Tag: Artists
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Edwin Lord Weeks’ A cup of coffee, with footnotes, 82
Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 – 1903) was an American artist. Weeks was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849. His parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston, and as such they were able to finance their son’s youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Weeks visited the Florida Keys…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by Krestniy Dmitriy, with Footnotes. #101
A look through Dmitriy Krestniy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocative yet sensual style. He understands and respects the art’s body which continuously is at the center of his paintings. His preference goes by drawing with pastels, oil and charcoal to create innovative paintings among which are such style as photorealism where the artist writes such…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Maurice Bouviolle’s MARKET DAY IN GHARDAÏA, with footnotes, #81
Ghardaïa is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is a major centre of date production and the manufacture of rugs and cloths. Divided into three walled sectors, it is a fortified town. The name of Ghardaïa has its origins in a female saint named Daïa who lived in a cave (ghār) in the area before it…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by Victor Guerrier, Part 78
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France.The original house, which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill…
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13 Works, January 24th. is artist Vasily Ivanovich Surikov’s day, his story, illustrated #024
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (24 January 1848–19 March 1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. Many of his works have become familiar to the general public through their use as illustrations. He was born to an old Cossack family, descending from Don Cossacks that had settled in Siberia. His father was a Collegiate Registrar, a civil…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Bibi Zogbé, with Footnotes, #41
Bibi Zogbé was born in the Lebanese seaside village of Sahel Alma, Labibé Zogbé. She migrated to Argentina at the age of sixteen. Her professional artistic career began in the 1930’s with a number of exhibitions in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, in Chile and Uruguay, in Paris and elsewhere. At the end of the…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Victor Gabriel Gilbert, Part 77
On a paved road, playing on the two dogs, a coachman with light straw hat and blue jacket tries to carry out his horse to horse-drawn carriage. He will be watched by numerous passers-by who are facing retail shops. In the background, the view is released to other buildings in the city and other figures.…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope’s Patience and Grief, with Footnotes. #177
The theme of this picture is that of love as a continuum. Stanhope has taken as his title lines from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Act Two, Scene 4, in which Viola, disguised as a page, confesses her love for Orsino, Duke of Illyria. They discuss the nature of love, and whether men and women can love…
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10 works, Japan’s Tiny Netsuke Carvings, with footnotes
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu was born in 1813, the fitst son of Shimizu Kichibei of Sugishitadori, Osaka. In 1829, he was adopted by Yasunaga Kichirobei. After the death of his adoptive father, he succeeded to the name of Yasunaga. Yasunaga had no teachers in the study of carving techniques. His sketches were made from life. Carved wood…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with footnotes. #81
Moran was especially fond of using Venice as a theme, particularly because its large areas of expressive sky and reflective water were well suited to his interest in creating luminous effects. He wove references to activities along the city’s waterways into his compositions, along with buildings, pilings, boats and their reflections. It seems significant to…
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03 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Georgia O’Keeffe, with footnotes # 100
The romance between Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe took on mythical dimensions. Stieglitz took revealing, nude portraits of O’Keeffe and put them on display at his gallery. The two became lovers, then, in 1924, man and wife. More on Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Henri Adrien Tanoux, with footnotes, 80
Henri Adrien Tanoux ( Marseille , 18 October as as 1865 – Paris , 1923 ) was a French painter. He dedicated himself to landscapes , nudes and oriental scenes .He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of Léon Bonnat . He exhibited his works regularly at the Paris Salon…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Bibi Zogbé, with Footnotes, #40
Bibi Zogbé was born in the Lebanese seaside village of Sahel Alma, Labibé Zogbé. She migrated to Argentina at the age of sixteen. Her professional artistic career began in the 1930’s with a number of exhibitions in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, in Chile and Uruguay, in Paris and elsewhere. At the end of…
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17 Works, January 2nd. is Piero di Cosimo’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #259
In the upper part is Moses kneeling on Mount Sinai, with a sleeping Joshua nearby: he receives the Tables of the Law from Yahweh, who appears in a luminescent cloud, surrounded by angels. In the foreground, on the left, Moses brings the Tables to the Israelites. In the background is camp of tents, with the…
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12 Works, January 1st. is Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #258
After the defeat of Napoleon III and his French Imperial Army by the Prussian Army in the summer of 1870, colonial officers such as Faidherbe were recalled to France and promoted to higher ranks to command new units and replace generals killed or captured in the war. Faidherbe was promoted to divisional general in November…
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19 Works, December 30th. is Osman Hamdi Bey’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #257
A total of 17 figures, 16 people and a dog, are skillfully depicted in front of the Yeşil Mosque in Bursa. The painting, which reveals the fine workmanship of the Ottoman architecture and the detail in the decorations, is a document about the Ottoman daily life. It is stated in the painting that Osman Hamdi…
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20 Works, December 26th. is Bertha Wegmann’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #255
Bertha Wegmann (1847–1926) was a Danish portrait painter of German ancestry. She was the first woman to hold a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts… Please follow link for full post
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20 Works, December 24th. is Fernand Cormon’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #254
Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845–20 March 1924) was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-François Portaels, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France. His father was the playwright Eugène Cormon. His mother was Charlotte Furais, the actress… Please follow link for full…
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