Tag: Artists
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Sheeba Khan, ZEPHYR 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 43
Zephyr may refer to a light wind or west wind. For centuries, poets have eulogized Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind, and his “swete breeth”. Zephyrus, the personified west wind, eventually evolved into zephyr, a word for a breeze that is westerly or gentle, or both. Today, zephyr is also the sobriquet of a lightweight…
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Richard Prince, GIRLFRIEND 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 27
Richard Prince (born 1949) is an American painter and photographer. In the mid-1970s, Prince made drawings and painterly collages that he has since disowned. He began copying other photographers’ work in 1977. His image, Untitled (Cowboy), a rephotographing of a photograph by Sam Abell and appropriated from a cigarette advertisement, was the first rephotograph to be…
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Robert Peake, Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Pope 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #49
The black thread depicted here, which normally links the heart and the hands, looks to be broken and may possibly be an allusion to a death and would fit with the traditional identification of the sitter being Elizabeth Watson, who was an heiress at this date. The depiction of her long hair hanging loosely down,…
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Louis-Théodore Devilly, THE SKIRMISH 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists , with footnotes, 57
Louis Theodore Devilly (born in Metz the 28 October 1818 and died in Nancy the 24 December 1886 ) was a French painter of the xix th century . Member of the School of Metz , he moved to Nancy in 1871 , after the annexation . He is the author of paintings of romantic inspiration,…
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Franz von Stuck, DOMINO 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #48
As masquerades flourished in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, Domino was probably the most common mask of all. Typical of the Venetian Carnival, it consisted of a black mask covering only the eyes and was sometimes worn with a cloak over the dress. Shown here held by the model! More on this painting Franz Stuck (February…
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Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa, Gypsy approach 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #47
By the nineteenth century, Spain had embraced Gypsy myth and lore. The Romantics were in awe of the gypsies for their otherworldliness and seeming ability to commune with nature, while the following generation of artists and writers, driven by patriotism in the wake of Spain’s colonial losses, venerated the gypsy as the quintessential icon of…
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Wade Reynolds; Nude 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 20
Wade Reynolds (born Charles Elwood Reynolds; June 5, 1929 – October 3, 2011) was a self-taught realist painter, Reynolds was best known for his figurative paintings often classified as California School of Light. Reynolds was born in Jasper, New York, in 1929. He began his professional art career in New York City where he was hired…
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Sergey Makhov, All ahead 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #199 – With Footnotes
Sergey Makhov. “I was born in 1959 in a small town near Tver. In 1984 I graduated from the Art college named after Venetsianov. Since then I am painter and I do my best trying to retranslate the beauty of the world and human being. My works are presented in many art collections. I get…
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Eugène Galien-Laloue, Flower market Place de la Madeleine 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 57 – With Footnotes
The Boulevard de la Madeleine is one of the four ‘grands boulevards’ of Paris, France, a chain of roads running east-west that includes the boulevard de la Madeleine, the boulevard des Capucines, the boulevard des Italiens and the boulevard Montmartre. The boulevard is named after the nearby Église de la Madeleine. More on Place de la Madeleine Eugène…
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Abed Abdi, B. 1942, PALESTINIAN 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 26
Palestinian art history is largely characterized by fragmentation, both in style and content, which is a result of ongoing wars and displacement of people. Despite historical ruptures in time and space, artists have flourished in a multitude of voices and places to create a vibrant Palestinian art scene. The featured works by Abed Abdi re…
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EUGEN VON BLAAS, FESTIVAL DAY, VENICE 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 51 – With Footnotes
Jean Béraud (January 12, 1849 – October 4, 1935) was a French painter, noted for his paintings of Parisian life during the Belle Époque. He was renowned in Paris society due to his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society. He also painted religious subjects in a contemporary setting. Pictures…
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Camille Pissarro, LE BOULEVARD MONTMARTRE, FIN DE JOURNÉE/ END OF THE DAY 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 56 – With Footnotes
The Boulevard Montmartre is one of the four grands boulevards of Paris. It was constructed in 1763. Contrary to what its name may suggest, the road is not situated on the hills of Montmartre. It is the easternmost of the grand boulevards. More on The Boulevard Montmartre Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French…
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Mahmoud Sabri, AL MAWT AL-TAFL/ THE DEATH OF A CHILD 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 25
Mahmoud Sabri, 1927 – 2012, was an Iraqi painter, considered as one of the pioneers of Iraqi modern art and one of the pillars of modernism in Iraqi Art. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, died on 13th April 2012 in Maidenhead, England. Studied social sciences at Loughborough University (England) in the late 1940s. While in England, his…
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Antoine Malliarakis Mayo, YOUNG FELLAH, 02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 24
Fellah, plural Fellaheen, is a farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. The word derives from the Arabic word for “ploughman” or “tiller”. Due to a continuity in beliefs and lifestyle, the fellahin of Egypt have been described as the “true Egyptians”. A fellah could be seen wearing a simple Egyptian cotton…
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Otto Dix; Sailor and girl 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 51 – With Footnotes
Otto Dix, (born December 2, 1891, Untermhaus, Thuringia, Germany—died July 25, 1969, Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany), German painter and engraver who mixed compassion and Expressionist despair to create works harshly critical of society. He was associated and exhibited with the Neue Sachlichkeit group of painters. Son of a railway worker, Dix was apprenticed to a decorative…
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Maurice Utrillo, MONTMARTRE, MOULIN À LA GALETTE 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 55 – With Footnotes
The Moulin de la Galette is a windmill and associated businesses situated near the top of the district of Montmartre in Paris. Since the 17th century the windmill has been known for more than just its milling capabilities. Nineteenth-century owners and millers, the Debray family, made a brown bread, galette, which became popular and thus the…
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Othman Khuzaim; Untitled 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 23
Othman Khuzaim الفنان عثمان الخزيم (Saudi) is one of the prominent names of the first generations of Saudi artists who participated in the establishment of the visual art procession including Al-Saleem, Al-Ridawi, Nabila Al Bassam and Safia Bin Zaqer. He is a graduate of the Institute of art Education for Teachers in Riyadh and holds a…
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Pino Daeni; Purity Embellished 01 Works & Movie, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 26
Pino Daeni (November 8, 1939 – May 25, 2010) was an Italian-American book illustrator and artist. He is known for his style of feminine, romantic women and strong men painted with loose but accurate brushwork. Considered one of the highest paid book illustrators of his time, he created over 3,000 book covers, movie posters and magazine…
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Martein Peeters, Nudes 01 Works & Movie, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 25
Martein Peeters (1969) works as a painter in Amsterdam. As a thirteen year old Peeters discovered oil paint. Inspired by the works of Van der Weyden, Eyck and Willink, he started making very detailed large paintings. Peeters continued his journey as a painter at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, known for its traditional…
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Richard Rothwell, Portrait of Mary Shelley 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #46
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her…
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