Tag: Art
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01 Work, The Art of War, Pieter Breughel I’s The Fall of the Angels, with footnotes
Sold for EUR 37,000 in May 2012 The present composition partly derives from the painting by Pieter Breughel I in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels (inv. no. 584). Emerging from distant depths in a halo of light, monsters are thrown to earth as from a breaking wave. Angels combat them, led by St Michael, thin…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Louis Masreliez’s An Allegory of War, with footnotes
Sold for USD 62,500 in Apr 2021 The present Allegory of War depicts a furious Minerva, Roman goddess of War, dismounting her horse-drawn chariot, shield in one hand, thunderbolt in the other, charging toward a distant battle. Above her flies the winged, bearded, bare-chested Boreas, ancient god of the cold North Wind, accompanied by winged zephyrs,…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Al- Tariq/ The Way, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 150,000 in Oct 2019 Al Tariq (The Way) reflects the tone of the dramatic and tragic events which unfolded in Palestine during the 1950s forward. The mastery in figurative execution of the piece highlights the many faces of a deeply affected crowd. As suggested by the title, the aggravated crowd is on the way, moving…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Sara Madandar’s A Common Thread, with footnotes
For sale for C$5,296 in November 2023 Let us Believe In… is a collection of life-size portraits depicting a strong, diverse group of women. Starting with photographic prints on canvas, I paint, collage, write, spray, and sew onto their portraits. Much of my work has deployed the aesthetics of clothing and bodies to portray my own…
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1 Painting, The art of War, Tony Robert-Fleurys The Last Day of Corinth, with footnotes
In 146 BC, the Greek city of Corinth fell to Rome. Robert-Fleury depicts the moment when the Roman army enters the sacked city. The women of Corinth, fearing the fate reserved for them, took refuge at the foot of the statue of Athena. The work of the young artist, who took three years to complete…
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01 Painting, Peter Paul Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638-1639, with footnotes
Consequences of War, also known as Horror of war, serves as a commentary on a European continent ravaged by the Thirty Years’ War, and the artist employed numerous symbols, both contemporary and ancient, to deplore the state of the continent. Mars the Roman god of war charges with shield and sword as well as breastplate…
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06 works, The Art Of The Nude, MAN RAY’s Kiki of Montparnasse, with footnotes #217
Kiki, and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist’s model, literary muse, nightclub singer, actress, memoirist, and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, the liberated culture of Paris in the 1920s… Please follow link for full post
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06 Paintings, Olympian deities, William Etty’s Venus, with footnotes # 47
Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, Arthur Rackham’s Andromeda, with footnotes # 46
Sold for £88,500 in September 2022 Rackham has applied his unique imagery and style to the myth of Andromeda. The princess has been chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the sea monster, Cetus, sent by Poseidon as punishment for Andromeda’s mother’s claim to be of greater beauty than the sea dwelling Nereids. Andromeda…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Maurice Brianchon’d c. NU AUX BAS ROUGES, with footnotes #218
Estimated for 30,000 – 50,000 USD in December 2018 Maurice Brianchon, (1899-1979) French, is known as one of the Painters of Poetic Reality. Brianchon attended É’cole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and moved to Spain shortly after to study the paintings of Spanish Masters. His early work is characterized by dynamic images of the theater, street scenes, and horse races…
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04 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Orval Hixon’s Ernestine Meyers, with Footnotes #231
The daughter of MLB player Albert “Cod” Myers, Ernestine Myers (1900–91) was born in Terre Haute. She performed acrobatic toe dances, ballet and Creole folk styles in both Keith and Shubert vaudeville, and in the legit she danced with the Ziegfeld Follies and in the extravaganza Sinbad (1918) with Al Jolson… Please follow link for…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, LUCIEN LÉVY-DHURMER’s La bourrasque, with Footnotes #230
Sold for GBP 126,000 in Jul 2022 La bourrasque, which translates as ‘The squall’, formed part of a strikingly ethereal series of portraits based upon the theme of the four seasons. The present work illustrates autumn and became the subject matter of much experimentation during the late 1890s, resulting in a painting under this title being…
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, North Italian School’s Pan and Syrinx, with footnotes # 45
In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous god Pan, she ran to a river’s edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god’s frustrated…
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08 works, October 20th, is Saint Ursula’s day, her story illustrated #291
Roman Emperor Maximian, having conquered Brittany, sent 100,000 colonists there from Great Britain together with 30,000 soldiers. He placed the territory under the government of the Breton prince Conanus Meriadocus. Lacking adequate females, Conanus decided to bring young women from Great Britain to marry his subjects. He appealed to King Dionotus of Cornwall… Please follow…
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07 Works, Interpretation of the bible, At Gaza in Palestine, Saint Porphyrius the bishop, with Footnotes #211
Born at Thessalonica, he lived as an anchorite for fifteen years at Sceti, and just as many across the Jordan, outstanding in his kindness to the poor. Ordained afterwards as Bishop of Gaza, he overturned many temples of idolatry… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Fruta Prohibida, with footnotes #212
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 4, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography. He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes at the Academy of San Carlos, his photography is self-taught. His career spanned from the…
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