Tag: Faust
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20 Works, October 26th. is Alexandre Fragonard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #227
After Saladin’s victory at Attin (July 4, 1187), it was Jerusalem’s turn to fall under the blows of the Ayyubid forces. The siege will last from September 20 to October 2, 1187, and will see the Sultan of Egypt and Syria enter the holy city victorious. Alexandre-Évariste Coccinelle Fragonard (26 October 1780–10 November 1850) was…
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15 Works, July 18th. is Franciszek Żmurko’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #195
A woman with a red earring is one of Żmurka’s characteristic paintings, depicting “sensual” beauties, low-cut and showing off their charms Franciszek Żmurko (18 July 1859, Lviv — 9 October 1910, Warsaw) was a Polish realist painter. Żmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown with the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he…
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