Tag: Art
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s Veiled Somali Woman , with Footnotes #194
Sold on Apr 13, 2022 for $656.25Carol Beckwith (born July 10, 1945) is an American photographer, author, and artist known for her photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the Australian photographer Angela Fisher. Between them, Beckwith and Fisher have published 14 books, and have had their photos appear in…
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, Jean Souverbie’s L’amazone, with footnotes #29
Sold for €36,585 EUR in December 2019 In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of woman warriors. The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey near the southern shore of the Black Sea. There they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen named…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Hugo Ballin’s Two women in a meadow, with footnotes # 182
Estimate at $700 – $900. Sold for $450.00 on October 2020 Hugo Ballin NA (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was an American artist, muralist, author and film director. Ballin was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design.Ballin was born in New York City and studied at…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant’s At Rest, with footnotes #108
Estimate at GBP 500 – GBP 1,000 in June 2023 Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits. He was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. A journey to Morocco in…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Jehangir Sabavala’s Sorcerer – II, with Footnotes. #192
Sold for Rs 1,51,525 | $2,048 in March 2022Jehangir Sabavala (23 August 1922 – 2 September 2011). He studied at Cathedral and John Connon School, Elphinstone College, and earned a diploma from Mumbai’s Sir J. J. School of Art in 1944. Thereafter he went to Europe and studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, (1945–47),…
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05 Works, June 4th is Saints Mary and Martha’s day, their story in Paintings #155
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, He came to Bethany where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made… Please follow…
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01 painting, Willem Van Mieris the Elder’s A trumpeter at a casement window, with Footnotes #96
Sold for £390,900 in December 2022 Willem van Mieris (3 June 1662 – 26 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was a painter, sculptor and etcher active in Leiden. He was born in Leiden and studied under his father Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635–1682), who was a successful genre painter.…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Frigate of the Rais Hamid chased by these ships of the Americans, with Footnotes #75
The Arabic inscription at bottom of the painting identifies the scene as the Battle of Cape Gata– a devastating blow to the Barbary forces by the American navy in the year 1815. At the center, the Algerian ship Mashudu is identifiable by its bright red flag at the stern. Nine American ships have surrounded the…
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01 Work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Simple- T’s Untitled, with Footnotes #191
Selling for C$634 as of June, 2023 Simple- T is an International award-winning Fine Art Photographer based in Nürnberg, Germany. Born in Bucharest, Romania, she started Fine Art Photography in 2010 and has already been recognized internationally, being featured in numerous media worldwide. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in New York, Barcelona, London,…
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02 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Markus Feiler’s CLOSER | DISTANCE, with footnotes #181
“With their special appeal, the black and white photos reinforce the magical game of closeness and distance, which at the same time allow room for individual interpretations of the moment… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting – Willem Hendrik Eickelberg’s BUSY FISHERFOLK, with Footnotes #380
Estimated for 6,000 – 8,000 USD in October 2020 Willem Hendrik Eickelberg was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1845. Although he never obtained the recognition he deserved from a larger public, we know a lot of works from his hand have survived the years. He recieved his education at the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam,…
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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Wilhelm Kray’s THE SIRENS, with footnotes #33b
Sold for 12,500 GBP in May 2015According to Greek myths, sirens were powerful and erotic creatures, and many unsuspecting sailors would fall prey to their seductive beauty. The common belief was that they would devour sailors after their ships would crash into the rocks, as most men couldn’t resist the temptation of their sweet melodies and angelic…
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, Giovanni Domenico Cerrini’s Diana, with footnotes # 40
Estimated at £15,000 – £20,000 in December 2019 In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon and nature being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was eventually equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy. Diana was worshipped…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Antoine Bouvard’s Villa on Venice Canal, with footnotes #111
Antoine Bouvard, St. Jean-de-Bournay, 1870 – 1956 was a French landscape artist who notably often painted under the pseudonym Marc Aldine. Bouvard remains best known for his renderings of Venetian canal scenes, painted in warm tones and a hazy light that often accompanies the setting of the sun. A typical work is A Gondolier Before a…
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04 Marine Photographs – Kasia Derwinska’s Neighborhood, House with the ocean view, Summer shelter and Now or never, with Footnotes #377
Kasia Derwinska “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Pierre-André Brouillet’s Suzanne (Susannah and the Elders), With Footnotes – #132
Sold for USD 96,000 in Oct 2005In this painting, Brouillet restages the Old Testament narrative of Susannah and the Elders at the Moulin Rouge and populates the scene with contemporary characters. Unlike the biblical Susannah, besieged by two leering older men while bathing outdoors, this stylishly attired and self-possessed Suzanne is propositioned by two elegantly dressed gentlemen…
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, B A H M A N’s Leda, with footnotes #33
Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the other twin, Pollux, and of Helen, both of whom…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Miroslava Zaharieva’s Body III, with footnotes # 179
Offered for sale at C$1,993 in May 2023Miroslava Zaharieva is an academic and self-expression artist. She works in various styles: still life, landscape, portrait, figural and non-figural compositions using watercolours, oil, tempera and acrylic colours. Traditional techniques of painting and experimentation by mixing different techniques together. Collage works with various materials: paper, textile, leather and synthetics.…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin’s Old Falconer, Sheik of the Ziban, with footnotes #107
Sol for 100,800 USD on January 2022 Si Bouaziz-Ben-Ganah comes from a line of sheikhs el Arab , from the beylik of Constantine, since 1762. He was born in 1879 and died on June 17, 1945. It was Bachagha of the Zibans (region of oases at the gateway to the desert between the mountains of Zab and…
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