Tag: Biography
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01 Paintings, of The amorous game, Part 9 – With Footnotes
William Holman Hunt, 1827–1910 The Awakening Conscience, c. 1853 Oil paint on canvas 762 x 559 mm Tate A gentleman has installed his mistress (known to be such because of her absence of a wedding ring) in a house for their meetings. As they play and singt, she has a sudden spiritual revelation. Rising from her…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 21 – With Footnotes
Eugène Galien-Laloue, (French, 1854-1941) La fontaine du Palmier, place du Châtelet Gouache 26 x 44.5cm (10 1/4 x 17 1/2in). Private collection The Fontaine du Palmier (1806-1808) or Fontaine de la Victoire is a monumental fountain located in the Place du Châtelet, between the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Théâtre de la Ville, in the First…
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01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 6
Farid Haddad, Lebanese (1945 – ) Untitled (Green), c. 1976 Acrylic on Paper, signed verso 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm) Private collection Farid Haddad, Lebanese (1945 – ), a painter and media artist, graduated from the AUB Department of Fine Arts and Performing Arts in 1969 (BA). He holds an MFA in painting…
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07 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 61
Central Italian School, 13th Century Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and an Apostle Tempera on canvas, laid down on panel 98 x 67.5 cm Private collection The present panel painting represents the enthroned Virgin Lactans. The Christ Child is shown holding a scroll in his left hand. Behind them, on a much smaller scale…
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11 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes – # 46
Florentine school circa 1700, circle of P. Dandini Saint Cecilia Oil on canvas 25 1/4 X 20 7/8 IN. 64 X 53 CM Private Collection St. Cecilia is one of the most famous of the Roman martyrs, even if the familiar stories about her are apparently not founded. The existence of the martyrs, however, is a…
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11 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #33
Montague Dawson, (1890–1973) The British Clipper Ship Thermopylae Watercolor and gouache on paper 16 1/4 x 26 in. Private Collection Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. In 1872, Thermopylae raced the clipper Cutty Sark from Shanghai back to London.…
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11 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 9
Jan Miel, BEVEREN-WAES NEAR ANTWERP 1599 – 1664 TURIN CERES, BACCHUS AND VENUS, c. 1645 Oil on canvas 142.5 x 162.7 cm.; 56 1/8 x 64 1/8 in. Private Collection The theme of Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus – literally, ‘without Ceres or Bacchus, Venus would freeze’ – is derived from a line in Act IV…
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08 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 42
Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450–1516) Triptych of the crucified Martyr, circa 1497-1505 Oil on panel Height: 104 cm (40.9 in). Width: 119 cm (46.9 in). Doge’s Palace, Venice The central panel depicts the crucifixion of a saint usually identified with Saint Julia of Corsica (sometimes with Saint Wilgefortis). In a depiction related to Christ’s crucifixion, the centrally…
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08 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 18
Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter,1844 – 1913 Scheherazade Oil on canvas Height: 151 cm (59.45 in.), Width: 211.5 cm (83.27 in.) Private collection Scheherazade is a character and the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. This book includes the tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba and many more. The story goes that Shahryar found out one day…
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09 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 13
Rhine-mosan region, end of the 16th century The Virgin with the grape Walnut wood H. 103 cm (40 1/2 in.) l. : 26 cm (12 ¼ in.) Private collection A walnut wood statue with The Virgin depicted sitting and handing a bunch of grapes to the Child standing on Her left knee, his finger extended…
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13 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #31
FOLLOWER OF ANGE-JOSEPH-ANTOINE ROUX, (french 1765-1835) “ACTION BETWEEN H.M FRIGATE ”AMBUSCADE” AND THE FRENCH FRIGATE ”BAYONNAISE”” Oil on canvas 23 3/8 x 30 in. (59.4 x 76.2cm) Private Collection HMS Ambuscade was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in…
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10 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #9
Simeon Solomon, 1840–1905 Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, c. 1864 Watercolour on paper 330 x 381 mm Tate Britain The picture depicts Sappho embracing her fellow poet Erinna in a garden at Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho was born at Lesbos in about 612BC. After a period of exile in…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 49
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, circa 1600 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST oil on panel 33 1/2 by 24 1/8 in.; 85.1 by 61.3 cm. Private collection The composition derives from Hieronymus Bosch’s Christ Mocked (circa 1510, National Gallery, London). Other versions can be found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Museum of Fine…
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15 Sculptures of Mater Dolorosa, by Pedro de Mena the Bible! 17th Century. With Footnotes, # 11
Pedro de Mena was a Spanish sculptor who is considered to be the most famous representative of the Granada strand of the Baroque school of sculpture in Spain. He dedicated his life’s work to producing sculptures depicting religious imagery, just as his father had done before him. Pedro de Mena (Spanish, Granada 1628–1688 Málaga) Mater…
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12 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #26
William H. Yorke, (British, 1847-1921) Canadian Brigantine *Aeronaut* from Nova Scotia, ca. 1888 Oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm (24 by 36 inch) North American Collection The Aeronaut flies the Canadian Merchant ensign with a crest in the middle of the red field. The crest, adopted in the mid 1880s, differentiates it from the British…
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