Tag: Artists
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Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Jane Fleming 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #52
Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (née Fleming; 23 May 1755 – 3 February 1824), was a society hostess and heiress who served as a lady of the Bedchamber to the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Jane Fleming became engaged to Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, a war hero who had recently returned from North America to…
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Thomas Saliot, Little black dress 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 43 – With Footnotes
Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…
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Ferdinand Bol, An Elegant Lady at a Window 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists of the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 36
Ferdinand Bol (24 June 1616 – 24 August 1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt’s influence; like his master, Bol favored historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-portraits, and single figures in exotic finery. Ferdinand Bol was first an apprentice of Jacob Cuyp in his hometown and/or of…
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Filippo Indoni, Two Peasants 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 40 – 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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Faeq Hassan, Baghdad Scene 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 2b
Faeq Hassan was born in Baghdad in 1914 and died in 1992. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris in 1938. He founded the Painting Department at the Fine Arts Institute in 1939-1940. Founded the Pioneers Group (or S.P) in 1950. He participated in its exhibitions until 1967 when he joined in founding the Corner…
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François Schommer, The beautiful dancer 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 24
François Schommer, born in Paris on November 20 , 1850 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1935, was an academic painter, aquafortist and French decorator . Schommer exhibited at the Paris Salons and at the Salons of French Artists from 1870 to 1935 2 , 1 . In 1878, he obtained the first prize of Rome…
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Martin Packford, Theodore and The Lion 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #46
Theodore and the Lion refers to the two columns outside the Palazzo Ducale, named after two patron saints of Venice. The Column of the Lion and the Column of St. Theodore of Amasea, now located in Piazzetta San Marco, are examples of works coming from the East. They come out of the Venetian participation in…
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Maher Morcos, The rug merchant 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 35
A typical Egyptian gathering in the 19th century after the Friday prayer Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 36 – With Footnotes
Jorn Fox Unknown Oil on canvas 24×48 inches Private collection Jorn Fox was exposed to art at an early age by his father, an art instructor and abstract painter. Even through Jorn had studied in College he believes that his real education came from many hours he spent painting in his studio. There his canvases offered…
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Caravaggio, Martyrdom of Saint Ursula 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47D
Saint Ursula (Latin for “little female bear”) is a Romano-British Christian saint. Because of the lack of definite information about her and the anonymous group of holy virgins who accompanied her and on some uncertain date were killed at Cologne, they were removed from the Roman Martyrology and their commemoration was omitted from the General Roman…
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Maher Morcos, Sultan’s delight 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 34
Orientalismis a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and “Turks” can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A creative…
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Pino Dangelico, Sensuality 02 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 39 – With Footnotes
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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Achille Mollica, Playing hard to get 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 37 – With Footnotes
Achille Mollica (Italian 19th Century) Playing hard to get Oil on canvas 52.1 x 73.7cm (20 1/2 x 29in). Private collection Achille Mollica (1832-1885) was an Italian painter of both canvases and ceramics. Achille was born to a family who manufactured maiolica ceramics. His father, Giovanni, had established the factory of “Mollica Ceramiche”, which employed Achille’s…
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Walter Bird, Incognita 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Incognita, with footnotes # 7
Walter Bird (1903 – 1969) Incognita, c. 1938 Photoetching 10 13/16 x 8 15/16 in. (275 x 227 mm) Private collection Walter Bird (1903–1969) was a British photographer. He became known for his images of nudes and jointly set up a studio, Photo Centre Ltd., with John Everard and Horace Roye in 1939. From 1958 he was…
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Sante D’Orazio, Patricia Velasquez, 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 12
Sante D’Orazio Patricia Velasquez, c. 2004 Photography 47 1/2 × 57 1/2 in; 120.7 × 146.1 cm Private collection Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born 31 January 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model. In 1989, she participated in the Miss Venezuela 1989, where she placed as 2nd runner-up. After 3 years of Engineering college studies, Velásquez…
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Titti Garelli, QUEEN ELENA 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #51
Titti Garelli, Italy QUEEN ELENA Acrylic on Wood Size: 27.6 H x 19.7 W x 0.8 in Private collection Princess Elena of Montenegro, or more commonly known as Queen Elena of Italy (8 January 1871 – 28 November 1952) was the daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. As wife of Victor…
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Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 04 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Martha Graham, with footnotes # 10
Imogen Cunningham Martha Graham, c. 1931 Gelatin silver print 7-1/2 – 5-5/8 Private collection “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements . . .I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.”…
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03 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart, with footnotes #5
Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart, (1883 – 1960)Blue Drape 1919 Pastel on paper 53.5 x 36cmPrivate collection Her pastels are a curious mix of coy, girlish innocence and saccharine sensuality. In many of her pastels, Cumbrae Stewart has taken on the stereotype of the passive female nude and has attempted to rework it within her own…
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Heywood Hardy, Riding on the Dunes 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dolly Henry, with Footnotes. #50
Heywood Hardy, (British, 1843-1933) “Riding on the Dunes” Oil on canvas 33″ x 30″Private collection Heywood Hardy (25 November 1842 – 20 January 1933) was a British artist, in particular an animal painter and painter of horse riding scenes. He also painted landscapes and portraits, especially equestrian portraits. Heywood Hardy was born on 25 November 1842…
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Pamela Pindell, A Moment’s Hesitation 02 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 34 – With Footnotes
Pamela Pindell (American, b. 1950)A Moment’s HesitationPastel on paper23″ x 18″Private collection A young woman in the nude seated in front of oval mirror, her face in profile. More on this painting Pamela Pindell was born in 1950 in Elkhart, Indiana. Her initial education was at Syracuse University and the Tyler School of Art in Rome,…
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