the males were only included in barbaric and sexual relations. This painting presents an unspecific Middle…
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J. M. W. Turner, The Fish Market at Hastings Beach 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51c
M. W. Turner, (1775–1851) The Fish Market at Hastings Beach, c. 1810 Oil on canvas Height: 908.05 mm (35.75 in). Width: 1,206.5 mm (47.5 in) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri Hastings and the sea. In the 13th century Hastings had suffered over the years from the lack of a natural harbour. Attempts were made to…
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Edward William Cooke, Vessels on the Sands at Hastings 06 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51b
Montague Dawson, RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME oil on canvas 61 by 91.5cm., 24 by 36in Private collection Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the…
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Montague Dawson, CHARIOT OF FAME 06 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51a
Montague Dawson, RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME oil on canvas 61 by 91.5cm., 24 by 36in Private collection Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 The Art Of The Nude # 01
Stephen Deutch, 1932-1989 Nude Study Photograph Stephen Deutch, Photographer, 1932-1989. Stephen Deutch occupies an unusual place in the history of photography. Deutch is one of the few photographers who succeeded in the highly competitive world of commercial photography while at the same time earning widespread recognition and gaining personal satisfaction in his editorial and artistic photographic work.…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #47
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian/American (1898 – 1980) Seated Nude, circa 1970 Pastel on Paper 20.5 x 18.5 in. (52.07 x 46.99 cm) Private collection Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher of Ukrainian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Born in Odes’ka Oblast, Ukraine, he…
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Sir Edward John Poynter, PSYCHE 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7a
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S., 1836-1919 PSYCHE Watercolour 75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21½ in. Private collection There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus,…
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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Marie Breunig 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #46
Gustav Klimt Portrait of a Lady in Black/Portrait of Marie Breunig, About 1894 Oil on canvas 155 x 75 cm Privately owned, Austria Marie Breunig was born in humble circumstances in one of the crownlands of the monarchy and married a successful Viennese businessman. She was also a client of the Flöge sisters’ fashion salon and…
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Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Paul Delaroche, 1797 – 1856 The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, c. 1833 Oil on canvas 246 × 297 cm National Gallery The Execution of Lady Jane Grey was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage.…
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Kamel Moustafa, Cairo Street Scene 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 2a
Kamel Moustafa, (Egypt, 1917-1982) Cairo Street Scene oil on board, signed lower left 48 x 49cm (18 7/8 x 19 5/16in) Private collection Although this work is undated it has been suggested that it was executed in the early 1950s. Kamel Moustafa belongs to the second generation of Modern Egyptian artists who sit between the Pioneers…
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Clara Morera, Ulysses and the Sirens 01 Painting, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes
Clara Morera, (B. CAMAGÜEY, 1944) Ulices y las cirenas/ Ulysses and the Sirens Mixed media on Wood 182.88 X 219.71 cm (72.00 X 86.50 in) Private collection Ulysses and the Sirens is a large mixed media on wood by the Cuban artist Clara Morera. It depicts the scene from Homer’s Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the…
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, The Young Widow, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, (Russian 1830-1904) The Young Widow, 1867 oil on canvas 60.5 x 45.7 cm (23 3/4 x 18 in.) Private collection Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev (Russian: 1830, Moscow – 3 May 1904, Mogilev Governorate) was a Russian painter who specialized in genre and historical scenes. Nevrev was born to a family of merchants. His first art…
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Ford Madox Brown, LIJAH AND THE WIDOW 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 123
Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893 ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW, c. 1864 Watercolour, heighted with bodycolour and gum Arabic 40 by 26cm., 16 by 10in. Private collection The shadow on the wall projected by a bird returning to its nest, typifies the return of the soul to the body. The Hebrew writing over the door consists of…
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