Tag: Artists
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Carl Wilhelm Wilhelmson’s Melusina, with footnotes #226
Melusina was a mythical figure from European folklore, a water nymph who is often portrayed with the upper body of a beautiful woman but the lower that of a fish, or serpent. The most complete retelling of what was probably a more ancient legend, dates from the end of the 14th century and recounts how Melusina…
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02 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Frank Boggs and Eugène Galien- Laloue’s Images of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris , with footnotes, Part 95
The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great fanfare… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Hayv Kahraman’s Persian Couple 1 & 2, with Footnotes, #64
The present painting brings attention to the emotional state of the female character, echoed by the tones and the tamed senses of depth and motion depicted in the work… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Tarek Al-Ghoussein’s D Series Untitled 9 , with Footnotes , #58
Sold for £5,625 in Apr 2015 ‘It’s about looking at a space – how one relates to a space and how that space defines a person too,’ says Palestinian-Kuwaiti artist, photographer and academic, Tarek al Ghoussain. Long considered amongst the most progressive and engaged photographers at work in the Middle East today, al Ghossein’s intellectually-engaged…
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, Martín Rico y Ortega’s Gondolier in a Venetian Canal, with footnotes. #125
Estimated for 20,000 – 30,000 USD in Apr 2020 Martín Rico y Ortega (12 November 1833, El Escorial – 13 April 1908, Venice, Italy) was a Spanish painter of landscapes and cityscapes. Rico was one of the most important artists of the second half of the nineteenth century in his native country, and enjoyed wide international…
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1 Work , The Art of War, Philip Francis Stephanoff’s An armourer’s shop, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 1,008 in Jul 2022 Philip Francis Stephanoff, sometimes Francis Philip Stephanoff (1787/88–1860) was an English painter. He was born in Brompton Row, London. His father, Fileter N. Stephanoff, was a Russian who settled in England and worked painting ceilings and stage scenery, until he committed suicide around 1790; his mother Gertrude Stephanoff…
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26 Works, December 3rd. is Lord Frederic Leighton’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #244
Frederic Leighton, known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting, Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen’s La Champagne, With Footnotes, #322
Sold for $100,000 USD in Nov 2022 Though Moran spent a great deal of time painting the American frontier, it is his dreamy, jewel-toned depictions of Venice that perhaps best epitomize his intent to imaginatively capture the romantic, picturesque beauty and the unique sensory experience of a locale, rather than depicting reality in topographically accurate…
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09 Paintings by Orientalist Artist Otto Pilny’s Desert dance scene, with footnotes, #98
Pilny was especially interested in capturing the effects of directional light on the sand and figures in order to evoke a powerful impression, sometimes at the expense of ethnographic accuracy, as in the present work… Please follow link for full post
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28 Works, November 26th. is Zinaida Serebriakova’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #243
Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (30 November] 1884 – 20 September 1967) was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov (now Ukraine) into one of the most refined and artistic families in the Russian Empire…. Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Kent Monkman’s Welcoming the Newcomers, with Footnotes
The truism that (art) history is written by the victors has a particular relevance to the narratives and images created during the heyday of European colonial empires in the Americas. Sculptures and paintings made from the beginning of contact through to the twentieth century show Indigenous North Americans as figures who are destined to fade…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, David Nicholson’s Mousetrap, with footnotes #221
If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap than his neighbors, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. Ralph Waldo Emerson David Nicholson (Canadian, born 1970). Although the style and colour palette of the paintings and…
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01 Work, Jan Sluijters Junior’s Cairo Market in Centrum , with footnotes
Estimated for Estimate $2,700-$3,400 in Jun 2023 Traffic congestion is a serious problem in Cairo with large and adverse effects on both the quality of life and the economy. In addition to the time wasted standing still in traffic, time that could be put to more productive uses, congestion results in unnecessary fuel consumption, causes additional…
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03 Works, The amorous game, Bruce Weber’s Courtships, with Footnotes, #97
In these paintings we can see a young woman being courted by a young man. The woman is wearing traditional Zeeland clothing that is often seen in Portielje’s paintings…. Please follow link for full post
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03 Works , Pal Fried’s Spanish Dancers, with footnotes
Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The amorous game, Berthold Woltze’s The annoying cavalier, with Footnotes, #96
The painting is set in a railway carriage, where there are two men and a young woman. She is dressed completely in black, and stares towards the viewer with tears in her eyes. The young woman is dressed in a black cloak over a black button-up shirt and a black skirt. She has a black…
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01 Work, The amorous game, Henry Raleigh’s Tea Time, with Footnotes, #92
Sold for $2,312.50 in Apr 25, 2023 Henry Raleigh was an American illustrator, active between 1910-1940. He created illustrations for many well-known authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald and H.G. Wells. Raleigh started as a newspaper artist but became widely respected and sought after for his unique and distinct style of illustration. In addition to producing work…
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01 Work , The Canals of Venice, Louis Magre’s La Salute, with footnotes, #122
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal,…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Jean-Gabriel Domergue’s Brigitte at the Ambassadors, Deauville, with Footnotes, #130
Sold for EUR 28,750 in May 2013 Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889 – 16 November 1962) was a French painter specializing in portraits of Parisian women. Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome. From the 1920s onward he concentrated…
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01 Work The Artist’s Studio, Eduardo Sívori’s In the workshop, with Footnotes #90
Eduardo Sívori (October 13, 1847 – June 5, 1918) was an Argentine artist widely regarded as his country’s first realist painter. Sívori ha arbored artistic leanings during childhood that, for family reasons, went unfulfilled. Asked by his father to join him on a business trip to Paris in 1874, Sívori took the opportunity to frequent Parisian…
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