Tag: footnotes
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Michael Zeno Diemer, TALL SHIP OFF CRETE 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #218
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete. It was once the centre of the Minoan civilisation (c.…
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Arthur David McCormick, The Return of the Pirates 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #217
Arthur David McCormick FRGS (Coleraine 14 October 1860 – 1943) was a notable British illustrator and painter of landscapes, historical scenes, naval subjects, and genre scenes. McCormick was born in Ulster and, after education at local schools, went to London. McCormick was educated at the Royal College of Art in 1883–1886. He worked for The English…
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Abraham Walkowitz, Isadora Duncan 03 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Isadora Duncan, with Footnotes. #60
Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American and French dancer who performed to acclaim throughout Europe. Born in California, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50, when her scarf became entangled in the…
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Raphael von Ambros, TOBACCO SELLER, CAIRO 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 68
Von Ambros depicts a busy tobacco stall outside a coffee shop in the streets of Cairo. On the left, two young men roll cigarettes which have been neatly hung by the merchant on his stall. On the right, a customer samples a cigarette, pondering a purchase. Above the stall on a shelf stand five glass…
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Peter Clapham Sheppard, DRY DOCK 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #208
Peter Clapham Sheppard ARCA OSA (1882-1965) Born in Toronto on October 21, 1882, Peter C. Sheppard would go on to study at the Ontario Collage of Art where, like many of the finest artists of his generation, he received an artistic education from George Reid, John William Beatty, and William Cruickshank. He had a very successful career…
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C.I. GIBBONS, ORIOLE, AILEEN AND ZELMA 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #206
In 1861 the Prince of Wales was asked by members of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club (R.C.Y.C.) if he would donate a cup to commemorate his visit to Toronto the previous year. He agreed and so began the annual Prince of Wales Cup Race on Lake Ontario. During the 1880s the Aileen and Oriole –…
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Ştefan Câlţia, Princess 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, A Princess, with Footnotes. #61
Ștefan Câlția (born May 15, 1942) is a contemporary Romanian painter. Born in Brașov, he attended the arts and music high school in Timișoara from 1959 to 1963. He then graduated in 1970 from the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Since the 1970s, Câlția has held exhibitions in Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and…
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Léon Belly, GAZELLE HUNT IN EGYPT 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 67
Belly travelled to Egypt three times, in 1850, 1856, and 1857. The Gazelle Hunt was most likely worked up from sketches Belly made in 1856 during his excursion into the Sinai desert with fellow painters Narcisse Berchère and Jean-Léon Gérôme. More on this painting Léon Auguste Adolphe Belly (1827–1877) was a French landscape painter. He was born at…
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Bernardo Cavallino, Saint John the Evangelist 01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 172
Saint John the Apostle, also called Saint John the Evangelist or Saint John the Divine (flourished 1st century ce), in Christian tradition, the author of three letters, the Fourth Gospel, and the Revelation to John in the New Testament. He played a leading role in the early church at Jerusalem. John was the son of Zebedee, a Galilean fisherman, and Salome. John and his brother James were among the…
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Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 46
An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and Humanity.[1][2] Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God’s tasks. More on Angels Abbott Handerson Thayer…
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David Drebin, Kissing Legs, 2018 01 Photograph, The amorous game, Part 54 – With Footnotes
Love stories and landscapes are at the foundation of David Drebin’s panoramas, portraits, and neon sculptures. His monograph Love and Other Stories (2007) features solitary women in urban tableaux—high-rise apartments buildings and terraces, freeway overpasses and hotel rooms. Dressed alternately in bikinis, evening gowns, and negligees, the women appear to be in various stages of a love…
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Elizabeth Elkin, Cafe in Montmartre 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 61 – With Footnotes
With its cobbled streets, stunning Basilica, artists, bistros … Montmartre is full of charm! Perched on the top of a small hill in the 18th arrondissement, the most famous Parisian district has lost none of its village atmosphere that appealed so much to the artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A real melting pot of…
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Hassan Hajjaj, WINK, c. 2007 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 38
Hassan Hajjaj (b. Larache, Morocco in 1961) is a contemporary artist who lives and works between London, UK and Marrakech, Morocco, and is known as the “Andy Warhol of Marrakech.” Hajjaj’s work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the British Museum, London; the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC; the…
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Marcel Marien, The answer of Maria 02 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 44
Marcel Mariën (April 29, 1920 in Antwerp – September 19, 1993 in Brussels) was a Belgian surrealist (later Situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, collagist, filmmaker, and maker of objects. Mariën was one of the most intriguing and elusive figures in the Belgian wing of the Surrealist movement. He was not only an artist, but also a publisher,…
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Christopher James, Chez Camille, Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 60 – With Footnotes
Located along the route up from Place des Abbesses to Montmartre, next to the Bateau-Lavoir building where Picasso once had a workshop, Chez Camille has lost none of its charm. The tiny terrace and sprinkling of tables in this place perched high above the hubbub of the city are always keenly sought after. More on Chez Camille…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Seated Madonna 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5j
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) The seated Madonna and Child is a style of image that became particularly popular during the 15th century in Florence and was imitated elsewhere. These representations are usually of a small size suitable for a small altar or domestic use. They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in…
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Ernest Slingeneyer, Fighting on the Sea 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #216
The painting depicts a true incident from the war of the first French republic, as the artist remarks in the catalog of the exhibition in The Hague 1857. The French ship Le Feu sank during a campaign in the North Sea, only five sailors managed to enter a raft. After two days they were spotted…
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Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Net menders 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #215
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was born in Valencia. He and his younger sister were orphaned 2 years later when both their parents died from a cholera outbreak. From an early age it was clear that Sorolla had a passion for art. Instead of academic study, the young Sorolla would spend his…
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