Tag: Biography
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02 works, The Art Of The Nude, Hananiah Harari’s Nude Descending a Stairs after Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones’s The Golden Stairs, with footnotes #230
Statement by the Artist: “Serendipity led me to the Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones whose painting The Golden Stairs suggested a scaffold for my own… Please follow link for full post
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01 Works The amorous game, Potentially Gillis Mostaert’s Couple in love on a stormy sea, with Footnotes #98
This painting was Estimate at €800 – €1,200 in May 2023 Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. He was a versatile artist who worked in various genres including landscape, genre and history painting.…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Marc Chagall’s Anne Invoque l’Eternel, with Footnotes – #218
Anna (distinguished as Anna the Prophetess), is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly woman of the Tribe of Asher who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in Luke 2:36–38 during the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. “There was also a…
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01 Religious Icon, Saint Christopher with the head of a dog, with footnotes #42
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, certain icons covertly identify Saint Christopher with the head of a dog. Such images may carry echoes of the Egyptian dog-headed god, Anubis. Christopher pictured with a dog’s head is not generally supported by the Orthodox Church, as the icon was proscribed in the 18th century by Moscow. The roots of…
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29 Works, December 14th. is Károly Lotz’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #250
Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833–13 October 1904) was a German-Hungarian painter… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Queen Mary Psalter, Twelve year old Christ in the temple, with Footnotes – #206
The Finding in the Temple, also called Christ among the Doctors or the Disputation (the usual names in art), was an episode in the early life of Jesus depicted in chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke. It is the only event of the later childhood of Jesus mentioned in a gospel. Jesus at the age of…
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04 Works, The amorous game, Cornelis Bega’s Peasants in a Tavern, with Footnotes, #98
He was a student of Adriaen van Ostade, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Anna Boghiguian’s Zar, with Footnotes, #62
Estimated for 4,000 – 6,000 GBP in Apr 2023 In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, Zār is the term for a demon or spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice…
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01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Hayv Kahraman’s The Kawliya Dance, with Footnotes, #60
Sold for GBP 118,750 in 2018 Dance of El Kawliya is a dance of improvisation. The movements are full of power, earthiness, passion and a zest for life. Iraqi Gypsy dancers have kept their traditional dances alive by maintaining their simple lifestyle and by not allowing modern elements from ballet or from any other modern dance…
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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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04 Works, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, B A H M A N’s Leda, with footnotes #33
Leda was believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the twins, Pollux, and of Helen, both of whom hatched from eggs… Please follow link for full post
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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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01 Marine Painting, Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen’s La Champagne, With Footnotes, #322
Sold for $8,500 USD in May 2022 The La Champagne was a French steel steamer commissioned in 1885 by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) in St. Nazaire alongside her sister ships La Bourgogne, La Bretagne, and La Gascogne. These four steamers would service CGT’s route between Le Havre and New York. La Champagne was built to accommodate…
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01 Work, Marine Art, Barry Hilton’s Sleeping Galleons, With Footnotes, #316
A traditionally serene example of Barry Hilton’s marine artworks, often depicting large Galleons of the 18th century in a similarly traditional style. The artwork conveys a tranquil tone with a mysterious tone that underlies the large scale oil on canvas. Barry’s dark and earthy tones and muted palette convey an eeriness that he seamlessly captures…
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