Tag: Fine Art
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Charles Murray Padday, The mermaid 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 6b
Charles Murray Padday, (British, 1868–1954) The mermaid Oil on Canvas 34.5 x 44.5 cm. (13.6 x 17.5 in.) Private collection A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The first stories appeared…
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Fanny Nushka, An Angel to Come 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 127
Fanny Nushka Study for an Angel to Come Oil on Canvas 11.8 H x 15.7 W x 1.6 in Private collection “This painting is inspired by one of my favorite painters. Abott Thayer. Focusing strictly on the colors I gave the painting a brand new structure and played with the viewers eye, as where the focus would…
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Frederic, Lord Leighton, The Fisherman and the Syren 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 5b
Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1830–1896 The Fisherman and the Syren, c. 1856–1858 Oil on canvas 66.3 × 48.7 cm (26.1 × 19.2 in) Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Inspired by a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, THE FISHERMAN This early work both illustrated and was inspired by a poem by Goethe, which tells the story of…
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Jakub Schikaneder, All Souls’ Day 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 126
Jakub Schikaneder, (1855–1924) All Souls’ Day, c. 1888 Oil on canvas Height: 139.5 cm (54.9 in); Width: 220 cm (86.6 in) National Gallery in Prague All Souls’ Day, Saturday of Souls, Thursday of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Samhain, Totensonntag, Blue Christmas. In Christianity, All Souls’ Day commemorates All Souls, the Holy…
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Rustam killing the White Demon 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 10
Unknown Rustam killing the White Demon Reverse Glass Painting, c/. 19th c 18 3/4 in. x 13 1/4 in. Private collection Rostam was the mightiest of Iranian holy warriors. He was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. When Kai Kaus’s, the…
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Otto Pilny, The Slave Market 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 40
Otto Pilny, (Swiss artist; 1866-1936) The Slave Market, c. 1910 Oil on canvas 520 x 347 mm, 20.5 x 13.6 in Private collection In an art historical context, Harem scenes depicted domestic spaces for the women in the Muslim societies, the males were only included in barbaric and sexual relations. This painting presents an unspecific Middle…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 The Art Of The Nude # 01
Stephen Deutch, 1932-1989 Nude Study Photograph Stephen Deutch, Photographer, 1932-1989. Stephen Deutch occupies an unusual place in the history of photography. Deutch is one of the few photographers who succeeded in the highly competitive world of commercial photography while at the same time earning widespread recognition and gaining personal satisfaction in his editorial and artistic photographic work.…
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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Marie Breunig 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #46
Gustav Klimt Portrait of a Lady in Black/Portrait of Marie Breunig, About 1894 Oil on canvas 155 x 75 cm Privately owned, Austria Marie Breunig was born in humble circumstances in one of the crownlands of the monarchy and married a successful Viennese businessman. She was also a client of the Flöge sisters’ fashion salon and…
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Kamel Moustafa, Cairo Street Scene 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 2a
Kamel Moustafa, (Egypt, 1917-1982) Cairo Street Scene oil on board, signed lower left 48 x 49cm (18 7/8 x 19 5/16in) Private collection Although this work is undated it has been suggested that it was executed in the early 1950s. Kamel Moustafa belongs to the second generation of Modern Egyptian artists who sit between the Pioneers…
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, The Young Widow, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, (Russian 1830-1904) The Young Widow, 1867 oil on canvas 60.5 x 45.7 cm (23 3/4 x 18 in.) Private collection Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev (Russian: 1830, Moscow – 3 May 1904, Mogilev Governorate) was a Russian painter who specialized in genre and historical scenes. Nevrev was born to a family of merchants. His first art…
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Ford Madox Brown, LIJAH AND THE WIDOW 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 123
Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893 ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW, c. 1864 Watercolour, heighted with bodycolour and gum Arabic 40 by 26cm., 16 by 10in. Private collection The shadow on the wall projected by a bird returning to its nest, typifies the return of the soul to the body. The Hebrew writing over the door consists of…
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Jack Vettriano; Heaven or Hell: The Sweetest Choice 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 32 – With Footnotes
Jack Vettriano Heaven or Hell: The Sweetest Choice Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Private collection Jack Vettriano, otherwise known as Jack Hoggan, was born on 17. of November 1951 in Methil, Fife, Scotland. His parents are of Italian origin. Jack Vettriano has been working for the last two decades as a very successful painter. The…
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GEORGE MALVA AKA OMAR HAMDI, Snow In Paris, 1995 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 9
GEORGE MALVA AKA OMAR HAMDI, (Lebanese, born 1951), Snow In Paris, 1995 Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. Private collection Omar “Malva” Hamdi was a Syrian Kurdish artist. Born in 1952 in Al-Hasakah, Syria, he worked as a graphic artist for the Syrian Press, where he also wrote articles on an Artistic Criticism. He…
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Jean Kevorkian, Paris, la Seine, vu de Notre Dame 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 37 – With Footnotes
Jean Kevorkian, (French, b. 1933) Paris, la Seine, vu de Notre Dame Oil on canvas 23-3/4 x 28-1/2 inches (60.3 x 72.4 cm) Private collection View from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral showing the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower; and the Notre Dame Bridge over the Seine, constructed in 1919 at the site of the very…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, ARAB WOMEN ON A ROOFTOP, ALGIERS 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 39
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN DETAIL, ARAB WOMEN ON A ROOFTOP, ALGIERS BEYOND Oil on canvas 17 7/8 by 30 3/4 in., 45.4 by 78.1 cm Private collection Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (12 April 1840, Uzès – 11 April 1920, Paris) was a French painter and engraver; best known for his historical and costume…
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Federico del Campo, CANALE DELLA GIUDECCA, VENICE, 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #43
Federico del Campo, 1837 – 1923, PERUVIAN LA CHIESA GESUATI FROM THE CANALE DELLA GIUDECCA, VENICE, c. 1887 Oil on canvas 15½ by 26 in., 39.5 by 66 cm Private collection This painting captures the Zattere, meaning raft, built as a dock in the early sixteenth century to accommodate the delivery of timber for ships and buildings. Painted…
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