Tag: footnotes
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Herb Ritts’ Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana and Naomi, with footnotes # 245
Sold for 150,000 USD in April 2018 Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood is a black and white photograph taken in 1989 by photographer and director Herb Ritts (American, 1952–2002). The subject of the photograph is a group of five women coyly entwined together in an embrace. Each of the five women – Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford,…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Federico Zandomeneghis Au théâtre/ At the theater, with footnotes, Part 91
Two élégantes of the Paris beau monde are seen from behind, entranced by the dazzling performance by the young troupe of dancers unfolding on the stage before them. The setting is almost certainly the capital’s new opera house, recently opened in 1875 – the Palais Garnier, named after its architect, Charles Garnier, and home to…
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01 Painting, of The amorous game, Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet’s A Choice, With Footnotes #8
Estimated for 10,000 – 15,000 USD in February 2018 Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (12 April 1840, Uzès – 11 April 1920, Paris) was a French painter and engraver; best known for his historical and costume genre scenes. His father was the owner of a café and a liqueur manufacturer who moved his family to Lyon in 1846. He…
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01 Painting, Marine Art, ANGE-JOSEPH-ANTOINE ROUX’s ACTION BETWEEN FRIGATES, With Footnotes #314
Sold for $1,200 in August 2017 HMS Ambuscade was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in 1803. She was broken up in 1810. On 13 December 1798, Ambuscade captured a French merchantman, Faucon, with a cargo of sugar and coffee bound for…
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05 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude by Tomio Seike, with footnotes #205
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Giulio Rosati’s Conversation, with footnotes #91
Sold for GBP 12,500 in December 2019 Giulio Rosati, 1858 – Rome – 1917, specialised in eighteenth century costume pieces, comical scenes of from the life of the clergy and Orientalist subjects. His preferred medium was watercolour, though he also worked in oils. Rosati studied at the Academy of Rome. He was the pupil of several eminent artists, in…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Fernand Cormon’s A Friend’s Lunch, with Footnotes #85
Sold for 37,500 USD in January 2011 “Interior of an artist’s studio. Around a lounge table, covered with dishes and bottles, four young men and two young women are seated, drinking coffee, laughing heartily. In the background, a Breton chest; on the right, a canvas on an easel” Georges Lafenestre Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Francesco Vinea’s Serenade in the Tavern, With Footnotes #84
Sold for 20,000 USD in January 2011 Francesco Vinea (Forlì, August 10, 1845 – Florence, October 22, 1902) was an Italian painter, known for his period costume genre subjects. He studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, but had to discontinue his studies due to his poverty, and spent some time traveling without a…
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01 MARINE ART, PAUL SIGNAC’S ROSCOFF , WITH FOOTNOTES #313
Sold for 63,000 EUR in March 2022In the 19th century, Roscoff traded in cloth, salt and wood… even onions exported to England. Everything in its historic centre evokes the wealth of maritime trade: from the church hidden away in its garden to the opulent granite dwellings; from the boats sculpted out of stone to the turrets in…
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01 Work, The Canals of Venice, Anna Lubchik’s Venice painting on canvas Italy Boats, with footnotes #119
For sale at C$2,125 in Oct 2023 Venice, known as the “Floating City,” has long been celebrated for its rich cultural heritage and contributions to the art world. Venice has served as a muse for countless painters throughout history. These masterpieces, created by both renowned and lesser-known artists, continue to captivate audiences worldwide. Anna Lubchik is a…
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Sante D´Orazio’s Pamela Anderson, with footnotes #206
Sante D’Orazio captures Pamela Anderson’s status as the ultimate American Icon: modern-day goddess, cult figure, activist, author, and crush of an entire generation… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Paul Gustav Fischer’s An Evening Stroll on the Boulevard, with footnotes, Part 90
Sold for 65.500 USD in Jan 2011 Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 – 1 May 1934) was a Danish painter. Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers. His formal art education lasted only a short time in his…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Bartholomeus Douven’s Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes #208
Sold for 16,250 EUR in March 2015 Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named more than…
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34 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #1
Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals — including the Grand Canal thoroughfare — lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics… Please…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Fountain of Love, With Footnotes #83
The scene depicts love as a natural force and uncontrollable passion, stronger than the people affected by it. This perception of love was still recent around 1785 when Fragonard painted the two versions. While the image of a fountain of love was known, e. g. from Aristotle, the image is Fragonard’s pictorial invention without a…
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06 works, Today, September 29th, is Saint Theodota’s day, her story illustrated #271
Towards the end of the reign of Licinius, on a Friday, in September, in the year 318, a persecution was raised at Philippi, anciently Eumolpias, in Thrace. Agrippa the prefect, on a festival of Apollo, had commanded that the whole city should offer a great sacrifice with him… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Art, Feliks Wygrzywalski’s Girl Waiting for a Fisherman , With Footnotes, #312
Sold for PLN 48,000 in October 2021 Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski (20 November 1875, Przemyśl – 5 September 1944, Rzeszów) was a Polish painter; remembered primarily for his Orientalist scenes and portraits. He also created a significant number of nudes. Thanks to a scholarship from the Malinowski Foundation, he was able to study at the Academy of Fine Arts…
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10 Works, September 27th. is Jean-Baptiste Nattier’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #212
From 1704 to 1709, he studied at the Académie de France à Rome and, in 1712, was received as a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture upon presentation of his painting, Joseph sollicité par la femme de Putiphar… Please follow link for full post
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