Tag: Artists
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Elisée Maclet, Rue de la belle étoile 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 52 – With Footnotes
Jules-Émile Élisée Maclet is famous for his Paris street scenes, much in the tradition that Utrillo would soon follow. Born in Lihons-en-Santerre, Picardie (April 12, 1881), the artist began his career while still a choirboy. He moved to Montmartre in 1906, after his mother’s death, where he began painting the Montmartre landscape, anticipating the themes that…
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HOSNI RADWAN, Jerusalem #3, c. 2018 51 YEARS OF OCCUPATION 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 15
The overwhelming significance of the physicality of Jerusalem as a national symbol permeates many of the artworks. The iconic representation of the Dome of the Rock comes to the fore as some artists celebrate the city via exceptionally colourful works Hosni Radwan was born in Baghdad in 1955. He studied fine arts at the University of…
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Jurij Frey, Seated 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 50 – With Footnotes
The German artist Jurij Frey has developed a realist style of painting whose blocks of colour and contrasts of light nevertheless allow us to make out all of the inner complexity. Inspired by a universal subject, man and his condition, the painter and trained illustrator proceeds with touches that he applies with lively, irregular gestures, always…
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Elisee Maclet, Le Moulin de la Galette 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 51 - 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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Zena Assi, Ricochets 1 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 14
Born in Lebanon, in 1974, Zena Assi lives and works between Beirut and London. She graduated with honors from l’Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA), where she received a master’s degree in advertisement. Later on she worked in Saatchi&Saatchi advertisement agency for a few years in Beirut, and taught drawing and visual communication in different universities.…
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08 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Kiki of Montparnasse, with footnotes # 18
Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) is a 1923 film directed by Man Ray. It consists of animated textures, Rayographs and the torso of Kiki of Montparnasse. Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953), nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse, and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist’s model,…
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Sir Robert James Philipson, NUDE BY A WINDOW 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 17
Sir Robert (Robin) James Philipson RA RSA FRSE RSW (1916–1992) was a Lancashire-born painter who was influential within the Scottish art scene for over three decades. He was then schooled at Dumfries Academy and then studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1936 to 1940. On the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the…
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Walid Ebeid, Halal meat 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 13
Walid Ebeid was born in Cairo in 1970 and raised in Yemen during his childhood. Walid graduated with a BFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, in 1992. His work has been exhibited internationally, earning him a reputation for his powerful expressive style. The controversial and provocative paintings of Walid Ebeid range from poignant studies of the female figure to People…
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Zhanna Kondratenko, Twain 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 49 – With Footnotes
Zhanna Kondratenko: “Art has been rooted in my mind since early childhood. And since that time painting has become the special tool of learning, not only external world, but also the inner one. I believe we can find beauty and inspiration even in any trifle. I am interested in art with all its genres and…
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Francis William Topham, A Zouave relating his adventures, 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 46 – With Footnotes
The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa, as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them. The zouaves, along with the indigenous Tirailleurs Algeriens, were among the most decorated units of the French Army. More on the Zouave Francis…
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French School, Eiffel Tower, Paris 01 Paintings, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 50 – With Footnotes
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals for its…
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Claude Verlinde, Maisons-Alfort, 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 49 – With Footnotes
Maisons-Alfort is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is famous as the location of the National Veterinary School of Alfort. The Fort de Charenton, constructed between 1841 and 1845, has since 1959 housed the Commandement des Écoles de la Gendarmerie Nationale. Originally, Maisons-Alfort was called simply Maisons. The name Maisons comes from…
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Jules Worms, Rendezvous 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 45 – With Footnotes
Jules Worms was born into a family of Parisian shopkeepers in the early years of the July Monarchy, a period in French history that is characterized by the cultivation of a thriving comic tradition in the visual arts. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, beginning in 1849 under Jean-Baptiste-Adolf Lafrosse, and made his debut at…
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Walid Ebeid, The immigrant 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 14
“People who feel strangers in their own countries seeking for a better life in other places where they will realize that they are more strange”. Walid Ebeid was born in Cairo in 1970 and raised in Yemen during his childhood. Walid graduated with a BFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, in 1992. His work has been exhibited…
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Jack Vettriano, SURRENDER 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 44 – With Footnotes
Jack Vettriano, OBE (né Jack Hoggan, born 17 November 1951), is a Scottish painter. His 1992 painting, The Singing Butler, became a best-selling image in Britain. Jack Vettriano grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methil, Fife. He was raised in poverty, and lived with his mother, father and older brother in a spartan miner’s…
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Filippo Indoni, Two ladies and two gentleman 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 41 – With Footnotes
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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French School Early 20th century, Parisian street view under rain 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 48 – With Footnotes
School of Paris refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance of Paris as a center of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century. Between 1900…
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Theodor Grust, Profile of a Woman, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #38
Theodor Grust (1859-1919) was a German genre and porcelain painter from the Saxon town Meissen. Grust studied at the Academy in Dresden as a pupil of Theodor Grosse. Later he went to Munich. The artist travelled to Belgium and to the Netherlands before he settled down in his hometown Meissen. Grust worked there in the famous…
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Jean-François Arrigoni Neri, MOROCCAN RIDERS 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, 52
Jean-François Arrigoni Neri , born in Paris on March 28 , 1937 and dead the November 23 , 20141 is a French painter , illustrator , engraver and lithographer. In 1951, at the age of 14, he entered the Estienne 2 School from where he graduated in 1955 with the Prix Cortot d’Engraving. After working for ten years…
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Conrad Jon Godly, Amber Smith 02 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 16
Amber Smith was born in Tampa, Florida. Smith started modeling by age 16. As a teenager she was represented by Irene Marie Models in Miami Beach and traveled to Paris, France, where she worked as a model throughout Europe for four years. Her breakthrough came when her naturally blonde hair was dyed red, giving her a…
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