Tag: Fine Art
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Rebecca Leveille, Emoticon “;)” 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 55 – With Footnotes
Rebecca Guay is an artist known early in her career as an illustrator, commissioned for work. Guay received a degree in Illustration from the Pratt Institute in New York City in 1992. She subsequently turned primarily toward gallery work, opening her first solo exhibition in 2013. After 2011,Guaye began focusing primarily on large scale gallery work…
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05 Works, Today, June 5th is Saint Constantine I of Kiev’s day, his story in Paintings #156
After the repose of Metr. Michael of Kiev in 1145, the Grand Prince Isiaiaslav moved to have the schemamonk Clement (Kliment) consecrated to the Kievan see without the blessing of the Patriarch of Constantinople… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, Today, 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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Unknown artist; A LADY DRUMMING 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #27
Qajar art refers to the art, architecture, and art-forms of the Qajar dynasty of the late Persian Empire, which lasted from 1781 to 1925 in Iran (Persia). The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was the fortunate side effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Muhammad…
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Paul Delvaux, The Two Friends 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 89
Paul Delvaux (23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter famous for his paintings of female nudes. He was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico, and was also briefly associated with surrealism. The young Delvaux took music lessons, studied Greek and Latin, and absorbed the fiction of Jules Verne and the…
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Miroslava Zaharieva, Notre-Dame Cathedral 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 69 – With Footnotes
Notre-Dame de Paris is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained…
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Unknown; Anna Pavlova 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #92
Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (Russian: February 12 1881 — January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for her creation of the role of The Dying…
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Female nude in front of fireplace 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 87
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, original name Karl Schmidt, (born December 1, 1884, Rottluff, near Chemnitz, Germany—died August 9, 1976, West Berlin [now Berlin]), German painter and printmaker, noted for his Expressionist landscapes and nudes. In 1905 Schmidt-Rottluff began to study architecture in Dresden, Germany, where he and his friends formed the organization of Expressionist artists known as…
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Mohammad Sadiq; A LADY AT LEISURE 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #26
A young lady sits, wearing floral skirt, a sheer shirt, jewels around her neck and flowers in her hair, leaning against a floral bolster cushion, a tray of fruit before her and a bottle and glass in her hands, behind her a servant stands behind a geometric balustrade, a porcelain dish in her hands. More on…
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04 Works, Today, May 29th is Constantine XI Palaiologos’ day, his story in Paintings #149
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus (8 February 1405–29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine emperor, ruling as a member of the Palaiologos dynasty from 1449 to his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople in 1453… Please follow link for full post
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04 Works, Today, May 27th is Saint Restituta’s day, her story in Paintings #147
Saint Restituta (Santa Restituta of Africa; died in AD 255 or 304) is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. She was said to have been born in Carthage or Teniza (presently Ras Djebel, Tunisia) and martyred under Roman Emperor Diocletian. The location and date of her martyrdom are not…
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07 Works, Today, May 26th is Saint Augustine of Canterbury’s day, his story in Paintings #146
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, also called Austin, (born Rome? — died May 26, 604/605, Canterbury, Kent, England;) first archbishop of Canterbury and the apostle to England, who founded the Christian church in southern England… Please follow link for full post
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Victor-Pierre Huguet, CAVALIERS ON A PATH 01 Orientalist Painting, with footnotes, #56
Victor Pierre Huguet , born Lude the 1 st May 1835 and died in Paris August 16, 1902, was a French, landscape and genre painter.. He was a pupil of Emile Loubon in Marseille and received advice from Fromentin in Paris. In 1852, aged 17, he traveled to Egypt, then to Crimea where he accompanied Durand-Brager before…
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