Tag: Art
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Ken Howard, Harbour wall, Mousehole 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #290
Mousehole (pronounced “Mowzel”) is one of Cornwall’s most picturesque hamlets; a stunning collection of yellow-lichened houses, built from the local finely grained Lamorna granite, huddled together around the inner edge of the harbour – protected from the force of the sea coming across Mounts Bay by two sturdy breakwaters. More on Mousehole Kenneth Howard OBE RA (born…
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Richard Larter, Jean #1 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 93
Richard Larter (19 May 1929 – 25 July 2014) was an Australian painter, often identified as one of Australia’s few highly recognizable pop artists. Larter also frequently painted in a Pointillist style. He took advantage of unusual techniques with painting: using a syringe filled with paint to create his early works, and juxtaposing multiple images on…
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JOHN BELLANY, R.A., WOMAN OF ASCHAFFENBURG 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #96
Aschaffenburg is a district in Bavaria , Germany John Bellany CBE RA (18 June 1942 – 28 August 2013) was a Scottish painter. In 1968 Bellany graduated and his diploma show was hailed as great success. After graduation, Bellany was offered a teaching position at the Edinburgh College of Art but he carried on as a working…
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Mahmoud Sabri, CROSS BEARER , After Bosch 02 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #32
Mahmoud Sabri, 1927–2012, was an Iraqi painter, considered as one of the pioneers of Iraqi modern art and one of the pillars of modernism in Iraqi Art. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, died on 13th April 2012 in Maidenhead, England. Studied social sciences at Loughborough University (England) in the late 1940s. While in England, his interest…
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William Alexander Coulter, Ships at Dawn 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #289
William A. Coulter, born William Alexander Coulter (March 7, 1849 – March 13, 1936), was an American painter of marine subjects. Coulter was a native of Glenariff, County Antrim, in what is today Northern Ireland. He became an apprentice seaman at the age of 13, and after seven years at sea, came to settle in San…
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14 Works, Today, July 4th, is the Romanovs’ day, their story in icons #185
The canonization of the Romanovs was the elevation to sainthood of the last Imperial Family of Russia — Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, by the Russian Orthodox Church. The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918… Please follow link for full post
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06 Works, Today, June 30th, is First Martyrs’ day, their story in Paintings #181
The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome were Christians martyred in the city of Rome during Nero’s persecution in 64. They are celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church as an optional memorial on 30 June. There were early Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they…
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Tom Ouellette, Seated Nude II 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 92
Tom Ouellette was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1954. With the aid of a National Merit Scholarship he attended Harvard University, and graduated in 1978. In 1982, after completing drawing courses, he decided to pursue a career in painting and entered The Art Institute of Boston, graduating with honors in 1985. Ouellette moved to New…
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Bana Safar, Syrian Portrait, 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #95
Bana Safar, Syria, is a young Syrian artist graduated with Excellence from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University in 2001, the 1st in class for 4 years consecutively. From 2003 – 2006 She was professor assistant in the faculty of Fine Arts; Damascus and is a member of the Association of Fine Arts Damascus. She…
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Mahmoud Sabri, A FAMILY OF FARMERS 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #31
Mahmoud Sabri, 1927 – 2012, was an Iraqi painter, considered as one of the pioneers of Iraqi modern art and one of the pillars of modernism in Iraqi Art. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, died on 13th April 2012 in Maidenhead, England. Studied social sciences at Loughborough University (England) in the late 1940s. While in England, his…
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04 Works, Today, June 29th, is Apostle Paul’s day, his story in Paintings #180
Paul the Apostle, commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Hebrew name Saul of Tarsus, taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. Paul is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, and from the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD he founded several Christian communities in…
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08 Works, Today, June 28th, is John of Damascus’ day, his story in Paintings #179
John of Damascus was a Christian monk and priest. Born and raised in Damascus c. 675 or 676, he died at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem on 4 December 749… Please follow link for full post
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07 Works, Today, June 26th, is Saints John and Paul’s day, their story in Paintings #177
John and Paul are saints who lived during the fourth century in the Roman Empire. They were martyred at Rome on 26 June, in their own home. After a successful career of soldiering, Constantine the Great, entrusted Saints John and Paul, who were eunuchs, with the protection of Constantia; his eldest daughter from his second…
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