Tag: footnotes
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Gilbert Galland; Boats at low tide 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #270
Gilbert Galland, born Paul Numa Gilbert Galland the 25 February 1870 in Lyon 5 th , and died on 14 August 1950 in Algeria) was a French orientalist . In Algiers, in 1889, Gilbert Galland was the pupil of Hippolyte Dubois, painter from Nantes, director of the Beaux-Arts of Algiers. He liked to paint boats, harbors and scenes…
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Stanislaw Stückgold; Portrait of Artist’s daughter Felicitas 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #89
Stanislaw Stückgold (born May 18, 1868 in Warsaw , Russian Empire , died January 9, 1933 in Paris) was a Polish-German-French painter. Stückgold studied at the Warsaw Polytechnic and subsequently chemistry and philosophy in Zurich and the Sorbonne in Paris. After his military service in the Russian army, he worked as an assistant at a state-owned…
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06 Works, Today, April 22nd, is St. Hieromartyr Januarius’s day, With Footnotes – #108
Saint Theodore of Sykeon was a revered Byzantine ascetic, who lived between the first half of the 6th century and the thirteenth year of the Emperor Heraclius’ rule (i. e. 623) in the early 7th century. Theodore was born in Sykeon, a village in Galatia. The public highway of the imperial post ran through this village,…
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Lee Crum, The Elephant Girl 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 81
“I do not support the incarceration or abuse of any animal and most of all the Elephant. Elephants are endangered and their well being and preservation must be considered a global priority This image was taken in a zoo in 1983, when advocacy and education for the preservation of elephants was taking root in the US. …
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RAMSES YOUNAN, UNTITLED 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #21
The present work explores themes of poverty and disparity throughout a period of social inequality and extreme poverty experienced across Cairo. The divergence between the wealthy and the underprivileged is prevalent in the work, especially when one examines the juxtaposed figures represented across the canvas. More on this work Ramses Younan (Minya, 1913 – Cairo, 1966), was…
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Adolf Schreyer, ARAB HORSEMAN 01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, 54
Adolf Schreyer (July 9, 1828 Frankfurt-am-Main – July 29, 1899 Kronberg im Taunus) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. He studied art, first at the Städel Institute in his native town, and then at Stuttgart and Munich. He painted many of his favourite subjects in his travels in the East. He first…
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04 Works, Today, April 21st, is St. Hieromartyr Januarius’s day, With Footnotes – #107
Hieromartyr Januarius Bishop of Benevento, and the deacons Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, Desiderius the Reader, Eutychius and Acution suffered martyrdom for Christ about the year 305 during the persecution ordered by the emperor Diocletian (284-305). During the 1 1⁄2-year-long persecution of Christians by Emperor Diocletian, he hid his fellow Christians and prevented them from being caught.…
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William Oxer FRSA, Blest Pair Of Sirens 01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #25
According to Greek myths, sirens were powerful and erotic creatures, and many unsuspecting sailors would fall prey to their seductive beauty. The common belief was that they would devour sailors after their ships would crash into the rocks, as most men couldn’t resist the temptation of their sweet melodies and angelic faces. More on The Fisherman and…
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Jan Gossaert, The Virgin and Child with a Lily 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 126
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means “My Lady” in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of…
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David Bromley, Tania 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 80
David Bromley, (born 1960). David Bromley’s artworks have two clear focal points – the Boys Own adventure project and the Female Nude series. Born in Sheffield, England, in 1960, Bromley came to Australia in 1964. He began his career in Adelaide as a potter, but eventually turned to painting. He takes inspiration from childhood books, popular…
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Hassan Hajjaj, Saida, 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #88
An example of Moroccan-born photographer Hassan Hajjaj’s pop art sourced from the souks and alleyways of modern day Morocco, ‘Saida’ represents this idiosyncratic artist’s continuing fascination with notions of identity and representation. Appropriating and re-contextualising traditional ‘Orientalist’ views of women, Hajjaj playfully subverts the tropes and clichés of the Islamic world. More on this work Hassan…
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John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, ANDROMEDA 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #41
Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia’s hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster,…
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Cercle of Paul Bril; Saint Anthony Abbot before his field of crops 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 126
Saint Anthony or Antony (251–356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony by various epithets: Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers…
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MAHMOUD SAID, PIRAEUS AT DAWN 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #20
Mahmoud Said, 1897-1964, EGYPTIAN. Born into a wealthy Alexandrian family, Mahmoud Said first studied jurisprudence at the French School of Law in Cairo in the 1910s. During his studies, he became interested in painting, and joined the studios of Italian painters Amelia Casonato da Forno and Arturo Zanieri, before travelling to France to study in Paris,…
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Henry Scott; The Wool Clipper ”Oberon” 01 Marine Painting – Edward William Cooke, With Footnotes, #269
Oberon proved herself one of the swiftest thoroughbreds in the so-called ‘Wool Fleet’. Her best-ever passage was Melbourne to London in 77 days when, after leaving Australian waters on 15th November 1874, she docked in London on 31st January 1875 having made – by a handsome margin – the fastest time of the season. Changing owners…
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Helmut Newton, They Come 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 79
Helmut Newton was born on October 31, 1920, in Berlin, Germany. He attended the American School in Berlin. From an early age, Newton developed a keen obsession with photography, purchasing his very first camera aged 12. Four years later, Newton was to turn his back on mainstream education, taking an apprenticeship with renowned German photographer, Elsle…
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05 Works, Today, April 18th, is Eleutherius and Antia’s day, With Footnotes – #104
Eleutherius was born in Rome, where his father was an imperial proconsul. His mother Anthia heard the Gospel from the Apostle Paul and was baptized by him… Please follow link for full post
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