Tag: Fine Art
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Helmut Newton’s Rich Girl, with Footnotes #197
Estimate at 5,000—8,000 USD in July 2022 Renowned for his carefully composed, cinematic photographs, Helmut Newton was one of the 20th century’s most influential photographers. He fundamentally changed the nature of fashion photography through his edgy approach to subject matter, and strong formal intuition. Frequently depicting nude subjects in high heels, Newton instead hones in…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Oscar VanYoung’s Hot Summer Day, with footnotes # 183
Sold for $1,200.00 in January 2020Oscar Van Young was born in Vienna on 15 April 1906. For business reasons his father found himself in Russia at the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, and was followed there by his family. Oscar spent some of his teenage years in Odessa, Russia during the civil war that…
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01 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Hosni Radwan’s City of Paradoxes 6, with Footnotes #76
The city of Jerusalem is the focus of Hosni Radwan’s latest series of artworks. Using charcoal, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas, he attempts to express his fascination with a city haunted by shades of paradoxes. The minute Radwan saw Jerusalem, after living in the diaspora most of his life, he fell in love with it.…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Gyula Tornai’s Japán Masszirozónő (The Blind Masseuse), with Footnotes #196
Estimated at USD 70,000 – USD 90,000 in Apr 2022 The goze stands fully frontal, holding her staff in one hand and a blue enameled teapot in the other, her shamisen slung across her back. Her clothing, though not richly embroidered nor of expensive cloth, is patterned and her hair is wrapped in a pastel patterned scarf. She…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Philippe Mercier’s Portrait of Lady Mary Watson Wentworth, with Footnotes #195
Sold for £4,462.50 on April 2022 Mary Watson-Wentworth, Marchioness of Rockingham (née Liddell, later Bright; 1735 – 19 December 1804) was the wife of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was prime minister of Great Britain in 1782 and again from 1765 to 1766. Born c. 1735 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, she was the only…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Hugh Goldwin Riviere’s Garden of Eden, with Footnotes #97
The Garden of Eden depicts a young couple walking through Kensington Gardens by Lancaster Gate on a rainy day. It is a touching scene of two otherwise insignificant people made significant by the love they bear each other. Their fixed gazes show the depth of their affection that converts, for them, the dreariness of the chilly…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s Veiled Somali Woman , with Footnotes #194
Sold on Apr 13, 2022 for $656.25Carol Beckwith (born July 10, 1945) is an American photographer, author, and artist known for her photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the Australian photographer Angela Fisher. Between them, Beckwith and Fisher have published 14 books, and have had their photos appear in…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Hugo Ballin’s Two women in a meadow, with footnotes # 182
Estimate at $700 – $900. Sold for $450.00 on October 2020 Hugo Ballin NA (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was an American artist, muralist, author and film director. Ballin was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design.Ballin was born in New York City and studied at…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant’s At Rest, with footnotes #108
Estimate at GBP 500 – GBP 1,000 in June 2023 Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits. He was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. A journey to Morocco in…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Jehangir Sabavala’s Sorcerer – II, with Footnotes. #192
Sold for Rs 1,51,525 | $2,048 in March 2022Jehangir Sabavala (23 August 1922 – 2 September 2011). He studied at Cathedral and John Connon School, Elphinstone College, and earned a diploma from Mumbai’s Sir J. J. School of Art in 1944. Thereafter he went to Europe and studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, (1945–47),…
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05 Works, June 4th is Saints Mary and Martha’s day, their story in Paintings #155
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, He came to Bethany where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made… Please follow…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Frigate of the Rais Hamid chased by these ships of the Americans, with Footnotes #75
The Arabic inscription at bottom of the painting identifies the scene as the Battle of Cape Gata– a devastating blow to the Barbary forces by the American navy in the year 1815. At the center, the Algerian ship Mashudu is identifiable by its bright red flag at the stern. Nine American ships have surrounded the…
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01 Work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Simple- T’s Untitled, with Footnotes #191
Selling for C$634 as of June, 2023 Simple- T is an International award-winning Fine Art Photographer based in Nürnberg, Germany. Born in Bucharest, Romania, she started Fine Art Photography in 2010 and has already been recognized internationally, being featured in numerous media worldwide. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in New York, Barcelona, London,…
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02 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Markus Feiler’s CLOSER | DISTANCE, with footnotes #181
“With their special appeal, the black and white photos reinforce the magical game of closeness and distance, which at the same time allow room for individual interpretations of the moment… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Pierre-André Brouillet’s Suzanne (Susannah and the Elders), With Footnotes – #132
Sold for USD 96,000 in Oct 2005In this painting, Brouillet restages the Old Testament narrative of Susannah and the Elders at the Moulin Rouge and populates the scene with contemporary characters. Unlike the biblical Susannah, besieged by two leering older men while bathing outdoors, this stylishly attired and self-possessed Suzanne is propositioned by two elegantly dressed gentlemen…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Miroslava Zaharieva’s Body III, with footnotes # 179
Offered for sale at C$1,993 in May 2023Miroslava Zaharieva is an academic and self-expression artist. She works in various styles: still life, landscape, portrait, figural and non-figural compositions using watercolours, oil, tempera and acrylic colours. Traditional techniques of painting and experimentation by mixing different techniques together. Collage works with various materials: paper, textile, leather and synthetics.…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin’s Old Falconer, Sheik of the Ziban, with footnotes #107
Sol for 100,800 USD on January 2022 Si Bouaziz-Ben-Ganah comes from a line of sheikhs el Arab , from the beylik of Constantine, since 1762. He was born in 1879 and died on June 17, 1945. It was Bachagha of the Zibans (region of oases at the gateway to the desert between the mountains of Zab and…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Joaquín Miró’s Arab Riders, with footnotes #106
Sold for USD 9,600 in April 2006 Joaquín Miró (Spanish, 1849–1914) was a painter of figures, nudes, interior scenes, urban and rural landscapes and still lives. Miro studied at the School of Fine Art in Barcelona before travelling to Paris. At this stage Miro associated with the Montmartre artists. He was a friend of Théophile Steinlen and…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Jean Béraud’s Avenue des Champs-Élysées, with footnotes, Part 84
Estimated for GBP 400,000 – GBP 600,000 on Dec 2022 The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known for its theatres,…
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