Tag: Fine Art
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Charles Camoin, Portrait of Jeanne Loviton, known as Jean Voilier 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #87
Jean Voilier, whose real name is Jeanne Loviton , Was a French publisher and novelist. Jeanne Loviton was born on April 1st, 1903 in Paris, of unknown father. Her mother was an artist known as Denise Fleury. In 1913 she married the publisher Ferdinand Loviton who adopts Jean the same year. Jeanne wass a high…
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SALAH YOUSRI, CITYSCAPE 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #18
Salah Yousri, was born in Cairo in 1923 and graduated with a degree from the Fine Arts School of Cairo in 1947. Upon his graduation, Yousri had a solo exhibition at Galerie Goldemberg in Cairo, and later on left for Paris to study in the atelier of famed Parisian cubist artist Andre Lhote. It is through…
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06 Works, Today, April 11th, is Saints Martinian and Processus’ day, With Footnotes – #98
Martinian and Processus were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome. Neither the years they lived nor the circumstances of their deaths are known. They are currently buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. According to legend, Martinian and Processus were were pagans and they served as guards at the Mamertine prison in Rome. In this prison were…
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07 Works, Today, April 10th, is Gregory V of Constantinople’s day, With Footnotes – #97
Gregory V (Georgios Angelopoulos), (1746–22 April 1821) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808 and from 1818 to 1821. He was responsible for much restoration work to the Patriarchal Cathedral of St George, which had been badly damaged by fire in 1738. The Patriarch was not only the head…
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Fabio Mauri, Jewish 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 76
The symbol is branded along with a number of marks of racial discrimination. The artistic expression of these works with the horrific reality which is evoked. Judaism has an explicit and radical ideological connotation, with a strong accent not only on the negative aspects of Nazi German, but also on the entire European culture That, for…
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Gazbia Sirry, HOUSES ON THE NILE, 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #17
Gazbia Sirry (born 1925) is an Egyptian painter. Born in Cairo, Gazbia Sirry studied fine arts and became a professor in the painting department of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University. Gazbia is considered one of the leading Egyptian artists, with a varied and innovative career of more than 50 years. Serry’s art expressed the…
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Lavinia Fontana, Mars and Venus 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 64 – With Footnotes
In a bedroom a man and a young woman pose as Mars and Venus. She is completely naked and looks back: she stares at us and hands us a narcissus flower. He has only his helmet on his head and a drape covers his private parts: he looks at her and, almost frightened, puts his…
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05 Works, Today, April 9th, is Holy Martyr Eupsychius’s day, With Footnotes – #96
The Holy Martyr Eupsychius was born in the city of Caesarea in Cappadocia and received a Christian upbringing by his illustrious parents. During the reign of Julian the Apostate (361–363), Saint Eupsychius entered into a Christian marriage. At Caesarea there was a pagan temple to the goddess Fortuna, whom Julian the Apostate revered. As Eupsychius…
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Eugen von Blaas, Girl at the Window 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #86
A young woman is leaning against the balustrade of a Venetian home. The delicacy of the rose held in her hand is reflected in her innocent features. Von Blaas strove to capture the inherent beauty of Italian women by capturing them in their conversations in the streets, selling flowers or courting with lovers. The artist’s…
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04 Works, Today, April 8th, is Julian of Saint Augustine’s day, With Footnotes – #95
The father of Blessed Julian was a French nobleman who, in order to escape from the violent pressure exerted on him by the Calvinists to make him apostatize from the Catholic Faith, fled to Spain leaving all his wealth behind. There Julian was born and reared amid unpretentious circumstances, but in a very Christian manner.…
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Nuri İyem, ÜÇ ELTILER (THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW) 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #16
Nuri İyem, (1915 – d. 18 June 2005 ) was a leading figure in the Turkish painting and social-realistic art movement. Nuri İyem was born in Istanbul in 1915. During his childhood he used to paint walls with charcoal. Because of his father’s job as a health official, İyem spent his childhood in various cities of…
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05 Works, Today, April 7th, is Jean-Baptiste de La Salle’s day, With Footnotes – #94
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (April 30, 1651 – April 7, 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De…
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Gerda Wegener, Danish, Les femmes fatales, 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, meet Gerda Wegener, with Footnotes. #85
A femme fatale, sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest…
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Renato Guttuso, Partigiana iugoslava/ Yugoslav Partisan, 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 75
The Yugoslav Partisans, or the National Liberation Army, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, was the Communist-led resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. It is considered to be Europe’s most effective anti-Axis resistance movement during World War II, often compared to the Polish…
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Auguste Pinchart, MATERNITÉ TUNISIENNE/ TUNISIAN MOTHERHOOD 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, #53
Emile Auguste Pinchart was a French painter of portraits and genre and followed the tradition of an idealised vision of life during La Belle Epoque, in the style of Tissot and his followers. His light and natural palette reflects a sentiment of delightful charm. A pupil of Gerome, he exhibited at the Salon de Paris, obtaining…
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03 Works, Today, April 6th, is St. Marcellinus of Carthages day, With Footnotes – #94
Marcellinus of Carthage was a Christian martyr and saint who died in 413. He was secretary of state of the Western Roman Empire under Roman emperor Honorius and a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, as well as a correspondent of Saint Jerome‘s. Marcellinus was described as “a cultured, generous aristocrat, interested in theology”. He was married to Anapsychia, a notable late Roman woman… Please follow link for full post
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Jean Dufy, L’Institut et la Passerelle des Arts, 1929 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 67 – With Footnotes
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the “Palais des Arts” under the First French Empire). The bridge has sometimes served as a…
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