Tag: Fine Art
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18 Works, October 9th. is Jean-Baptiste Regnault’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #219
Signature of the marriage contract of Prince Jérôme Bonaparte and Frédérique-Catherine of Wurtemberg. In the presence of the imperial family at the Tuileries, August 22, 1807 Depicted people: Caroline Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Hortense de Beauharnais, Jerome Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Julie Clary, Letizia Bonaparte, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon, Pauline Bonaparte Jean-Baptiste Regnault…
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10 Works, October 6th. is William D. Washington’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #218
In June 1862, twenty-nine-year-old Captain William Latané of the 9th Virginia Cavalry was the only Confederate killed during J. E. B. Stuart’s famous ride around Union general McClellan’s army during the Peninsula Campaign. After Latané’s death at Old Church in Hanover County, his brother John Latané removed the body to the Westwood plantation two miles…
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21 Works, October 5th. is Édouard Detaille’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #217
Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle (10 May 1775, Metz — 6 July 1809, Wagram) was a French cavalry general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, often called “The Hussar General”. He first gained fame for his role in the Capitulation of Stettin. Over the course of his short career, he became known as a daring adventurer and was…
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19 Works, October 4th. is Maximilian Lenz’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #216
Maximilian Lenz (4 October 1860, Vienna — 19 May 1948, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Lenz was a founding member of the Vienna Secession; during his career’s most important period, he was a Symbolist, but later his work became increasingly naturalistic. He worked in a variety of media, including oils, watercolours, lithography and…
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15 Works, October 3rd. is Luke Fildes’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #215
Sir Samuel Luke Fildes KCVO RA (3 October 1843[2] — 28 February 1927) was a British painter and illustrator born in Liverpool and trained at the South Kensington and Royal Academy Schools. He was the grandson of the political activist Mary Fildes… Please follow link for full post
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11 Works, October 2nd. is Willy Jaeckel’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #214
Willy Jaeckel (10 February 1888, Breslau — 30 January 1944, Berlin) was a German Expressionist painter and lithographer. Jaeckel’s father was a public lands manager and he originally intended to become a forest ranger, but poor health forced him to change his plans. From 1906 to 1908, he studied at the art school in Breslau, then enrolled…
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15 Works, September 30th. is Jehan Georges Vibert’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #213
The scene is set in the reception room of a rich monastery hung with old tapestries, and features a tall bald jovial abbot on the left, and a his companion the cardinal, a small sallow man long grey hair. After a hearty lunch with much wine, the cardinal on the right has toasted a lifelong…
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21 Works, September 26th. is Théodore Géricault’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #211
The Race of the Riderless Horses is based on a genuine event that Gericault witnessed, in which riderless Barbary horses were encouraged to race each other down the Via del Corso (corso meaning race). Barbary horses were feisty and spirited animals and the riderless beasts galloping down the street would be unbroken and sometimes entirely…
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13 Works, September 24th. is Edouard Hamman’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #209
Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (24 September 1819 in Ostend — 30 March 1888 in Paris) was a Belgian painter and engraver who specialized in portraying scenes from the lives of famous artists, scholars and the nobility… Please follow link for full post
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21 Works, September 23rd. is Suzanne Valadon ‘s day, her story, illustrated with footnotes #208
Presented at the Salon des Indépendants in 1914, the monumental academic panel irritated avant-garde critics. Arthur Cravan, who in issue five of his episodic review Now, writes an angry criticism of the Salon, violently attacks Suzanne Valadon (“[she] knows the little recipes well, but simplifying is not making simple, old bitch!”). Sentenced for defamation, he…
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12 Works, September 20th. is Julius Exter’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #207
Musa is such a passionate dancer that when she is not praying she is dancing, she is even dancing prayers. When she is dancing a prayer to the Holy Virgin, King David appears to her, dances with her and promises her that she will be allowed to dance in heaven forever, if she only renounce…
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19 Works, September 19th. is William Dyce”s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #206
Elisha’s Final Prophecy: …16Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. 17“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 78 – With Footnotes
Sir Anthony van Dyck, ( 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England, after enjoying great success in Italy and Flanders. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that…
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19 Works, September 18th. is Fausto Zonaro”s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #205
The Dervish ceremony was painted in Turkey, shortly before the artist returned back to Italy in 1910. Istanbul was for Zonaro the place where his artistic style evolved and matured, and the canvases that he painted during these years are probably the most interesting works of his artistic career. Zonaro grew well accustomed to the…
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14 Works, September 17th. is Fyodor Bronnikov’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #204
Fyodor Andreyevich Bronnikov (1827–1902) was a Russian-born history and genre painter who spent most of his life in Italy… Please follow link for full post
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14 Works, September 16th. is Solomon Joseph Solomon’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #203
A life class is an art class in which students draw or paint a live model, typically one who is nude. Solomon Joseph Solomon RA RBA (16 September 1860–27 July 1927) was a British painter, a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy… Please follow link for full…
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15 Works, September 14th. is Franz Vinck’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #202
Franz Vinck or Frans Vinck (14 September 1827–17 October 1903) was a Belgian painter known for his history paintings, genre and Orientalist scenes and portraits. He led a peripatetic life style and travelled and worked in many countries… Please follow link for full post
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19 Works, September 11th. is Gerard de Lairesse’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #201
The theme comes from the famous apologue of Prodicas, transmitted by Xenophon, often represented by painters (Raphael, Carrache, Rubens, etc., cf. Panofsky). Vice is embodied by the provocative Voluptuousness, accompanied by an old woman in the role of matchmaker. The attribute of chaste Virtue is a horse bit, a symbol of restraint and moderation. Behind…
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22 Works, September 10th. is Rudolf Jettmar’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #200
Rudolf Jettmar (10 September 1869, Tarnów — 21 April 1939, Vienna); Austrian painter and printmaker was born in 1869 in Zawodzie near Tarnów, Galicia. Jettmar studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and worked as a professor at this institution from 1910 until his retirement in 1936. In 1929 he succeeded Ferdinand Schmutzer as master…
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14 Works, July 22nd. is Orazio de Ferrari’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #199
The Rape of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally dated to 750 BC, in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The English word rape is a conventional translation of the Latin raptio, which in this context means “abduction”…
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