Tag: Artists
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Giulio Rosati’s Bedouins preparing a raiding party, with footnotes, #86
Giulio Rosati, 1858 – Rome – 1917, specialised in eighteenth century costume pieces, comical scenes of from the life of the clergy and Orientalist subjects. His preferred medium was watercolour, though he also worked in oils. Rosati studied at the Academy of Rome. He was the pupil of several eminent artists, in particular the poet and architect…
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01 Painting, The amorous game,Gunilla Mann’s Dancing couple – With Footnotes
Gunilla Mann, born in 1947 in Gothenburg , is a Swedish painter, artist, graphic artist and sculptor. Mann grew up in Majorna and Masthugget in Gothenburg. She studied at Handicraft Society School from 1962 to 1967 and at Hovedskou painting school from 1968 to 1972. Mann now divides her time between Österlen and Södermalm in Stockholm…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Virginia Castillo’s Island women; with Footnotes. #106
Virginia Castillo was born in La Ceiba, but brought up in Roatan. Her paintings are inspired by the surroundings she grew up in, the colorful Caribbean setting as well as a strict church dominated society. A self taught artist, Virgie began painting as a young girl, but it wasn’t till the early 80s when she seriously…
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14 works by Louis Icart, with footnotes
Louis Icart Laurent Justin , born in 1888 in Toulouse and died in 1950 in Paris , is a painter, engraver and illustrator. Impressed by its designer, his aunt made the move to Paris: she showed his work to the House Valmont, milliner to the Belle Époque . Louis Icart was then introduced in the illustration media for…
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10 Works, Today, March 13th. is artist Pierre-Narcisse Guérin’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #071
Cato the Younger (95–46 BCE) was a pivotal figure in Rome during the first century BCE. A defender of the Roman Republic, he forcefully opposed Julius Caesar and was known as the highly moral, incorruptible, inflexible supporter of the Optimates. When it became clear at the Battle at Thapsus that Julius Caesar would be the…
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7 Sculptures – Native American Wooden Kachina Dolls and Sculpturs, with footnotes
Kachinas can be grouped according to their purpose. Groups of Kachinas include the following: Ogres, Guards or Warriors, Hunters, Whippers, Runners, Chiefs, Women or Maidens, Animals, Plants, Dancers, Borrowed and Others… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hendrik Kerstens’, VEIL, with Footnotes. #105
A veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance. Veiling has a long history in European, Asian, and African societies. The practice has been prominent in different forms in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The practice of veiling…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, MARTÍN RICO Y ORTEGA, RIO DI SAN BARNABA, with footnotes. #85
A native of Spain, Martín Rico y Ortega was captivated by Venice and dedicated his oeuvre to recording its architecture, people and daily life. This work, set on the Rio di San Barnaba, features the Chiesa di San Barnaba in the foreground with Santa Maria dei Carmini beyond. More on this painting The Chiesa di San…
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01 Painting, Orientalist Artists, Henri Duvieux, CAMEL RIDERS AT REST, with footnotes, 84
Henri Duvieux was born in 1855 in Paris. He entered his artistic studies as a student of Marilhat and after his debut at the Paris Salon in 1880 he continued to depict representations of Venice and Constantinople throughout his career. Duvieux was influenced by the considerable nineteenth-century interest in Orientalism but he chose to concentrate his…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Munir Fahim’s Nubian Women, with Footnotes, #45
Egyptian women highly valued personal adornment and it was worn by all social classes. In these artistically unique and striking depictions, the Nubian women are seen adorned with bold golden and silver native jewelry. More on this work Munir Fahim was born on June 26, 1935 in the port city of Rasheed located in Egypt’s Beheira governorate.…
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5 Works – Marine art, J. M. W. Turner
Dutch boats are shown on course for collision in stormy weather. Dark clouds contribute to the sense of danger. The painting was commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater as a companion piece to a 17th-century Dutch seascape in his possession. More on this painting Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (1775–19 December 1851) was an…
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09 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, La Malinche, Mexico’s Eve, with Footnotes. #188
Marina or Malintzin (c. 1500 — c. 1529), or more popularly known as La Malinche Malinche. She has been known as the mother of Mexico, and even Mexico’s Eve (the son she had with Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés was likely the first mestizo person, of European and indigenous Amerindian heritage), yet her name is also associated with…
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01 PAINTING OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY GIULIO TURCATO, WITH FOOTNOTES. #83
Giulio Turcato (16 March 1912 in Mantua – 22 January 1995 in Rome) was an Italian artist, belonging to both figurative and abstract expressionist currents. Turcato left Mantua and attended the Venice Academy’s school of nude studies in the early 1930s before moving to Milan and finding work in the firm of the architect Giovanni Muzio…
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18 Works, February 28th. is artist Dixie Selden’s day, her story, illustrated with footnotes #059
Brittany is a peninsula, historical country, and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Frederick Arthur Bridgman’s WAITING FOR ORDERS, with footnotes, #85
Frederick Arthur Bridgman (November 10, 1847 – 1928) was an American artist, born in Tuskegee, Alabama. The son of a physician, Bridgman would become one of the United States’ most well-known and well-regarded painters and become known as one of the world’s most talented “Orientalist” painters. He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Kadhim Hayder’s Divine Horses, with Footnotes, #44
Ten mythical white horses, their abstracted bodies collapsed together in grief, wail out to a bare, nocturnal landscape. An isolated green horse turns his body away from the group, exiled under a blood red moon. This painting is from one of Iraqi artist Kadhim Hayder’s most notable series, The Epic of the Martyr, based on…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Ken Howard’s Stormy Morning, Quai St Michel, Paris, Part #81
The Quai Saint-Michel in the french capital Paris is a small section of the southern bank of the Seine between the bridges Pont Saint-Michel and Petit Pont. The naming references archangel Michael, who was patron to a chapel in the nearby former kings palace. Ken Howard R.A. (British, born 1932) studied at Hornsey School of Art…
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18 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The Execution of Charlotte Corday, with Footnotes. #187
Charlotte Corday, born Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday d’Armont was born in Normandy on July 27, 1768 and was executed on July 17, 1793 in Paris. She is largely remembered as the assassin of French Revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat while he rested in his bath at home. She was born into a poor but noble family in the…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Felix Bonfils’ TURKISH LADY, with Footnotes. #104
Félix Adrien Bonfils (8 March 1831 – 1885) was a French photographer and writer who was active in the Middle East. He was one of the first commercial photographers to produce images of the Middle East on a large scale and amongst the first to employ a new method of colour photography, developed in 1880. He…
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01 Painting, of The amorous game, Filippo Indoni’s The distracted shepherd – With Footnotes #3A
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…
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