Tag: Artists
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11 works, MARC CHAGALL. A RETROSPECTIVE (1908 – 1985) – Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The art piece follows a similar piece by the same artist called the White Crucifixion, where he showed the suffering of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust by using the image of Jesus Christ, a Jew. In this masterpiece, the artist continues to discuss the plight of the Jews. In this art piece, he shows Jesus…
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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, Alphonsine de Challié’s Young brunette woman with a pink veil at her toilet, with footnotes # 31
Alphonsine de Challie worked in the studio of Charles Joshua Chaplin and was a friend of Berthe Morisot. In 1875, Berthe Morisot painted the’ Woman with her toilet ‘which is today preserved at the Art Institute of Chicago. Is she undressing or getting ready? The same mystery surrounds this picture of Alphonsine Challie who was probably…
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05 Works, Sebastiaen Vrancx’s Medieval soldiers scenes, with footnotes
An army always made sure to put in place what was called a “ supply train” , this is even known from the times of Alexander´s campaigns. The supply train was the logistic mechanism that allowed resupplying the army with everything it needed. The bigger the army and the deeper it was into enemy territory, the…
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1 Work , John Lewis Brown’s Battle of Reichshoffen, with footnotes
The Battle of Reichshoffen (also known as the Battle of Wörth) took place near the village of Wœrth in Alsace, on the Sauer River at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. It is referred to as the second battle of Wörth (the first occurred during the French Revolutionary wars in 1793). In the second battle depicted…
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02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Anna Boghiguian’s Alexandria , with Footnotes, #69
Alexandria is a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. Founded in c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt’s capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria that ranked among the Seven…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Otto Aguiar’s Miami Beach, With Footnotes, #87
The son of a highly respected Brazilian general, Otto de Souza Aguiar graduated with honors and was awarded a Master’s Degree in Graphic Art and Drawing from the University of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After teaching drawing and design to aspiring architects, Otto began the extensive travels through Europe that were his induction into…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Fruta prohibida/ Forbidden Fruit, with footnotes # 170
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was a teenager when he first picked up a camera and began taking pictures, before he enrolled in night classes in painting at the Academia San Carlos, in 1917, or sought instruction in the darkroom of local German photographer Hugo Brehme. Initially self-taught, Álvarez Bravo’s style developed through study of foreign and local…
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18 Works, March 23rd. is artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #81
Myths of creation occur in Mesopotamian and Canaanite literature and it is from these bodies of literature that the Old Testament book of Genesis derived some of its motifs surrounding the acts of creation. Genesis contains an account of eight works of creation that were actually spread over six days, the first four of which…
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s La Desvendada/ The Unveiled, with footnotes # 168
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was a teenager when he first picked up a camera and began taking pictures, before he enrolled in night classes in painting at the Academia San Carlos, in 1917, or sought instruction in the darkroom of local German photographer Hugo Brehme. Initially self-taught, Álvarez Bravo’s style developed through study of foreign and…
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06 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Steve Hanks’ Morning Rituals, with footnotes # 165
Steve Hanks, 1949–2015, is recognized as one of the best watercolor artists today. The detail, color and realism of Steve Hanks’ paintings are unheard of in this difficult medium. Steve Hanks captures these patterns of life better than anyone. Steve Hanks was born into a military family in San Diego in 1949. His father was…
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02 Orientalist Paintings, Adolf Schreyer’s The Chase, with footnotes, #120
The Chase, depicts a group of Bedouin warriors in full gallop charging through the desert landscape. The rapidity and nervous quality of the brushstroke emphasizes the forward momentum of the riders; the vivid red cloak of the rider in the center identifying him as the leader… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Adham Wanly’s The singer, with Footnotes, #68
Adham Wanly (1908 in Alexandria, Egypt – 1959) was a painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atelier with his brother Seif Wanly (above), and participated in many local and international exhibition specially Venice, São Paulo (Brasil), Alexandria Biennale. The Museum of Modern Art in Alexandria…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edgardo Saporetti’s Italian Mother with two children, with Footnotes. #100
The young woman leans against a house wall with a view of the viewer, a small child on her breast, the older daughter looking at the child. Edgardo Saporetti (Bagnacavallo, 1865 – Bellaria, 1909) was an Italian painter of eclectic subjects, including portraits, landscapes, and genre subjects. He was the son of Pietro Saporetti, painter and…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, James Gleeson’s Salvage from Random’s Effigy, with footnotes # 165
When James Gleeson first exhibited Salvage from Random’s Effigy, 1939 – 41 the Second World War had been raging for almost three years, eventually reaching Australian shores with the terrifying bombing of Darwin and the submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in February, then May of 1942. Gleeson and a number of his artist-associates had been…
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07 Paintings, Max Middleton, On the Beach with Hazel and Danielle, with footnotes # 163
Max Middleton enjoyed a long and highly acclaimed career as a professional artist, exhibiting in 68 exhibitions over 66 years. He died in 2013. Max had a great interest in the Australian landscape. As an en plein air painter, he faithfully rendered what he saw. He had an extraordinary ability to capture light on canvas……
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1 Painting, Julian A. Scott’s A Friendly Game
The present painting likely depicts a friendly card game between a Confederate and Union soldier. Fraternizing with the enemy during downtime was not uncommon during the Civil War. More on this painting Julian A. Scott (February 14, 1846 – July 4, 1901), was born in Johnson, Vermont, and served as a Union Army drummer during the…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Harrington Mann’s Nude, with footnotes # 166
Harrington Mann (7 October 1864, Glasgow–28 February 1937, New York City) was a Scottish portrait artist and decorative painter. He was a member of the Glasgow Boys movement in the 1880s.Mann began his studies at the Glasgow School of Art. He then studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London under professor Alphonse Legros.…
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Henry Margetson’s Don’t Tell!, with Footnotes. #171
William Henry Margetson RI (December 1861 – 2 January 1940) was an English painter and illustrator, mainly known for his aesthetic portraits of women.Margetson was born at Camberwell in Surrey. He studied at Dulwich College, and later at the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1885 he first exhibited at the…
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