Tag: Artists
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01 Work, Giovanni Battista Torriglia’s The artist’s studio , with Footnotes #87
Sold for $4,000 USD in February 2023 The studio of any artist, especially from the 15th to the 19th centuries, characterized all the assistants, thus the designation of paintings as “from the workshop of…” or “studio of…” An art studio is sometimes called an atelier, especially in earlier eras. More on The studio Giovanni Battista Torriglia was an…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Hermann August Philips’ Portrait of a woman and Lying Woman, with footnotes #208
Hermann August Philips (born May 25, 1844 in Aachen , † October 17, 1927 in Munich ) was a German genre and portrait painter of the Düsseldorf school.From 1863 to 1868, Philips studied painting with Edward von Steinle at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main . Then he was in Antwerp , Düsseldorf and Offenbach…
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03 Photographs of the Canals of Venice by Gianni Berengo Gardin, with footnotes #118
Gianni Berengo Gardin (born 1930) is an Italian photographer who has concentrated on reportage and editorial work, but whose career as a photographer has encompassed book illustration and advertising… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Robert Neal’s The Agony of Ethiopia , with Footnotes #88
Estimated for US$12,000 – US$18,000 in July 2022 A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, it affected 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia’s 38–40 million) and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia. Almost…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Howard A. Terpning’s Desert Storm, with footnotes #89
On sale for $14,062 in September 2023 Howard Terpning (born November 5, 1927) is an American painter and illustrator best known for his paintings of Native Americans. Terpning was born in Oak Park, Illinois. His mother was an interior decorator, and his father worked for the railroad. As a boy he liked to draw and knew…
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04 works, The Art Of The Nude, Fritz Erler’s Calma, with footnotes #207
Fritz Erler (15 December 1868–11 December 1940) was a German painter, graphic designer and scenic designer. Although most talented as an interior designer, he is perhaps best remembered for several propaganda posters he produced during World War I… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hans Holbein the Younger’s Anne of Cleves, Queen of England, fourth wife of Henry VIII, with Footnotes #226
Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine,…
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19 Works, September 11th. is Artist Gerard de Lairesse’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #201
Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 — June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. His importance grew in the period following the death of Rembrandt… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The amorous game, Abraham Bloemaert’s Amorous Shepherd and Shepherdess, with Footnotes #87
Estimate for 4,000 – 6,000 USD in January 2023Abraham Bloemaert (1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was one of the “Haarlem Mannerists” from about 1585, but in the new century altered his style to fit new Baroque trends. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He…
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01 Work, Adrienne, Alexis Joseph Mazerolle’s L’Atelier du peintre/ Artist’s Studio, with Footnotes #86
Estimated for $12,000 USD – $18,000 USD in May 2022 Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle (29 June 1826 – 29 May 1889) was a French painter. He was admitted to the École des Arts et Métiers (School of Arts and Crafts), where he showed unusual ability in drawing. In 1843, at the age of 17, he was admitted to…
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02 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Cindy Crawford by Sante D’Orazio and Herbert “Herb” Ritts Jr., with footnotes #204
Cindy Crawford, in full Cynthia Ann Crawford, (born February 20, 1966, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.), American fashion model and television personality who first gained fame in the 1980s and was among the first “supermodels”… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, John Randall Bratby’s Flooded Square of San Marco, with footnotes #117
Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years, leaving some parts of the historic Italian city neck-deep in water, reports said Monday. Water burst the banks of the coastal city’s famed canals, leaving the landmark Piazza San Marco — St Mark’s Square — under almost a meter of water at one point… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Henry Guillaume Schlesinger’s Dangerous liaisons, with Footnotes #85
Sold for GBP 13,700 in Jan 2008The present work is a charming example of the subjects favoured by Schlesinger. The scene depicts a group of fashionable figures engaged in narrative interaction surrounding a print. The two ladies turn away in modesty and giggle at its content, while the gentleman leans over them. The elegant interior,…
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, by Louis-Jean-Baptiste Igout from the 1800’s, with footnotes #203
Artists throughout history have been drawn to the human form. Whether it is to compel, to shock or seduce, these artworks remain one of the central subjects of art history while intimately charting the socio-political developments of our many cultures — both old and new… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Elisée Maclet’s Vue de Montmartre, with footnotes, Part 89
Estimated for £1,000 – £1,500 in July 2022 With its cobbled streets, stunning Basilica, artists, bistros … Montmartre is full of charm! Perched on the top of a small hill in the 18th arrondissement, the most famous Parisian district has lost none of its village atmosphere that appealed so much to the artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.…
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02 Paintings, Irish deities, Henry Meynell Rheam’s La Belle Dame sans Merci (Banshee), with footnotes # 43
The subject is a fairy who seduces a knight with her eyes and singing voice, before lulling him to sleep and abandoning him on an empty hillside. The present watercolour depicts the moment when the fading knight dreams of the fairy he saw across the meadow, and his own initial approach to her on horseback……
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01 Work, Adrienne, Antwerp School’s A painter in his studio, with Footnotes #84
Sold for 252,000 USD in January 2023 The tradition of depicting painters, dealers, and collectors in interiors, surrounded by both identifiable and anonymous paintings from various countries and centuries, was firmly established in Flanders by the first quarter of the 17th century. The present example has been previously thought to be a work by Frans…
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03 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Bert Stern with Kate Moss in 2009, with footnotes #202
Bert Stern was one of the leading photographers of the 1950s and 1960s; he redefined fashion photography with his clean and direct style… Please follow link for full post
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by John Fernandes, with Footnotes #223
John Fernandes worked in Mumbai as an illustrator with a leading Advertising Agency for 9 years and worked as a full time freelance artist for more than 25 years… Please follow link for full post
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes #4
Artists include: Laila Shawa, Khadiga Riad, Hamed Owais, Paul Guiragossian, Hossein Khosrojerdi, Hassan Hajjaj, Georges Hanna Sabbagh, Lalla Essaydi, Mahmoud Said and Sohrab Sepehri. Please follow link for full post
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