Tag: Artists
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 28 – With Footnotes
Eugène Galien-Laloue, (French, 1854-1941) Porte Saint-Martin, Paris Gouache over traces of pencil 26.5 x 45.5cm (10 7/16 x 17 15/16in). Private collection The Porte Saint-Martin is a Parisian monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Gustav Klimt Dame mit Muff (Lady with a Muff), c. 1916 Oil on canvas Private Collection Dame mit Muff. Belonging to the group of late portraits Klimt shows a lady cuddled in her muff- a sophisticated fashion accessory. The background is covered with Asiatic motifs as in most of his lady portraits of 1916. More Klimt painted portraits…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 15
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils, (FRENCH 1813-1875) Family at doorway preparing cous-cous Oil on canvas 90 x 67cm (35.5 x 26.25in) Private collection Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (19 July 1813/15, Paris – 3 December 1875, Paris) was a French painter. Pils was born in Paris. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years. He later studied under François-Édouard…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3d
Gustav Klimt Portrait Of A Lady In White (Unfinished), c. 1917-1918 Oil on canvas 70 x 70 cm The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings,…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3c
William Chadwick, American, 1879-1962 Seated Woman in a Kimono Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Private Collection The passion for Japanisme that swept through American art in the 1890s is exemplified in Seated Woman in Kimono. Taking an approach inspired by Whistlerian aestheticism, Chadwick offset the broad sweep of his subject’s flowered garment against the compact…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3b
Reginald Marsh, 1898 – 1954 WALKING WOMAN, 1953 Oil on canvasboard 17 3/4 by 13 5/8 inches, (45.1 by 35.6 cm) Private Collection Reginald Marsh (March 14, 1898 – July 3, 1954) was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Crowded Coney Island…
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09 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Master John (floruit 1544-1545) Portrait of Queen Mary I (1516-1558) “Bloody Mary” Oil on panel 711 × 508 cm (279.9 × 200 in) National Portrait Gallery, London, UK Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants led to the…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 20th C., with Footnotes. #32
Harry A Davis (IN, 1914-2006) The Refugeesas, c. 1957 Pastel 18×24 Private collection Hungarian Refugees 1956. The largest wave of refugees in Europe’s post-WWII history were the Hungarians fleeing the country after the crushing of the revolution and freedom fight in 1956. In the weeks after the second, overwhelming, Soviet military intervention on November 4,1956, 200,000…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #31
Raoul Dufy, 1877 – 1953 SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, VENISE, c. 1938. Watercolor and gouache on wove Arches paper 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 in., 50 by 65.5 cm Private Collection 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…
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07 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 3 – With Footnotes
N. C. Wyeth, 1882 – 1945 UNTITLED (COUPLE AND WAGON), c. 1914 Oil on canvas 44 by 32 inches, (111.8 by 81.3 cm) Private Collection Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 19
Charles Wilda, 1854 – 1907, GERMAN A SOUK IN CAIRO, c. 1887 Oil on panel 63 by 47cm., 25 by 18½in. Private collection Open air markets in Old Cairo are called a “souk” in Arabic. You’ll find these types of markets in all Middle Eastern countries. The tradition of buying and selling, haggling and bargaining among the crowds…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 15 – With Footnotes
Guillaume Seignac A la fontaine Oil on canvas 31 3/4 x 22 1/2in (80.5 x 57cm) Private Collection Guillaum Seignac (1870–1924) was a French academic painter, born in Rennes in 1870, and died in Paris in 1924. He started training at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he spent 1889 through 1895. He had many teachers there,…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 27 – With Footnotes
Eugène Galien-Laloue, (French, 1854-1941) Théâtre du Châtelet Gouache over traces of pencil 19 x 30.5cm (7 1/2 x 12in) Private collection The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The theatre is one of two apparent twins constructed along the…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #30
After Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, 1697-1768) Piazza San Marco Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.0 cm) Private Collection Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice. The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is…
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 C
Circle of Sir John Hoppner, (British, 1758–1810) Portrait of Lady Mackintosh Oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) Private collection Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723–1784) was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. The Jacobite were a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 B
Charles Sprague Pearce, 1851 – 1914 BEATRIX Oil on canvas 21 7/8 by 18 inches, (55.6 by 45.7 cm) Private Collection Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 – May 18, 1914) was an American artist. Pearce was born at Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris, and after 1885 he lived…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 A
John Hoppner R.A., 1758-1810 PORTRAIT OF A LADY AS EVELINA Oil on canvas 68.5 by 53.5 cm., 27 by 21 in Private Collection The traditional title for the portrait is ‘Portrait of a Lady as Evelina’. Evelina or A Young Lady’s Entrance into the World was a novel by Fanny Burney published in 1778. It…
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