Tag: Artists
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15 Works, Today, May 5th. is artist Teofilo Patini’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #124
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Luis Ricardo Falero’s young player with the statue of Pan, with Footnotes, #91
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also recognized as the god…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Rubens, Petrus Paulus’ Marie de Médicis, with Footnotes #183
Marie de’ Medici (French: Marie de Médicis, Italian: Maria de’ Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as regent legally expired…
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15 Works, May 2nd. is artist Charles Gleyre’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #121
The Bacchae; also known as The Bacchantes is an ancient Greek tragedy. The tragedy is based on the Greek myth of King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agave, and their punishment by the god Dionysus. The god Dionysus appears at the beginning of the play and proclaims that he has arrived in Thebes to…
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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, Antoine Bouvard and Slobodan Paunovic’s Il Rio del Lovo, with footnotes. #109
Rio del Lovo is a canal in Venice in the sestiere of San Marco . This rio is a very popular route for gondoliers. It connects the confluence of the rio dei Ferali , rio dei Bareteri and rio dei Scoacamini in a northwesterly direction with the Grand Canal. The rio first passes under the ponte de…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edward Angelo Goodall’s The Bride, with Footnotes. #182
Goodall made two journeys to the East. Feeling restricted by the genre images which he was producing, he spent the winter of 1858-9 in Egypt. Much of the trip was spent in the company of the Bavarian born watercolorist Carl Haag. The account he gave of his visit leaves no doubt of the visual excitement…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, August Macke’s Badende Frauen/ Bathing Women, with footnotes # 175
August Macke, (born January 3, 1887, Meschede, Germany—died September 26, 1914, Perthes-les-Hurlus, France), German painter who was a leader of Der Blaue Reiter (“The Blue Rider”), an influential group of Expressionist artists. Macke studied at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1904 to 1906. During his first trip to Paris in 1907 he was profoundly influenced by…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists, Paul Joanowits’ Bashi-bazouks before the gate, with footnotes, #21
Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The strain on the Ottoman feudal system caused by the Empire’s wide expanse required heavier reliance on irregular soldiers. They were armed and maintained by the government, but did not receive pay and did not wear…
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15 Paintings, The amorous game, by Heribert Potuznik, Alfred Kornberger, Kaiser Leander, Fritz Aigner, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Gustav Klimt, Max Schwimmer, Maurice Chabas and Guillaume Seignac, with footnotes
If you are shot with a mythological arrow by Cupid, the Greek god of love, you may find yourself feeling amorous and have strong feelings of love, especially romantic love… Please follow link for full post
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22 Paintings, Following The True And Tragic Persian Love Story of Shirin and King Khusrau Parvîz
King Khusraw Anushirvan Enthroned, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi Khosrow and Shirin is a work of fiction and a tale of love between the Sasanian king Khosrow II and Shirin, the Armenian Princess who went on and became the queen of Persia. The love story starts off with…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Antoon Heinsbergen’s Paris Opera House, with footnotes, Part 83
A panoramic view of early twentieth-century Paris with early automobiles, charabancs and pedestrians filling the boulevards converging on the Paris Opera beneath sunny blue skies. Anthony Heinsbergen (December 13, 1894 – June 14, 1981) was an American muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors. Born Antoon Heinsbergen in Haarlem (the Netherlands), he…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Moses Soyer’s Couple, with Footnotes, #90
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 – September 3, 1974) was an American social realist painter. Soyer married in 1922 to Ida Chassne, a dancer. Together they had one son, David Soyer. Dancers were a recurring subject in his paintings. Soyer studied art in New York with his twin Raphael, first at Cooper Union, and continued his…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Filippo Indoni’s The courtship, with Footnotes, #89
Filippo Indoni, Italian (1800 – 1884). In a reaction against the frivolous and unrealistic images of early 19th century Romanticism, artists turned to less glamorous aspects of life and society in search of a direct experience. By 1850, they had formed a relatively cohesive movement that battled for popularity with Romanticism, a far more widespread style.…
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03 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Mahmoud Saïd’s Fishermen, with Footnotes, #71
There is no doubt that the city of Alexandria had a resounding effect on the oeuvre of Mahmoud Said. A native of this great city, a number of Said’s paintings revolving around the rough seas and fishermen can be attributed to his hometown… Please follow link for full post
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01 Orientalist Painting, George Washington’s CHARGE DES CAVALIERS ARABES/CHARGE OF ARAB RIDERS , with footnotes, #104
George Washington, born 15 September 1827 in Marseille and died November 19, 1901 in Douarnenez, was a French Orientalist painter. Like most aspiring artists, the young Georges Washington moved to Paris, where he trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868). The artist’s exotic style was also indebted to Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863). Washington’s…
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19 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 18 Old Master Artists’ interpretation of The Rape Of Lucretia, with Footnotes. #181
Lucretia (died ca. BC 508) was the daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. The marriage between Lucretia and Collatinus was depicted as the ideal Roman union, as both Lucretia and Collatinus were faithfully devoted to one another. According to Livy, Lucretia was an exemplar of “beauty and purity,” as…
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03 Works, Eanger Irving Couse’s Mourning the Chief of the Tribe, with 2 Studies, with footnotes
Eanger Irving Couse was an American painter best known for his realistic depictions of Native Americans and landscapes of the Southwestern United States. Born on September 3, 1866 in Saginaw, MI, Couse went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago and later under William-Adolphe Bougereau at the Académie Julian in Paris… Please follow…
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22 Works, René Maltête Humorous Photographs!
René Maltête was born on 8 May 1930 at Lamballe (Côtes-d’Armor, France). He started taking pictures at 16. In 1951 he went to Paris to become an assistant director. Times were tough, and from this point until 1973 he would have to do a great variety of menial work to survive in addition to his…
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02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Abdulhalim Radwi’s UNTITLED, with Footnotes, #70
In Untitled, Radwi captures the vibrancy of the city. He depicts a futurist city landscape blending traditional Ottoman architecture with a contemporary one. The strong focus on the architectural façade is highlighted by the various shades of blue. These colourful geometric shapes are a testament to his time spent in Europe and the influence of…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Frederick Arthur Bridgman’s Pensive Moments, with Footnotes #180
In Pensive Moments, Bridgman presents a favorite subject, a North African woman in exotic dress with gauze sleeves, a bodice over her shoulders, and a conical hat usually worn by the women of Tlemcen — a town in northwestern Algeria. Bridgman described the costume in his book Winters in Algeria (1890), commenting that it resembled Moroccan…
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