Tag: Artists
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and William Edward Frost’s Florinda la Cava, with Footnotes. #132
Florinda la Cava (at center left), or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Stani Nitkowski’s Untitled, with Footnotes
Stani Nitkowski (La Pouëze, 29 May 1949 – id., 2 April 2001) was a French painter. Born to a father of Polish origin, he arrived in Anjou to work in the slate quarries. Stani Nitkowski found himself, at 23, in a wheelchair due to myopathy. Quickly abandon abstraction and start drawing in ink. He exhibited for…
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15 Paintings, British Artists at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, the Edwardian period, with footnotes
British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century lasted during the reign of King Edward VII (1901–10). The Pan-imperial, international, and transatlantic character of British art in that complex period, considered the impact of new technologies—such as electrification, the motor car, recorded sound, and cinema—on painting, sculpture, photography, and the decorative arts. It’s emphasis…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Margaret Gillies’ Sorrow and Consolation, with Footnotes
Sold for GBP 2,750 in Nov 2010 In the 1820s Margaret Gillies (1803-1887), was a pupil of Frederick Cruikshank, a Scottish miniature painter. During the first two decades of her career Gillies made large miniature portraits, and some subject compositions, that were exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists. She produced…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Henricus Gerardus de Korte’s Garden Party , with footnotes, Part 93
Estimate Price in May 2023, $600 – $800 A garden party is a gathering of people at an outdoor venue, particularly of social elites… Hennie De Korte was born January 5, 1941, he spent his early years in Australia after his family moved there from Utrecht, Holland. He first began to study painting in 1957…
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01 Painting, The Streets of Paris, Pablo Picasso’s Morphine Addicts (Morphinomanes), with footnotes #95
Sold for 1,270,000 USD in May 2023 The nightlife of Paris proved to be a revelation to Picasso. His large oil Le Moulin de la Galette, now in the collection of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, conveyed the dynamism and energy he found in the cafés and concert halls of Montmartre as well as the dark…
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02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Juliana Séraphim’s Untitled , with Footnotes , #59
Seraphim was born in Jaffa in 1934, and was among the first waves of displaced Palestinian refugees to move to Beirut, Lebanon in 1952. She was 14 when her family fled first to Sidon by boat in 1949. After their move to Beirut, she worked in refugee relief while attending art classes….. Please follow link…
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12 Works, January 4th is Augustus Edwin John’s day, #004
Augustus Edwin John OM RA (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain…. Please follow link for full post
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12 Works, Today January 3rd is August Robert Ludwig Macke’s day #003
August Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887–26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)… Please follow link for full post
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07 works, The Art Of The Nude, Julius Leblanc Stewart’s Reclining nudes, with footnotes #227
Julius LeBlanc Stewart (September 6, 1855, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — January 5, 1919, Paris, France), was an American artist who spent his career in Paris. A contemporary of fellow expatriate painter John Singer Sargent, Stewart was nicknamed “the Parisian from Philadelphia”… Please follow link for full post
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02 Works of the Canals of Venice, Alfred Stieglitz’s Venetian Well, with footnotes, #124
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 — July 13, 1946) was the eldest child of highly cultured and prosperous parents… Please follow link for full post
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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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01 Work, Merry Christmas to all, Per Breiehagen’ The Reluctant Reindeer, with Footnotes
Merry Christmas Wishes for the festive season! Christmas is a season of joy, love, and togetherness, making it the perfect time to spread festive cheer with thoughtful wishes… and prayers for the people of Gaza! They need at least that… Per Breiehagen: “I grew up in Ål, a small mountain town in southern Norway, surrounded…
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01 Work, Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Triptych of Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, with Footnotes
This print shows a mythical episode in which the emperor’s official, Mitsukuni, comes to search for surviving insurrectionary conspirators. In the image, the princess recites a spell written on a handscroll, summoning a giant skeleton. It rears out of a black void, crashing its way through the tattered palace blinds with its bony fingers to…
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02 works, The Art Of The Nude, Hananiah Harari’s Nude Descending a Stairs after Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones’s The Golden Stairs, with footnotes #230
Statement by the Artist: “Serendipity led me to the Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones whose painting The Golden Stairs suggested a scaffold for my own… Please follow link for full post
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01 Works The amorous game, Potentially Gillis Mostaert’s Couple in love on a stormy sea, with Footnotes #98
This painting was Estimate at €800 – €1,200 in May 2023 Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. He was a versatile artist who worked in various genres including landscape, genre and history painting.…
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29 Works, December 14th. is Károly Lotz’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #250
Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833–13 October 1904) was a German-Hungarian painter… Please follow link for full post
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04 Works, The amorous game, Cornelis Bega’s Peasants in a Tavern, with Footnotes, #98
He was a student of Adriaen van Ostade, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Anna Boghiguian’s Zar, with Footnotes, #62
Estimated for 4,000 – 6,000 GBP in Apr 2023 In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, Zār is the term for a demon or spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice…
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01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Hayv Kahraman’s The Kawliya Dance, with Footnotes, #60
Sold for GBP 118,750 in 2018 Dance of El Kawliya is a dance of improvisation. The movements are full of power, earthiness, passion and a zest for life. Iraqi Gypsy dancers have kept their traditional dances alive by maintaining their simple lifestyle and by not allowing modern elements from ballet or from any other modern dance…
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