Tag: Art

In this 2014 oil painting Nerdrum returns to the beautiful nude couple of Summer Nights (see below). But now they are aged and decrepit, the woman lay dying across the lap of her grieving partner. Yet at their feet the infant still sleeps… Please follow link for full post

01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Jack Welpott’s Janet in Her Room, with footnotes # 187

Jun 16, 2023

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A nude woman wears a mask as she looks out the window. Next to her is a print of Gustav Klimt’s “Judith and the Head of Holofernes”. Jack Welpott (1923–2007) was an American photographer born in Kansas City, grew up in southern Indiana. and was educated at primary and secondary schools in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.…

02 Paintings, The amorous game, Pieter Breughel the Younger’s Marriage Procession, With Footnotes #81

Jun 16, 2023

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in amorous game, The amorous game, The amorous game

Flemish wedding processions, as depicted here, publically announced the union of two families before the private, religious ceremony was held at a church. The bride wears her hair down and uncovered except for the wedding headpiece. The groom, wearing a wedding crown atop his bright red cap, is followed by two men, probably the fathers…

01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Ragnhild Nordensten’s Sjöhästar/ Seahorses, with footnotes #35

Jun 15, 2023

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in Mythology,

Sold for 125 000 SEK in Jun 2022 The hippocampus or hippocamp, often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology, though its name has a Greek origin. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of…

01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Sir Anthony van Dyck’s Mary Villiers as Saint Agnes, with Footnotes #198

Jun 15, 2023

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Sold for £5,100 in April 2022 The original painting (in the Royal Collection, Windsor) was presumably painted for Charles I, who gave the sitter away at her wedding to the Duke of Lennox in 1637. It has been remarked that she looks older than 15, the age she would have been in the year of her…

01 MARINE PAINTING – NEWELL CONVERS WYETH’S THE RAFT OF ODYSSEUS, WITH FOOTNOTES #381

Jun 14, 2023

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in Marine Artr

Sold for USD 425,000 in May 2016 A vivid jewel tone palette covers much of the canvas, with striking turquoises, emeralds and violets applied in brushwork that suggests movement in both the intense swelling of the sea and storm clouds swarming above. The ominous dark clouds are a stark contrast to the white foam of the wave…

04 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Marcel Gromaire’s Femme nue, with footnotes # 186

Jun 14, 2023

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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… Please follow link for full post

01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Warren Brandt’s Relaxing Nude, with footnotes # 185

Jun 13, 2023

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Sold for $687.50 in January 2020 “Working in the tradition of Henri Matisse, Brandt has adopted beauty and realism as his concerns. Brandt has managed to bridge the gap between the masters of the Western tradition, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Pierre Bonnard, Max Beckmann and Willem de Kooning.” Warren Brandt (1918-2002) studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at…

27 Paintings from Émile‏ Henri Bernard’s ten year stay in Egypt, with footnotes

Jun 13, 2023

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in Orientalists

Bernard left France in 1893 and had lived abroad for ten years before returning to his native country. Intrigued by Orientalist works of the previous generations artists — Ingres, Delacroix, and others — he sought to create his own works depicting similarly scenes and characters… Please follow link for full post

01 Photograph of the Canals of Venice, St. Mark’s Domes with Venice Background, with footnotes #112

Jun 12, 2023

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in Venice

Offered for sale for C$14,500 in June 2023 St Mark’s Basilica is the cathedral church of the Catholic Patriarchate of Venice. Its model was the sixth-century Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, although accommodations were made to adapt the design to the limitations of the physical site and to meet the specific needs of Venetian…

01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Helmut Newton’s Rich Girl, with Footnotes #197

Jun 12, 2023

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Estimate at 5,000—8,000 USD in July 2022 Renowned for his carefully composed, cinematic photographs, Helmut Newton was one of the 20th century’s most influential photographers. He fundamentally changed the nature of fashion photography through his edgy approach to subject matter, and strong formal intuition. Frequently depicting nude subjects in high heels, Newton instead hones in…

01 Religious Icon, A Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator, with footnotes #34

Jun 12, 2023

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in Icons

In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator is a specific depiction of Christ. Pantocrator or Pantokrator, usually translated as “Almighty” or “all-powerful”, is derived from one of many names of God in Judaism. The Pantokrator, largely an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic theological conception, is less common under that name in Western (Roman) Catholicism and largely unknown to most…

01 Marine Painting – Raoul Dufy’s THE PIER IN LE HAVRE, with Footnotes #379

Jun 11, 2023

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in Marine Artr

Sold for 200,000 EUR in June 2020 In 1885, the Florentine father named Guéroult installed the Bains de la Falaise on the current site of the regatta palace. The establishment was very popular with residents. They took advantage of beach huts, canvas tents and the pier that allowed high tide to reach the sea without…

01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Oscar VanYoung’s Hot Summer Day, with footnotes # 183

Jun 11, 2023

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Sold for $1,200.00 in January 2020Oscar Van Young was born in Vienna on 15 April 1906. For business reasons his father found himself in Russia at the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, and was followed there by his family. Oscar spent some of his teenage years in Odessa, Russia during the civil war that…

78 Paintings that Follow Nelson’s actions at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, with Footnotes

Jun 11, 2023

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in Marine Artr

The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)… Please follow link for full post

01 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Hosni Radwan’s City of Paradoxes 6, with Footnotes #76

Jun 10, 2023

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in MIDDLE EASTERN ART

The city of Jerusalem is the focus of Hosni Radwan’s latest series of artworks. Using charcoal, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas, he attempts to express his fascination with a city haunted by shades of paradoxes. The minute Radwan saw Jerusalem, after living in the diaspora most of his life, he fell in love with it.…

01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Gyula Tornai’s Japán Masszirozónő (The Blind Masseuse), with Footnotes #196

Jun 10, 2023

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Estimated at USD 70,000 – USD 90,000 in Apr 2022 The goze stands fully frontal, holding her staff in one hand and a blue enameled teapot in the other, her shamisen slung across her back. Her clothing, though not richly embroidered nor of expensive cloth, is patterned and her hair is wrapped in a pastel patterned scarf. She…

01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Philippe Mercier’s Portrait of Lady Mary Watson Wentworth, with Footnotes #195

Jun 9, 2023

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Sold for £4,462.50 on April 2022 Mary Watson-Wentworth, Marchioness of Rockingham (née Liddell, later Bright; 1735 – 19 December 1804) was the wife of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was prime minister of Great Britain in 1782 and again from 1765 to 1766. Born c. 1735 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, she was the only…

01 painting, The amorous game, Hugh Goldwin Riviere’s Garden of Eden, with Footnotes #97

Jun 9, 2023

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