Tag: Brushstrokes
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Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Self-portrait in a Straw Hat 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #41
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (Marie Élisabeth Louise; 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Madame Lebrun, was a prominent French painter. Her artistic style is generally considered part of the aftermath of Rococo, while she often adopts a neoclassical style. Vigée Le Brun cannot be considered a pure Neoclassicist, however, in that…
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Tamineh Monzavi; Brides of Mokhber al-Dowleh, 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #84
“The brides of Mokhber al-Dowleh”, is named after an old Teheran district Tahmineh Monzavi is an Iranian photographer. Her works have been exhibited in museums in several countries, and published by international art magazines and books. She received the Sheed Award in 2011. Monzavi received a bachelor’s degree in photography from Azad Art & Architecture University…
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Jules Frédéric Ballavoine, Portrait of Gypsy 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY with Footnotes. #84
The Gypsy, or Romani, colloquially known as Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally itinerant, living mostly in Europe and the Americas. The Romani originate from the northern Indian subcontinent,from the Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab regions of modern-day India. More on the Gypsy Julles Frederick Ballavoine, American, 1855 – 1901, was born in Paris in 1855 and died in 1901.…
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Renato Guttuso, Marta Marzotto 02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, meet Marta Marzotto, with Footnotes. #83
Marta Marzotto , born Marta Vacondio ( Albinea , 24 February 1931 – Milan , 29 July 2016 ), was a model , stylist and Italian socialite, and also an actress. Her mother was a signalwoman on a toll road and worked in the textile industry. Her father was a railway worker. As a girl…
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Paula Bronstein; wo women taking a selfie 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #82
wo women were photographed taking a selfie on the Talo Kapo beach in Pattani, Thailand, on June 5th, during Eid al-Fitr festivities. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer, and reflection for Muslims. Artsy Magazine Paula Bronstein is a photojournalist who entered the profession in 1982 in Providence, Rhode Island. She is…
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Alex Katz, Vivien 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #81
Alex Katz, (born July 24, 1927, New York, U.S.), American figurative painter known for his large-scale simplified images of family and friends. Katz created iconic paintings documenting the American scene and later the American landscape through understated but monumental glimpses of the vernacular world. After returning from a period in the navy in 1946, he…
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Nico Jungman, Stefi Geyer 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #80
Stefi Geyer (June 28, 1888 in Budapest – December 11, 1956 in Zürich) was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation. Born in 1888 in Budapest, the daughter of a police doctor who played the violin himself. When she was 5 years old she started playing the violin, with…
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Jozef Danyi, Mumie 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #79
Mummy, body embalmed, naturally preserved, or treated for burial with preservatives after the manner of the ancient Egyptians. The process varied from age to age in Egypt, but it always involved removing the internal organs (though in a late period they were replaced after treatment), treating the body with resin, and wrapping it in linen bandages.…
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Alfred Stieglitz, Portrait of Marie Rapp 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #78
Marie Rapp was Alfred Stieglitz’s secretary at his 291 Gallery, and a lifelong friend. She not only helped run the gallery but assisted with the publication of Camera Work. He photographed her many times. A close friend and confidante, she was an excellent subject, her natural grace and beauty resulting in a touching image. More on this…
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Boris Georgiev, Haydarabad Princess Nilufar 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #77
Princess Begum Sahiba Niloufer Khanum Sultana Farhat of Hyderabad (4 January 1916 – 12 June 1989) was one of the last princesses of the Ottoman Empire. She was married to the second son of the last Nizam of Hyderabad in India. Niloufer was born at the Göztepe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, at a time when her…
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Mosè Bianchi, Common lady 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #76
Mosè Bianchi ( Monza , 1840-1904) was an Italian painter and printmaker. Bianchi’s family moved from Monza to Milan and he enrolled at the Brera Academy . Having interrupted his studies to serve in the second war of independence, he returned to attend the school directed by Giuseppe Bertini . The award of a grant in…
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Edouard Boubat, Lella, Bretagne 02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #75
Édouard Boubat (13 September, 1923–died Paris 30 June 1999) was a French photojournalist and art photographer. Boubat was born in Montmartre, Paris. He studied typography and graphic arts at the École Estienne and worked for a printing company before becoming a photographer. In 1943 he was subjected to service du travail obligatoire, forced labour of French…
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Peter Blake; M is for Marilyn Monroe 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #73
Marilyn Monroe, original name Norma Jeane Mortenson, later called Norma Jeane Baker, Jeane sometimes spelled Jean, (born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died August 5, 1962, Los Angeles), American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s. Her mother was frequently confined in an…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by Christian Guémy, with Footnotes. #72
Christian Guémy, aka C215, French, b. 1973, is one of the most talented and ubiquitous stencil artists working today. He is known for creating site-specific works that reflect the local community, especially the individuals most often neglected by society. Portraying his subjects with respect and sensitivity, he uses his street practice to draw attention to…
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Khaled Hourani, Martyr 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #71
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party. This refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of the martyr by the oppressor. Originally applied only to those who…
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Jean Jansem, Ballerina 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #68
A ballet dancer (ballerina) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of professional companies. Ballet dancers are at a high risk of…
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Thuraya Al-Baqsami, ALSAGANEYAT/ PRISONERS 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #69
Thuraya Al-Baqsami (born 1952) is a Kuwaiti artist and writer. She was one of the first active female artists in the Gulf region, where she began publishing her short stories and exhibiting her art works as early as her teenage years in the mid-1960s. She studied fine arts in Cairo, then at the Surikov institute in…
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Firooz Zahedi, ELIZABETH TAYLOR DRESSED AS AN ODALISQUE 01 Photograph, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #67
An odalisque was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. An odalık was not a concubine of the harem, but a maid, although it was possible that she could become one. An odalık was ranked at the bottom of the social stratification of…
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Bana Safarn Syrian Portrait 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #67
B Bana Safar الفنانة بانه سفر (Syria) is a young Syrian artist graduated with Excellence from the Faculty of Fine Arts Damascus University in 2001, the 1st in class for 4 years consecutively. From 2003 – 2006 She was professor assistant in the faculty of Fine Arts; Damascus and is a member of the Association of…
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Nancy Ellen Craig, Portrait of Young Girl 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #66
Nancy Ellen Craig (1927-2015) was born in New York City and graduated from Bennington College and the Art Students League in New York before beginning her career in portraiture. Commissioned paintings of famous men and women like Frank Lloyd Wright, Lady Jean Campbell, and Anjelica Huston supported both Craig and her husband as they traveled the…
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